Books in the Jean Piaget Symposia Series series

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A person's values affects profoundly what he/she attends to, thinks about and remembers. This text begins with an overview of what is known about the developmental role of valuation in the acquisition of knowledge and examines ideas of the connection between evaluation and thinking.

First Published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Covers topics such as: evolutionary foundations and functions of play; children's play as cultural interpretation; the use of imagination in children's play; and the imaginary companions created by children and adults. This volume is of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of developmental psychology and cognitive development.

Based on the Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, "Biology and Knowledge Revisited" focuses on the classic issue of the relationship between nature and nurture in cognitive and linguistic development, and their neurological substrates.

Based on the 25th Anniversary Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society: The Study of Knowledge and Development, this volume of explorations seeks further understanding of the mechanisms of mental development. It focuses on the comparative phylogeny, ontogeny and history of mentation.

The "grand theories" of child development - from Freud, Erikson, Piaget and others - provide interpretative frameworks for change and development, but theory, method and application remained disconnected in many ways. This book is designed to cross those boundaries and redress these concerns.

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This text's goal is to go beyond traditional accounts of human symbol skills to examine the development and consequences of symbolic communication. The editors explore the significance of communicationg symbolically as a means for understanding human symbol skills.

Throughout this volume, which is an extension of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, the editors and contributors explore assumptions about children¿s play and its status as a unique and universal activity in humans. As a whole,

Provides perspectives on how social interaction influences the development of knowledge. The book reviews the nature and type of interactions that promote development as well as the conceptual frameworks used to explain the relation between individuals and groups.

This work asks how should we represent the workings and contents of the mind? How does the child construct mental models during the course of development? What are the origins of these models? And what accounts for the novelties that are the products and producers of developmental change?

Explores art, its development, and its role in the construction of knowledge. Presenting theory and research on artistic development as a cultural and creative endeavor, this title examines the origins of human art during the Paleolithic cultural revolution, as part of a modern cultural transformation, in the growth of a creative artist.

Considers research on social justice, social equality, and social development. This title helps us understand the relation between social inequalities and social development. It looks at inequalities in educational and health care opportunities; unequal rights and their effects on minorities; and, hardships and inequalities encountered by women.

Illustrates different ways in which the concept of embodiment can be used in developmental psychology and related disciplines. This book explores the role of the body in the development of meaning, consciousness, and psychological functioning. It demonstrates how the concept of embodiment can deepen our understanding of developmental psychology.

The papers collected in this volume are all derived from the 29th Annual Symposium of JPS.The intent of the volume is to examine the issue of reductionism on the theoretical level in several sciences, including biology,psychology,&sociology.

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.