Young Children's Cognitive Development:
Interrelationships among Executive Functioning, Working Memory, Verbal
Ability, and Theory of Mind
A critical part of early childhood development is the development of
"theory of mind" (ToM), which is the ability to take the perspective of
another person. The main purpose of this book is to discuss and
integrate findings from prominent research areas in developmental
psychology that are typically studied in isolation, but are clearly
related. Two examples are whether executive functions represent a
precursor of ToM or whether ToM understanding predicts the development
of executive functions, and to what extent children's level of verbal
ability and their working memory are important predictors of
performance on both executive functioning and ToM tasks. The chapters
in this book give a detailed account of the major outcomes of this
research. First, the state of the art concerning current understanding
of the relevant constructs (working memory, ToM, executive functioning)
and their developmental changes is presented, followed by chapters that
deal with interactions among the core concepts. Its main focus is on
theoretically important relationships among determinants of young
children's cognitive development--considered to be "hot" issues in
contemporary developmental psychology.
- Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
- Number Of Pages: 328
- Publication Date: 2004-11-30
- ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0805849068
- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780805849066
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