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Chapter Two Cognition –Action Trade-Offs Reflect Organization of Attention in Infancy
Publication date: 2018 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 54 Author(s): Sarah E. Berger, Regina T. Harbourne, Melissa N. Horger This chapter discusses what cognition–action trade-offs in infancy reveal about the organization and developmental trajectory of attention. We focus on internal attention because this aspect is most relevant to the immediate concerns of infancy, such as fluctuating levels of expertise, balancing multiple taxing skills simultaneously, learning how to control attention under variable conditions, and coordinating distinct psychological domains. Cognition–action trade-o...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - February 16, 2018 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Chapter One A Social-Interactive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding the Developing Brain
Publication date: 2018 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 54 Author(s): Elizabeth Redcay, Katherine Rice Warnell From birth onward, social interaction is central to our everyday lives. Our ability to seek out social partners, flexibly navigate and learn from social interactions, and develop social relationships is critically important for our social and cognitive development and for our mental and physical health. Despite the importance of our social interactions, the neurodevelopmental bases of such interactions are underexplored, as most research examines social processing in noninteractive con...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - February 16, 2018 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Cognition –Action Trade-Offs Reflect Organization of Attention in Infancy
Publication date: Available online 2 January 2018 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior Author(s): Sarah E. Berger, Regina T. Harbourne, Melissa N. Horger This chapter discusses what cognition–action trade-offs in infancy reveal about the organization and developmental trajectory of attention. We focus on internal attention because this aspect is most relevant to the immediate concerns of infancy, such as fluctuating levels of expertise, balancing multiple taxing skills simultaneously, learning how to control attention under variable conditions, and coordinating distinct psychological domains. Cognition...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - January 3, 2018 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Trends and Divergences in Childhood Income Dynamics, 1970 –2010
Publication date: Available online 8 December 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior Author(s): Heather D. Hill Earnings and income variability have increased since the 1970s, particularly at the bottom of the income distribution. Considerable evidence suggests that childhood income levels—captured as average or point-in-time yearly income—are associated with numerous child and adult outcomes. The importance to child development of stable proximal processes during childhood suggests that income variability may also be important, particularly if it is unpredictable, unintentional, or does not reflect ...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - December 9, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Children's Developing Ideas About Knowledge and Its Acquisition
Publication date: Available online 7 December 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior Author(s): Samuel Ronfard, Deborah T. Bartz, Liao Cheng, Xinkui Chen, Paul L. Harris We review key aspects of young children's concept of knowledge. First, we discuss children's early insights into the way that information can be communicated from informant to recipient as well as their active search for information via questions. We then analyze the way that preschool children talk explicitly and cogently about knowledge and the presuppositions they make in doing so. We argue that all children, irrespective of cultu...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Above and Beyond Objects: The Development of Infants ’ Spatial Concepts
Publication date: Available online 8 December 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior Author(s): Marianella Casasola Early in development infants form categorical representations of small-scale spatial relations, such as left vs right and above vs below. This spatial skill allows infants to experience coherence in the layout of the objects in their environment and to note the equivalence of a spatial relation across changes in objects. Comparisons across studies of infant spatial categorization offer insight into the processes that contribute to the development of this skill. Rather than viewing contrasti...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - December 8, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Kin Networks and Mobility in the Transition to Adulthood
Publication date: Available online 6 December 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior Author(s): Janel E. Benson, Anastassia Bougakova Family support is critical for launching youth into successful adult lives. Although studies have documented the association between family support and success in the transition to young adulthood, existing work focuses primarily on parental support, giving little attention to extended kin. This narrow definition of family may miss critical exchanges of support, especially among low-income families. Drawing on panel survey data (n =450) and in-depth interviews (n =52) wit...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - December 7, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

A Social-Interactive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding the Developing Brain
