Intellectual Development

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Summary

This multi-contributor work integrates research on adolescent and adult development, which are typically treated sepatately.

List of contributors
Preface
Perspectives for viewing intellectual development throughout the life course	p. 1
The psychometric perspective on intellectual development in childhood and adolescence	p. 16
Major abilities and development in the adult period	p. 44
Beyond the stage debate: Action, structure, and variability in Piagetian theory and research	p. 100
The study of adult cognition from a Piagetian perspective	p. 141
Neo-Piagetian theories of child development	p. 161
A neo-Piagetian perspective on adult cognitive development	p. 197
The information-processing perspective on cognitive development in childhood and adolescence	p. 229
The information-processing perspective on cognitive aging	p. 261
Integrating learning into a theory of intellectual development	p. 278
The learning perspective: Adulthood	p. 301
A sociocultural approach to intellectual development	p. 328
Contextual approaches to adult intellectual development	p. 350
The princess grows up: A satiric fairy tale about intellectual development	p. 381
Author index	p. 395
Subject index	p. 405
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