Contributor
Sameroff, Arnold J.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Descriptionviii, 476 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:0 PART 1. INTRODUCTION: 1. Interpreting developmental transitions / Arnold J. Sameroff, Marshall M. Haith -- 2. The child's entry into the "age of reason" / Sheldon H. White -- PART 2. NEUROLOGICAL TRANSITIONS: 3. Is there a neural basis for cognitive transitions in school-age children / Jeri S. Janowsky, Ruth Carper -- PART 3. COGNITIVE TRANSITIONS: 4. Unidimensional thinking, multidimensional thinking, and characteristic tendencies of thought / Robert S. Siegler -- 5. A recursive transformation of central cognitive mechanisms: the shift from partial to whole representations / Pierre Mounoud -- 6. Shifting to an interpretive theory of mind: 5- to 7-year olds' changing conceptions of mental life / Michael Chandler, Chris Lalonde -- 7. Memory development from 4 to 7 years / Katherine Nelson -- 8. Schooling and the 5 to 7 shift: a natural experiment / rederick J. Morrison, Elizabeth McMahon Griffith, Julie A. Frazier -- 9. The 5 to 7 shift in reading and phoneme awareness for children with dyslexia / Richard Olson, Barbara Wise, Helen Forsberg -- PART 4: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL TRANSITIONS: 10. Developmental changes in self-understanding across the 5 to 7 shift / Susan Harter -- 11. Fearfulness: developmental consistency / Joan Stevenson-Hinde, Anne Shouldice -- 12. Sibling relationships and perceived self-competence: patterns of stability between childhood and early adolescence / Judy Dunn -- PART 5. CULTURAL TRANSITIONS: 13. Developmental transitions in children's participation in sociocultural activities / Barbara Rogoff -- 14. The 5 to 7 transition as an ecocultural project / Thomas S. Weisner -- PART 6. THE TRANSITION TO SCHOOL: 15. The impact of the family on children's early school social adjustment / Joan M. Barth, Ross D. Parke -- 16. Shifting ecologies during the 5 to 7 year period: predicting children's adjustment during the transition to grade school / Gary W. Ladd -- 17. Combining endogenous and exogenous factors in the shift years: the transition to school / Sharon L. Kagan, Peter R. Neville -- 18. Performance in context: assessing children's achievement at the outset of school / Samuel J. Meisels -- CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY: 19. The 5 to 7 year shift: retrospect and prospect / Marshall M. Haith, Arnold J. Sameroff.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
