Infant Previewing

1. Front Matter

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2. The Concept of Previewing: Introduction

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   Pages 1-9

3. Prelude to Previewing: The Effects of Prenatal Representations

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   Pages 10-41

4. Previewing: A Means of Fostering the Infant’s Predictive Abilities

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   Pages 42-70

5. Previewing: A Catalyst for Differentiating Developmental Function

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   Pages 71-93

6. Previewing: A Catalyst for Coordinating Developmental Functions

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   Pages 94-114

7. Play: A Paradigm for Tracing Previewing Behaviors

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   Pages 115-144

8. Language: A Paradigm for Tracing Previewing Behaviors

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   Pages 145-172

9. Previewing as a Principle for Motivating Interpersonal Communication

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10. Previewing as a Principle for Intervention

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    Pages 192-214

11. Using Previewing to Stimulate Optimal Development

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    Pages 215-237

12. Strategies for Enhancing Previewing

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    Pages 238-252

13. Back Matter

    Pages 253-286

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Infant Previewing: Predicting and Sharing Interpersonal Outcome examines the developmental processes of the first two years of life from an innovative perspective that may dramatically alter the way health care professionals view and predict their perceptions of developmental phenomena. The volume introduces the concept of previewing, a developmental principle that organizes our understanding of how infants and caregivers share experience during the first few years of life. Previewing is manifested by virtually all caregivers and is designed to provide the caregiver-infant dyad with insight into imminent maturational trends and with the motivation for continuing on the development journey with a sense of mastery and control. The book not only launches the theory underlying the concept of previewing, but it also offers guidelines for using previewing to enhance the relationship between infant and caregiver. Various applications of previewing - as a means of fostering the infant's predictive abilities, as a catalyst for differentiating and coordinating developmental functions, and as a principle for motivating interpersonal communication - are analyzed.

• Entwicklungspsychologie
• Kleinkindentwicklung
• Motivation
• development
• intervention

• Department of Psychiatry, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, White Plains, USA

  Paul V. Trad

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