Making Sense: The Acquisition of Shared Meaning (Developmental Psychology Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Nelson, Katherine

Psychology & Counseling

Academic Pr

This book highlights a transition from the study of language and cognition to that of language in cognition. It presents an integrative theory of cognitive development, emphasizing the important role that language plays in taking the two to five year old child to new levels of cognitive operations in memory, forming concepts, categories, processing narratives, and understanding other people's intentions. The author considers biological evolution the source of both language and culture, but she argues that qualitatively different modes of thinking and knowing emerge therefrom.

Language in Cognitive Development: The Emergence of the Mediated Mind

Cambridge University Press

Mental Health

Katherine Nelson re-centers developmental psychology with a revived emphasis on development and change, rather than foundations and continuity. She argues that children be seen not as scientists but as members of a community of minds, striving not only to make sense, but also to share meanings with others. 
 A child is always part of a social world, yet the child's experience is private. So, Nelson argues, we must study children in the context of the relationships, interactive language, and culture of their everyday lives. 
 Nelson draws philosophically from pragmatism and phenomenology, and empirically from a range of developmental research. Skeptical of work that focuses on presumed innate abilities and the close fit of child and adult forms of cognition, her dynamic framework takes into account whole systems developing over time, presenting a coherent account of social, cognitive, and linguistic development in the first five years of life. 
 Nelson argues that a child's entrance into the community of minds is a slow, gradual process with enormous consequences for child development, and the adults that they become. Original, deeply scholarly, and trenchant, Young Minds in Social Worlds will inspire a new generation of developmental psychologists.

Young Minds in Social Worlds: Experience, Meaning, and Memory

Harvard University Press

This classic psychological case study focuses on a talkative child’s emerging ability to use language, her capacity for understanding, for imagining, and for making inferences and solving problems. Scholars offer multifaceted linguistic and psychological analyses of two-year-old Emily's bedtime conversations and pre-sleep monologues over 15 months.

Narratives from the Crib: With a New Foreword by Emily Oster, the Child in the Crib

Katherine Nelson re-centers developmental psychology with a revived emphasis on development and change, rather than foundations and continuity. She argues that children be seen not as scientists but as members of a community of minds, striving not only to make sense, but also to share meanings with others. 
A child is always part of a social world, yet the child's experience is private. So, Nelson argues, we must study children in the context of the relationships, interactive language, and culture of their everyday lives.
Nelson draws philosophically from pragmatism and phenomenology, and empirically from a range of developmental research. Skeptical of work that focuses on presumed innate abilities and the close fit of child and adult forms of cognition, her dynamic framework takes into account whole systems developing over time, presenting a coherent account of social, cognitive, and linguistic development in the first five years of life. 
Nelson argues that a child's entrance into the community of minds is a slow, gradual process with enormous consequences for child development, and the adults that they become. Original, deeply scholarly, and trenchant, Young Minds in Social Worlds will inspire a new generation of developmental psychologists.

Parenting & Relationships

A visual tutorial covering installation and common tasks explains how to create a database, do group scheduling, access the Internet, and send and receive e-mail.

Lotus Notes R5 Fast & Easy

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade

New Scandinavian Design is an ambitious survey of the creativity and innovation of one of the most energetic design cultures around today. Not to be outshone by the classic furniture that made "Scandinavian design" a catchphrase of the 1950s, today's generation of designers is updating modernism in fresh and unexpected ways. Tweaking the myth of fair-haired citizens producing sober beech furniture, New Scandinavian Design goes "beyond blond" to feature work that is anarchic, conceptual, and playful, while still exhibiting hallmark qualities of honesty and utility. Profiles of each Nordic country and illuminating interviews explore the trends and top products. Well over 400 full-color photographs of contemporary furniture, housewares, textiles, and consumer electronics make this an authoritative overview. Expertly researched and inventively designed, this substantial volume is as commanding and attractive as its subject.

New Scandinavian Design

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Chronicle Books+

This book highlights a transition from the study of language and cognition to that of language in cognition. It presents an integrative theory of cognitive development, emphasizing the important role that language plays in taking the two to five year old child to new levels of cognitive operations in memory, forming concepts, categories, processing narratives, and understanding other people's intentions. The author considers biological evolution the source of both language and culture, but she argues that qualitatively different modes of thinking and knowing emerge therefrom.

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Making Sense: The Acquisition of Shared Meaning (Developmental Psychology Series)

Language in Cognitive Development: The Emergence of the Mediated Mind

Language in Cognitive Development: The Emergence of the Mediated Mind

Young Minds in Social Worlds: Experience, Meaning, and Memory

Narratives from the Crib: With a New Foreword by Emily Oster, the Child in the Crib

Young Minds in Social Worlds: Experience, Meaning, and Memory

Lotus Notes R5 Fast & Easy

New Scandinavian Design

Language in Cognitive Development: The Emergence of the Mediated Mind