Publication date: Available online 6 December 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior Author(s): Elizabeth Redcay, Katherine Rice Warnell From birth onward, social interaction is central to our everyday lives. Our ability to seek out social partners, flexibly navigate and learn from social interactions, and develop social relationships is critically important for our social and cognitive development and for our mental and physical health. Despite the importance of our social interactions, the neurodevelopmental bases of such interactions are underexplored, as most research examines social processing in n...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - December 7, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

The Developmental Origins of Dehumanization
Publication date: Available online 6 December 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior Author(s): Niamh McLoughlin, Harriet Over Dehumanization is a complex social phenomenon, intimately connected to intergroup harm and neglect. However, developmental research has only recently started to investigate this important topic. In this chapter, we review research in areas closely related to dehumanization including children's intergroup preferences, essentialist conceptions of social groups, and understanding of relative status. We then highlight the small number of recent studies that have investigated the dev...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - December 7, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Social Influence on Positive Youth Development: A Developmental Neuroscience Perspective
Publication date: Available online 6 December 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior Author(s): Eva H. Telzer, Jorien van Hoorn, Christina R. Rogers, Kathy T. Do Susceptibility to social influence is associated with a host of negative outcomes during adolescence. However, emerging evidence implicates the role of peers and parents in adolescents’ positive and adaptive adjustment. Hence, in this chapter we highlight social influence as an opportunity for promoting social adjustment, which can redirect negative trajectories and help adolescents thrive. We discuss influential models about the processes ...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - December 7, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Chapter Eight Early Executive Function and Mathematics Relations: Correlation Does Not Ensure Concordance
Publication date: 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 53 Author(s): Michèle M.M. Mazzocco, Jenny Yun-Chen Chan, Allison M. Bock In this chapter, we address one potentially overlooked component of the relation between executive function (EF) skills and early mathematics, a relation for which there is widespread empirical support. Evidence for this relation has, thus far, been largely correlational. Here we emphasize that because positive correlations do not guarantee concordance among all members of a sample or population, a small but meaningful number of children may either fare well in mat...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - August 25, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Chapter Seven Interventions for Primary School Children With Difficulties in Mathematics
Publication date: 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 53 Author(s): Ann Dowker Difficulty with arithmetic is a common problem for children and adults, though there has been some work on the topic for a surprisingly long time. This chapter will review some of the research that has been done over the years on interventions with primary school children. Interventions can be of various levels of intensiveness, ranging from whole-class approaches that take account of individual differences through small-group and limited-time individual interventions to extended-time individual interventions. Inter...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - August 25, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Chapter Six Designing Studies to Test Causal Questions About Early Math: The Development of Making Pre-K Count
Publication date: 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 53 Author(s): Shira K. Mattera, Pamela A. Morris, Robin Jacob, Michelle Maier, Natalia Rojas A growing literature has demonstrated that early math skills are associated with later outcomes for children. This research has generated interest in improving children's early math competencies as a pathway to improved outcomes for children in elementary school. The Making Pre-K Count study was designed to test the effects of an early math intervention for preschoolers. Its design was unique in that, in addition to causally testing the effects ...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - August 25, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Chapter Five Notice, Explore, and Talk About Mathematics: Making a Positive Difference for Preschool Children, Families, and Educators in Australian Communities That Experience Multiple Disadvantages
Publication date: 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 53 Author(s): Ann Gervasoni, Bob Perry Let's Count is a preschool mathematics intervention implemented by The Smith Family from 2012 to the present in “disadvantaged” communities across Australia. It is based on current mathematics and early childhood education research and aligns with the Australian Early Years Learning Framework. Let's Count has been shown to be effective in enhancing mathematics learning and dispositions of young children, early childhood educators, and families through a longitudinal evaluation undertaken from 2012...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - August 25, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Chapter Four Coaching in Early Mathematics
Publication date: 2017 Source:Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 53 Author(s): Carrie Germeroth, Julie Sarama Falling scores in math have prompted a renewed interest in math instruction at early ages. By their own admission, early childhood educators are generally underprepared and not always comfortable teaching math. Professional development (PD) in early mathematics is widely considered a main way to increase teachers' skills and efficacy (e.g., Guskey, 2000; Hyson & Woods, 2014; Munby, Russell, & Martin, 2001; Piasta, Logan, Pelatti, Capps, & Petrill, 2015; Richardson &am...
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - August 25, 2017 Category: Child Development Source Type: research