Children’s Discovery of the Active Mind Phenomenological Awareness, Social Experience, and Knowledge About Cognition /

• Main Author: Pillow, Bradford H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Developmental Psychology.; Educational Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.

During the past 25 years, a great deal of research and theory has addressed the development of young children’s understanding of mental states such as knowledge, beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions.  Although developments in children’s understanding of the mind subsequent to early childhood h...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Learning About Cognitive Activities
• Chapter 2. Conceptual Knowledge About Cognitive Activities
• Chapter 3. Phenomenological Awareness: Consciousness and the Development of Cognitive Monitoring
• Chapter 4. Social Experience as a Source of Information about Mental Events
• Chapter 5. Patterns of Influence Among Phenomenological Awareness, Social Experience, and Conceptual Knowledge
• Chapter 6. Conclusion.