When we think about humorous experience our attention is typically focused on its affective
or emotional aspects. After all, jokes can liven up an evening or boost our egos at the …

The emergence of the child's awareness of the linguistic code that he or she is learning has
recently attracted the interest of many language acquisition researchers. Language …

Playfulness: Its Relationship to Imagination and Creativity focuses on a discussion of the
play element in play. This book discusses the differentiation between play and exploratory …

Most of us laugh at something funny multiple times during a typical day. Humor serves
multiple purposes, and although there is a sizable and expanding research literature on the …

Discusses general conceptual growth, with special emphasis on the contributions of Piaget.
Other areas discussed—including social cognition, perception, and memory—are based …

Now in its fourth edition and with extensive updated research," Later Language
Development" addresses the development of spoken and written language from …

Using this bestselling text, pre-and in-service teachers get the ideal contents to prepare to
meet the needs of elementary and secondary students with learning and behavior problems …

This book critically reviews research on the problem of how children come to understand the
social world, an area often known as children's" theories of mind." It will be of interest to a …

This book starts from three observations. First, the use of humour is a complex, puzzling, and
idiosyncratically human form of behaviour (and hence is of scientific interest). Second, there …

This book focuses on the more advanced language abilities of upper grade youth and
adolescents. It discusses how language develops from childhood to adulthood. The book …