The Thinker Mental Development in Childhood /

Is a baby actually learning something when he knocks down a stack of blocks? What happens in a toddler's mind when she "feeds" her teddy bear? Why does it take just as much work to bake an imaginary cake as a real one? This program explores the process through which young children beg...

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Other Authors: Acorn Productions., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c1994.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (25 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Series: Baby it's you.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Brain Transformation in Babies (2:53)
  • Mental Skills of Babies (5:30)
  • Problem-Solving in Toddlers (4:39)
  • Constituent Parts and Spatial Relationships (2:08)
  • Classification Skills (1:44)
  • Creative Thinking Skills in Toddlers (3:36)
  • Childhood Pretending (2:50)
  • Credits: The Thinker: Mental Development in Childhood (0:35)