Growing Minds : A Developmental Theory of Intelligence, Brain, and Education [Hardcover]

PART I Three traditions of research on the human mind  1 The experimental cognitive tradition  2 The differential tradition  3 Piagets theory  4 Neo-Piagetian theories 5 The development of reasoning  6 Awareness and knowledge about the mind  7 Core domains  PART II  An overarching theory of the growing mind  8 The organization of the human mind  9 Cycles and phases of development  10 Recycling and mediation of cognizance 11 Differentiation and binding of mental processes through developmental cycles 12 Personality and emotions in the minds 13 Genetic, psychological, and cultural aspects of the mind  14 Mapping mind-brain development  PART III A developmental theory of instruction  15 School and intellectual development  16 Enhancing intelligence in the laboratory  17 Towards a theory of instruction  18 Educating critical thought  19 Conclusions: towards an overarching theory of the growing mind

Interest in the human mind is a centuries-old fascination, dating back to Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes. While the theories proposed about the human mind have since advanced and evolved, the fascination remains. Growing Minds is a unique and interdisciplinary work that guides the reader through an examination of the human mind's nature, performance, lifespan, and variations.

The book sets out to answer a variety of questions:

• What are the cognitive processes underlying intelligence?
• What is general and what is specific in intelligence?
• What is stable and what is changing in intelligence as children grow older?
• Why do individuals differ in intelligence, and are differenclã?