CONTENTS
Preface = xiii
Contributors = xv
Introduction / Iris Levin ; Dan Zakay
Chapter 1 The Role of Temporal Factors in Infant Behavior and Development / David J. Lewkowicz
Introduction = 9
Intrinsic Biobehavioral Rhythms = 10
Temporal Nature of Social Interactions = 12
Learning of Temporal Information = 17
Perception of Temporal Information = 20
Conclusion = 57
References = 58
Chapter 2 Time Concepts in Language and Thought : Filling the Piagetian Void from Two to Five Years/ Richard M. Weist
Introduction = 63
The ST System and Object Permanence = 69
The ET System and Displacement = 72
Transition from the ET to the Restricted System = 92
The Restricted RT System = 96
The Transition from a Restricted to a Free RT System : Temporal Sequencing = 105
Temporal Location : RT versus ET Systems = 107
The Free RT System and Seriation and Reversibility = 109
Conclusion : Temporal Systems and Conceptual Development = 110
References = 114
CHAPTER 3 Measuring Time via Counting : The Development of Children's Conceptions of Time as a Quantifiable Dimension / Iris Levin ; Friedrich Wilkening
Introduction = 119
Qualitative versus Quantitative Reasoning : Integration of Duration = 120
Counting : A Time Measurement Strategy = 131
Counting and Judging Time = 137
Development of Time Measurement : Summary and General Conclusions = 141
References = 143
CHAPTER 4 Principles Underlying Time Measurement : The Development of Children's Constraints on Counting Time / Iris Levin
Introduction = 145
Principles Underlying Time Measurement : Constancy and Arbitrariness = 147
Comparison with Principles Proposed by Piaget = 150
General Framework for the Reported Studies = 151
Interview for Assessing Four Principles of Time Measurement = 152
Constrained Task for Assessing Principles = 157
Principles Underlying Time Counting and the Use of Counting to Measure Time = 167
General Conclusions : Principles Underlying Time Measurement = 171
References = 181
CHAPTER 5 Strategy Choices in Children's Time-Telling / Robert S. Siegler ; Kate Mcgilly
Introduction = 185
A Short Review of the Literature on Strategy Choice and Time-Telling = 187
The Development of Time-Telling Skills = 194
An Empirical Study of Children's Time-Telling = 197
Discussion = 211
References = 216
CHAPTER 6 Assessing Children's Understanding of Time, Speed and Distance Interrelations / Curt Acredolo
Introduction = 219
What Understanding Entails = 221
Judging Directly Perceived Relative Durations = 223
Study 1 : An Examination of the Concordance between Methods Claiming to Measure children's Knowledge of Time, Speed and Distance Interrelations = 232
Conclusions Thus Far and Introduction of a Fourth Method : Assessing the Posssibility of Relative Time, Speed and Distance Combinations = 238
Studies 2A, B and C : Children's Recognition of the Necessary Interrelations between Relative Times, Speeds and Distances = 246
Summary and Conclusions = 255
References = 256
CHAPTER 7 The Representation of Temporal Structure in Children, Adolescents and Adults / William J. Friedman
Introduction = 259
Models of the Representation of Time Structures = 260
Research on Adults' Representations = 264
Conclusion = 284
Research on Children's and Adolescent's Representations = 285
Summary = 300
Reference = 302
CHAPTER 8 Judging the Duration of Time Intervals : A Process of Remembering Segments of Experience / Douglas Poynter
Inferring Time's Passage = 305
Models of Duration Judgment = 307
A Comparison of the Predictive Utility of Three Models = 314
The Relationship between Perceived Time and Distance = 326
Summary = 328
Reference = 329
CHAPTER 9 Experiencing and Remembering Time : Affordances, Context, and Cognition / Richard A. Block
Introduction = 333
A Contextualistic Model of Temporal Experience = 334
Temporal Judgment Methods = 335
Characteristics of the Time Period = 338
Characteristics of the Experiencer = 345
Activities During the Time Period = 349
Two-Factor Interactions = 351
Three-Factor Interactions = 355
Four-Factor Interactions = 355
Development of Temporal Experiences and Concepts = 357
Adult Beliefs about Time and Temporal Experiences = 358
Conclusions = 360
Reference = 360
CHAPTER 10 Subjective Time and Attentional Resource Allocation : An Integrated Model of Time Estimation / Dan Zakay
Introduction = 365
Theories of Short Interval Duration Estimation = 366
Resource Allocation Model of Time Estimation = 371
Study 1 - Immediate and Remote Time Estimation = 372
Study 2 - the Influence of Task Difficulty and External Tempo on Prospective Time Estimation = 376
Study 3 - A Comparison of Time Estimation as a Primary or a Secondary Task = 381
Study 4 - Latent Inhibition and Time Estimation = 386
Summary and General Conclusions = 393
References = 395
Author Index = 399
Subject Index = 407
