Social Cognition and Social Development: A Sociocultural Perspective by Chris Hi

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This timely 1983 book offers a useful overview of topical research and theory concerning social cognition and social behaviour in children. A full range of theoretical approaches is represented, key problems are systematically reviewed, and the research programmes and perspectives of key psychologists in the field are summarised.

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Recently there has been an explosion of interest in what has come to be called social cognition. How do people categorise and conceptualise social situations, obligations and relationships? And what are the implications of their categorisations and conceptualisations for behaviour? Developmental and social psychologists are currently converging on the developmental roots of social cognitive abilites. This timely book offers, a useful. overview of current research and theory concerning social cognition and social behaviour in children. A full range of theoretical approaches is represented, key problems are systematically reviewed, and the current research programmes and perspectives of leading psychologists in the field are summarised.

Author Biography

Gillian Higgins is an equine sports therapist. She has a first class degree in Equine Business Management and regularly lectures all over the world to great acclaim. She has written two books, including How Your Horse Moves, and produced one DVD. Gillian lives in Gloucestershire.

Table of Contents

List of contributors; Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. What's social about social-cognitive development? Diane N. Ruble, E. Tory Higgins and Willard W. Hartup; Part II. Social Understanding and Interpersonal Relations: 2. Social cognition and the social life of the child: stages as subcultures E. Tory Higgins and Jacquelynne Eccles Parsons; 3. Beyond the information processed: socializations in the development of attributional processes Philip R. Constanzo and Theodore H. Dix; 4. Social cognition and social interaction in childhood Willard W. Hartup, Judith E. Brady and Andrew F. Newcomb; 5. Social antecedents, cognitive processing and comprehension of social portrayals on television W. Andrew Collins; 6. The development of social-comparison processes and their role in achievement-related self-socialization Diane N. Ruble; 7. Social cognition, social behaviour, and children's friendships Thomas J. Berndt; Part III. Value Internalization and Moral Development: 8. Culture as a cognitive system: differentiated rule understandings in children and other savages Deborah L. Pool, Richard A. Schweder and Nancy C. Much; 9. Development of interpersonal values Walter Emmerich and Karla Shepard Goldman; 10. Affective and cognitive processes in moral internalization Martin L. Hoffman; 11. The internalization of altruistic dispositions: a cognitive analysis Joan E. Grusec; 12. Social-control processes and the internalization of social values: an attributional perspective Mark R. Lepper; Part IV. Commentary and Overview: 13. Interaction and development in social cognition Elliot Turiel; 14. Let's not overattribute to the attribution process: comments on social cognition and behavior Eleanor E. Maccoby; 15. Five questions for research in social cognitive development William Damon; 16. What would my mother say? Reactions to gleanings from developmental studies on social cognition Tom Trabsso; Index.

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This timely 1983 book offers a useful overview of topical research and theory concerning social cognition and social behaviour in children. A full range of theoretical approaches is represented, key problems are systematically reviewed, and the research programmes and perspectives of key psychologists in the field are summarised.

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This timely 1983 book offers a useful overview of topical research and theory concerning social cognition and social behaviour in children. A full range of theoretical approaches is represented, key problems are systematically reviewed, and the research programmes and perspectives of key psychologists in the field are summarised.

Details ISBN0521313708 Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1985 ISBN-10 0521313708 ISBN-13 9780521313704 Format Paperback Publication Date 1985-07-26 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 303.32 Edited by E. Tory Higgins Subtitle A Sociocultural Perspective Pages 426 Author William W. Hartup Short Title SOCIAL COGNITION & SOCIAL DEVE Language English Media Book Birth 1946 Edition Description Revised Series Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises DOI 10.1604/9780521313704 UK Release Date 1985-07-26 AU Release Date 1985-07-26 NZ Release Date 1985-07-26 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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