Representation, Memory, and Development: Essays in Honor of Jean Mandler / Edition 1

by Nancy L. Stein, Patricia J. Bauer, Mitchell Rabinowitz, George Mandler

Overview

A festschrift to honor Jean Mandler, this volume contains contributions from leading scholars focusing on the child's development of memory, visual representation, and language. It is appropriate for students and researchers in cognitive psychology, language acquisition, and memory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805841961
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

Nancy L. Stein, Patricia J. Bauer, Mitchell Rabinowitz, George Madler

Table of Contents

Contents: Dedication to Jean. G. Mandler, Preface. L. Barsalou, Being There Conceptually: Simulating Categories in Preparation for Situated Action. P.J. Bauer, Building Toward a Past: Construction of a Reliable Long-Term Recall Memory System. S. Carey, The Origin of Concepts: Continuing the Conversation. R. Fivush, Scripts, Schemas, and Memory of Trauma. R. Gelman, On Animates and Other Worldly Things. A. Karmiloff-Smith, How to Build a Baby That Develops Atypically. A.M. Leslie, Pretense and Representation Revisited. L. McDonough, Early Concepts and Early Language Acquisition: What Does Similarity Have to Do With Either? T. Murachver, A Stitch in Time: The Fabric and Context of Events. K. Nelson, A. Ware, The Reemergence of Function. M. Rabinowitz, The Procedural-Procedural Knowledge Distinction. T. Regier, L. Carlson, Spatial Language: Perceptual Constraints and Linguistic Variation. E.S. Spelke, S.J. Hespos, Conceptual Development in Infancy: The Case of Containment. N.L. Stein, Memories for Emotional, Stressful, and Traumatic Events.

Editorial Reviews

Fourteen chapters, written by persons whom psychologist Mandler (pictured) has influenced as a colleague/mentor, represent a tribute to her that was held in 2000 in tandem with an International Symposium on Infant Studies. Following her husband's introduction to Mandler's background and achievements in the field of cognitive development mainly at the U. of California, San Diego, the other contributors extend/challenge her ideas including: the concept of developing knowledge being embedded in events, the distinction between conceptual and perceptual representations, and the elicited imitation technique of studying recall in young children. Stein (U. of Chicago) addresses emotional memories. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)