We focus our review on three universal tasks of human development: relationship formation,
knowledge acquisition, and the balance between autonomy and relatedness at …

A set of basic beliefs about others' minds and behavior, referred to as folk psychology or
theory of mind, is often discussed as if it were the same the world over. Yet, certainly …

The distinguished psychologist Michael Cole, known for his pioneering work in literacy,
cognition, and human development, offers a multifaceted account of what cultural …

We first attempted to determine whether literacy induces cognitive change by administering
a set of experimental tasks to all survey respondents. Two considerations guided our …

Alexander Romanovich Luria, one of the most influential psychologists of the twentieth
century, is best known for his pioneering work on the development of language and thought …

Mathematics is in the unenviable position of being simultaneously one of the most important
school subjects for today's children to study and one of the least well understood. Its …

The Google Books Ngram Viewer allows researchers to quantify culture across centuries by
searching millions of books. This tool was used to test theory-based predictions about …

In this far-ranging essay David Olson attempts to reframe current controversies over several
aspects of language, including meaning, comprehension, acquisition, reading, and …

First published in 1981, this collection of essays was taken from Peters' larger work,
Psychology and Ethical Development (1974) in order to provide a more focused volume on …

It [this book] can be used, we believe, in courses designed for students who have had no
prior introduction to psychology. We expect that the book will be used that way in many parts …