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Advances in Child Development and Behavior is intended to ease the task faced by researchers, instructors, and students who are confronted by the vast amount of research and theoretical discussion in child development and behavior. The serial provides scholarly technical articles with critical reviews, recent advances in research, and fresh theoretical viewpoints. Volume 29 discusses working memory, parent-adolescent relationships, maternal responsiveness and early language acquisition, early knowledge acquisition, schooling as a cultural process, and pre-adolescent peer relations.
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ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 29
Contributors to This Volume Nancy Bell
Paul C. Quinn
Marc H. Bornstein
Barbara Rogoff
Nelson Cowan
J. Scott Saults
Emily M. Elliott
Judith G. Smetana
Carollee Howes
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Eugene Matusov
Julie Wargo Aikins
ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR edited by Robert V. Kail Department of Psychological Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana
Hayne W. Reese Department of Psychology West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia
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Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Search for What Is Fundamental in the Development of Working Memory NELSON COWAN, J. SCOTT SAULTS, AND EMILY M. ELLIOTT I. Introduction. . . . . . .