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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Paul L. Harris (Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education, Harvard University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9780192866509ISBN 10: 0192866508 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 28 July 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Where does love come from? Attachment theory 2: How do children learn words? Universality and variation 3: Does language change how children think? The contested relation between language and thought 4: Do children live in a fantasy world? Pretending and the origins of the imagination 5: Are children natural psychologists? One or two early theories of mind 6: Can we trust children's memory? The vulnerable eyewitness 7: Do children understand emotion? Children's insight into their inner lives 8: How do children tell right from wrong? The origins of morality 9: Do children trust what they are told? The role of trust in cognitive development 10: Do children believe in magic? Magic and miracles 11: Is developmental psychology ethnocentric? Cross-cultural differences in ways of thinking 12: What have we learned? Children's mindsReviewsA fantastic read - authoritative and thought provoking, yet easily accessible. Paul Harris is one of the main figures in the field of developmental psychology, and his book has some wonderful details of the actual experiments involved. * Bruce Hood, University of Bristol * Books on child development abound, ranging from academic textbooks to practical guides. Paul Harris's new book occupies a unique place in this landscape. Here is one of the leading researchers in developmental psychology sharing his expertise in a rigorous and scientific, yet still very reader friendly, manner. Students of all shapes and sizes are the beneficiaries. A wonderful book. * Michael Tomasello, Duke University * This is simply a terrific contribution. * Choice * A fantastic read - authoritative and thought provoking, yet easily accessible. Paul Harris is one of the main figures in the field of developmental psychology, and his book has some wonderful details of the actual experiments involved. * Bruce Hood, University of Bristol * Books on child development abound, ranging from academic textbooks to practical guides. Paul Harris's new book occupies a unique place in this landscape. Here is one of the leading researchers in developmental psychology sharing his expertise in a rigorous and scientific, yet still very reader friendly, manner. Students of all shapes and sizes are the beneficiaries. A wonderful book. * Michael Tomasello, Duke University * Author InformationPaul L. Harris is a developmental psychologist with interests in the development of cognition, emotion, and imagination. After studying psychology at Sussex and Oxford, he taught at the University of Lancaster, the Free University of Amsterdam, and the London School of Economics. In 1980, he moved to Oxford where he became Professor of Developmental Psychology and Fellow of St John's College. In 2001, he migrated to Harvard University where he teaches developmental psychology in the Graduate School of Education. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His book Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others (Harvard University Press, 2012) won the Cognitive Development Society Book Award in 2013 and the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award from the American Psychological Association in 2014. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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