The Social Foundations of Language and Thought

Publisher Marketing: Essays examine how culture, social interaction, and human relations affect the development of language and thought in children. Contributor Bio:  Olson, David R Olson is University Professor and Professor of Applied Cognitive Science at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Contributor Bio:  Anglin, Jeremy M Jeremy M. Anglin received his Ph. D. from Harvard University in 1970. He is associate professor of psychology and currently the chair of the Developmental Psychology Division at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include language acquisition and cognitive development. Several of his recent studies have focused on lexical, semantic, and conceptual development during childhood. He has previously been a consulting editor for the "Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development" and has served on the editorial board of "Child Development," He is the author of "The Growth of Word Meaning" and of "Word, Object, and Conceptual Development "and the editor of "Beyond the Information Given: Studies in the Psychology of Knowing."George A. Miller received his Ph. D. from Harvard University in 1946. He is a cognitive psychologist at Princeton University. Pamela C. Wakefield received her B. S. from Upsala College in 1982. She is a member of the research staff at Princeton University. Contributor Bio:  Bruner, Jerome Jerome Bruner is George Herbert Mead University Professor at the New School for Social Research. A distinguished educator who has worked extensively in the fields of developmental and cognitive psychology, his many publications include "In Search of Mind; On Knowing; "and "Beyond the Information Given."Contributor Bio:  Miller, George A George Armitage Miller (1920 2012) was one of the founders of the cognitive psychology field.