Children's understanding of society

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Author:

Barrett, Martyn D.

ISBN:

9781841692982

Publication Information:

Hove (UK) ; New York : Psychology Press, 2005.

Physical Description:

xii, 323 p.

Series:

Studies in developmental psychology

Series Title:

Studies in developmental psychology

Contents:

1. Emergent themes in the study of children's understanding of society / Martyn Barrett and Eithne Buchanan-Barrow -- 2. Children's understanding of the school / Eithne Buchanan-Barrow -- 3. Children's understanding of economics / Paul Webley -- 4. Children's understanding of politics / Anna Emilia Berti -- 5. Children's understanding of the law and legal processes / Stephen J. Ceci, Faith A. Markle and Yoo Jin Chae -- 6. Children's understanding of gender roles in society / Kevin Durkin -- 7. Children's understanding of social class and occupational groupings / Nicholas Emler and Julie Dickinson -- 8. Children's understanding of racial groups / Lawrence A. Hirschfeld -- 9. Children's understanding of ethnic belonging and the development of ethnic attitudes / Alida Lo Coco, Cristiano Inguglia and Ugo Pace -- 10. Children's understanding of, and feelings about, countries and national groups / Martyn Barrett.

11. The development of societal cognition : a commentary / Giyoo Hatano and Keiko Takahashi.

Abstract:

"A state-of-the-art review of research in this area, this comprehensive new collection investigates children's feelings and ideas about key social experiences and the institutions and cultural groupings that make up society. Areas covered include children's understanding of school, economics, the law and legal processes, gender roles, social class and occupational categories and racial, ethnic and national groups. Written by leading international authorities in each field, the chapters summarize clearly our current state of knowledge, as well as carefully explaining and evaluating the theories which have been proposed to account for children's development in all these areas."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Social perception in children.

Human information processing in children.

Added Author:

Barrett, Martyn D.

Buchanan-Barrow, Eithne.

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A state-of-the-art review of the research in this area, this collection covers children's understanding of family, school, economics, race, politics and gender roles. Recent changes and trends in research are summarised. This is explained in terms of a progression from the Piagetian stages model of development to the current emphasis on socially-mediated sources of information, socio-cultural context and children's own naiive theories about societal phenomena. Bringing together some of the most prominent and active researchers in this field this volume presents an advanced overview of developments in this under-represented area of social psychology.