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New Trends in Conceptual Representation
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 89.95Published in 1983, New Trends in Conceptual Representation is a valuable contribution to the field of Developmental Psychology. more...
Development and Learning
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 73.95This volume juxtaposes two different domains of developmental theory: the Piagetian approach and the information-processing approach. Articles by experts in both fields discuss how concepts of development and learning, traditionally approached through cognitive-developmental theories such as Piaget's, are analyzed from the perspective of a task... more...
Constructivism in the Computer Age
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 99.95Discussing the future value of computers as tools for cognitive development, the volume reviews past literature and presents new data from a Piagetian perspective. Constructivism in the Computer Age includes such topics as: teaching LOGO to children; the computers effects on social development; computer graphics as a new language; and computers... more...
Morphisms and Categories
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 73.95Despite dissent in many quarters, Piaget's epistemology and the developmental psychology derived from it remain the most powerful theories in either field. From the beginning, Piaget's fundamental epistemological notion was that all knowledge is rooted in action, and for a long time, he identified action with transformation. What is known is that which... more...
Emotion, Cognition, Health, and Development in Children and Adolescents
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 80.00This book focuses on integrating health and developmental issues in children and adolescents. Its primary objective is to demonstrate how development of emotions and cognition are involved in promoting health, preventing disease, and altering disease processes. A related objective is to show how disease processes may alter the course of development.... more...
Studies on the History of Behavior
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 94.95The surge of contemporary interest in Vygotsky's contribution to child psychology has focused largely on his developmental method and his claim that higher psychological functions in the individual emerge out of social processes, that is, his notion of the "zone of proximal development." Insufficient attention has been given to his claim that human... more...
The Emergence of A Discipline
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 120.00Compiled from papers presented at the Rochester Symposium on Developmental Psychopathology, this is the first book of its kind devoted to disseminating theory and research in the field of psychopathology. Contributions to this text are unified by their incorporation of developmental principles into the study of various types of emotional disorders... more...
Development and the Arts
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 94.95This volume's unifying theme is the question: Is a concept of development relevant to art? Bringing together contributions from the perspectives of philosophical aesthetics, psychoanalysis, architecture and design, and the practicing artist, as well as developmental theory in psychology, this volume provides a unique assembly of voices from different... more...
Toward A Logic of Meanings
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 68.95This book, the last one written by Piaget, presents a new line of empirical studies based on a revised formulation of his theory of the development of logical reasoning. The amended theory overcomes many problems and criticisms of his earlier formulations by providing a fresh explanation for the origin of mental operations and mental organization based... more...
Development During the Transition to Adolescence
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 70.00Research on the processes of change during the transition from middle childhood to adolescence has been a relatively neglected area of scholarship until recently. This volume, features prominent researchers who provide integrative accounts of their research programs, focusing on processes of physical, social, and cognitive change during this important... more...









