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Until recently, the body has been largely ignored in theories and
empirical research in psychology, particularly in developmental
psychology. Recently however, several conceptions of the relation
between body and mind have been developed. Common among these
conceptions is the idea that the body plays an important role in
our emotional, social, and cognitive lives. This latest volume in
the Jean Piaget Society Symposia Series illustrates different ways
in which the concept of embodiment can be used in developmental
psychology and related disciplines. It explores the role of the
body in the development of meaning, consciousness, and
psychological functioning. The overall goal is to demonstrate how
the concept of embodiment can deepen our understanding of
developmental psychology by suggesting new possibilities of
integrating biological, psychological, and socio-cultural
approaches. Developmental Perspective on Embodiment and
Consciousness explores embodiment in two ways. First, embodiment is
examined as a condition of and influencing the particular shape of
psychological experience. This sense of embodiment reflects the
effort to put the mind back into the body. Second, embodiment is
examined as a reflective experience in the sense that the mind
forms particular images about the body. This sense of embodiment
reflects the effort to put the body into the mind. The book opens
with a discussion of embodiment from a meta-theoretical
perspective. Then the role of embodiment in grounding conceptual
meaning is examined. This is followed by discussions of the role of
embodiment in strengthening our understanding of emotions,
cognitive development, religious experiences, and social
development. Then the role of the body in spatial cognition and the
role of language in the development of complex forms of
consciousness are explored. The final chapters examine the impact
of culture on the conceptualization of the embodied self. The book
concludes with an overview of the historical context of the
mind-body dualism and a discussion of how the idea of embodiment
transcends this dualism. Intended for researchers and advanced
students in developmental, cognitive, and social psychology,
neuroscience, philosophy, anthropology, biology, and sociology,
this new book also serves as a reference for advanced courses on
cognition and development.
Until recently, the body has been largely ignored in theories and
empirical research in psychology, particularly in developmental
psychology. Recently however, several conceptions of the relation
between body and mind have been developed. Common among these
conceptions is the idea that the body plays an important role in
our emotional, social, and cognitive lives. This latest volume in
the Jean Piaget Society Symposia Series illustrates different ways
in which the concept of embodiment can be used in developmental
psychology and related disciplines. It explores the role of the
body in the development of meaning, consciousness, and
psychological functioning. The overall goal is to demonstrate how
the concept of embodiment can deepen our understanding of
developmental psychology by suggesting new possibilities of
integrating biological, psychological, and socio-cultural
approaches. Developmental Perspective on Embodiment and
Consciousness explores embodiment in two ways. First, embodiment is
examined as a condition of and influencing the particular shape of
psychological experience. This sense of embodiment reflects the
effort to put the mind back into the body. Second, embodiment is
examined as a reflective experience in the sense that the mind
forms particular images about the body. This sense of embodiment
reflects the effort to put the body into the mind. The book opens
with a discussion of embodiment from a meta-theoretical
perspective. Then the role of embodiment in grounding conceptual
meaning is examined. This is followed by discussions of the role of
embodiment in strengthening our understanding of emotions,
cognitive development, religious experiences, and social
development. Then the role of the body in spatial cognition and the
role of language in the development of complex forms of
consciousness are explored. The final chapters examine the impact
of culture on the conceptualization of the embodied self. The book
concludes with an overview of the historical context of the
mind-body dualism and a discussion of how the idea of embodiment
transcends this dualism. Intended for researchers and advanced
students in developmental, cognitive, and social psychology,
neuroscience, philosophy, anthropology, biology, and sociology,
this new book also serves as a reference for advanced courses on
cognition and development.
Complete with syllibi for each of the three years of beginning
ballet instruction, this book helps beginning ballet teachers enter
the studio with knowledge and confidence. It begins with the basics
of how to prepare for teaching and follows with what to do on the
first day of class and how to model terminology and demonstrate
positions. Helpful, age-appropriate photographs accompany the
outlines of each level of study, and novice instructors are able to
adapt each syllabus to the needs of their students. From
demonstrating the five positions of the feet and using French
terminology to teaching exercises on pointe, this guide is perfect
for helping dancers transition into dance teachers or refreshing
the skills of current dance instructors.
'Incredibly moving' Daily Mail 'To Siri with Love is a beautifully
honest and illuminating love letter to Gus, your typical atypical
nonneurotypical human.' Jon Stewart 'A moving and witty memoir with
a big heart.' Nigella Lawson 'An uncommonly riotous and moving book
[that] will make readers laugh - yes, out loud - before sweeping
them, finally, into a soul-spilling high tide . . . Technology's
great promise may in fact be to summon, capture and display our
most human qualities, both the darkness and the light, to pave
avenues of deepened connections with others.' New York Times Writer
Judith Newman never had any illusions that her family was 'normal'.
She and her husband keep separate apartments-his filled with twin
grand pianos as befits a former opera singer; hers filled with the
clutter and chaos of twin adolescent boys conceived late in life.
And one of those boys is Gus, her sweet, complicated, autistic
13-year-old. With refreshing honesty, To Siri With Love chronicles
one year in the life of Gus and the family around him -- a family
with the same crazy ups and downs as any other. And at the heart of
the book lies Gus's passionate friendship with Siri, Apple's
'intelligent personal assistant'. Unlike her human counterparts,
Siri always has the right answers to Gus's incessant stream of
questions about the intricacies of national rail schedules, or box
turtle varieties, and she never runs out of patience. She always
makes sure Gus enunciates and even teaches him manners by way of
her warm yet polite tone and her programmed insistence on civility.
Equal parts funny and touching, this is a book that will make your
heart brim, and then break it. Warm, wise and always honest, Judith
Newman shows us a new world where artificial intelligence is
beginning to meet emotional intelligence -- a world that will shape
our children in ways both wonderful and unexpected.
The story of a young tomato in the land of vegetables, who embarks
on a short journey of self discovery and learns that it is always
best to just be yourself.
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