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| Studying Cognitive Development: Six Approaches Behaviorist Approach: Basic Mechanics of Learning Classical and Operant Conditioning Infant Memory Psychometric Approach: Developmental and Intelligence Testing Testing Infants and Toddlers Assessing the Impact of the Home Environment Early Intervention Piagetian Approach: The Sensorimotor Stage Substages of the Sensorimotor Stage Do Imitative Abilities Develop Earlier Than Piaget Thought? Development of Knowledge about Objects and Space Evaluating Piaget’s Sensorimotor Stage Information-Processing Approach: Perceptions and Representations Habituation Visual and Auditory Processing Abilities Information Processing as a Predictor of Intelligence Information Processing and the Development of Piagetian Abilities Evaluating Information-Processing Research on Infants Cognitive Neuroscience Approach: The Brain's Cognitive Structures Social-Contextual Approach: Learning from Interactions with Caregivers Language Development Sequence of Early Language Development Characteristics of Early Speech Classic Theories of Language Acquisition: The Nature-Nurture Debate Influences on Language Development Preparing for Literacy: The Benefits of Reading Aloud Summary and Key Terms Boxes 7-1 The Everyday World: Do Infants and Toddlers Watch Too Much Television? 7-2 Around the World: Inventing Sign Language |