| Description |
1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Main Ideas -- Constraints for Learning -- Genetic Constraints -- Biological Constraints -- The Nativism-Empiricism Debate -- How the Book Is Organized -- Chapter 2: Architecture -- Historical Considerations -- Systems of the Human Mind -- Modules and Domains -- Categorical Thought -- Quantitative Thought -- Spatial Thought -- Causal Thought -- Social Thought -- Language -- Executive Processes -- Processing Speed and Attention Control -- Working Memory |
|
Central Meaning-Making Mechanism: AACog -- Relational Integration -- The AACog Mechanism -- Reasoning: Languages of Thought -- Inductive Reasoning -- Analogical Reasoning -- Deductive Reasoning -- Awareness and Consciousness -- The Evolutionary Value of Consciousness -- Levels of Consciousness -- Aspects of Consciousness -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3: Development -- Historical Considerations -- Developmental Boundaries -- Cognitive Profiles across Cycles -- Developmental Cycles -- Episodic Thought -- Episodic Representation and Relational Integration -- Episodic Awareness -- Episodic Control |
|
Episodic Memory -- Realistic Representational Thought -- Realistic Symbolic Representation -- Representational Control and Awareness -- Representational Working Memory -- Rule-Based Thought -- Rule-Based Representation and Integration -- Inferential Control -- Rule-Based Working Memory -- Principle-Based Thought -- Principle-Based Reasoning -- Principle-Based Control -- Principle-Based Awareness -- The Epistemic and Dialectical Mind -- Epistemic Control -- Representational Units across Cycles -- Changes in Informational and Control Power of Representational Units |
|
Changes in Quality of Intelligence -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Personality -- Historical Considerations -- Personality and Cognition -- Personality Development -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5: Individuals -- Historical Considerations -- IQ Across Developmental Cycles -- Individual Differences in Development -- Explaining Transitions -- Developmental Profiles and Individual Differences -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6: Brains -- Brain Networks and Mind -- Brain Networks and Development -- Brains and Individual Differences -- Conclusions -- Chapter 7: Predicting School Performance |
|
Historical Considerations -- Disentangling Predictors -- From Preschool to Primary School -- From Primary to Secondary School -- Cognition, Cognizance, and Personality -- Cognition, Personality, and Emotional Intelligence -- Conclusions -- Chapter 8: Increasing Intelligence -- Historical Considerations -- Boosting Intelligence -- Developmental Theories -- Conceptual Change Theories -- Tuning Education with Developmental Priorities -- Accelerating Cognitive Development -- Training Deductive Reasoning -- Training Mathematical Thought -- Transfer across Domains -- Training Scientific Reasoning |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
|
Conclusions |
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Spanoudis, George
|
|
Greiff, Samuel
|
|
Panaoura, Rita
|
|
Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina
|
|
Kazi, Smaragda
|
|
Makris, Nikolaos
|
| ISBN |
9781003831631 |
|
100383163X |
|
