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Psychological Perspectives on Deafness

• Edited by Marc Marschark, M. Diane Clark

• Price: $79.95
• Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
• Pages: 400
• Published by: Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 1st November 1992
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-1054-7

About the Book

Focusing on the psychological foundations and implications of deafness, this volume provides a scholarly overview of research concerning deaf individuals, deafness, and related topics. Taken together, the chapters offer a coherent picture of the scientific issues facing deafness researchers and the relationships between biology, language, cognition, and social processes in the deaf. Contributors were encouraged to provide forthright but balanced examinations of the goals, methodologies, and interpretations of research relevant to their topics, while at the same time considering broader theoretical motivations and implications of relevant findings. Drawing on the expertise of the authors, this book provides a more comprehensive and integrative approach to deafness than previous volumes. Most books in the field either have applied perspectives and goals or have focused primarily on sign language, deaf education, or some other restricted domain. This book is broader, including "cutting-edge" research from "cutting-edge" researchers.

Although the book is intended primarily as a scholarly work, it combines depth and breadth of coverage making it an appropriate text for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses on the psychology of deafness and a resource book and supplement for courses on exceptional children, normal development, and education of the deaf.

Table of Contents

Contents: M. Marschark, Putting Deafness in Perspective. Part I:Social and Cultural Contexts of Deafness. M. Marschark, Origins and Interactions in the Social, Cognitive, and Language Development of Deaf Children. R. Calderon, M. Greenberg, Considerations in the Adaptation of Families With School-Aged Deaf Children. M. Montanini-Manfredi, The Emotional Development of Deaf Children. P.E. Spencer, D.A. Deyo, Cognitive and Social Aspects of Deaf Children's Play. A. Lederberg, The Impact of Deafness on Mother-Child and Peer Relationships. Part II:Language and Language Development. K. Nelson, F. Loncke, S. Camarata, Implications of Research on Deaf and Hearing Children's Language Learning. D. McNeill, The Circle From Gesture to Sign. R. Spence-Sutton, B. Woll, The Status and Functional Role of Fingerspelling in BSL. M.V. Swisher, Perceptual and Cognitive Aspects of Recognition of Signs in Peripheral Vision. J.D. Bonvillian, R.J. Folven, Sign Language Acquisition: Development Aspects. Part III:Reading and Cognition. J. Leybaert, Reading in the Deaf: The Roles of Phonological Codes. D. Lillo-Martin, Deaf Readers and Universal Grammar. M. Rodda, C. Cumming, D. Fewer, Memory, Learning, and Language: Implications for Deaf Education. M.D. Clark, A Contextual/Interactionist Model and its Relationship to Deafness Research. Part IV:Conclusion: W.C. Stokoe, The Broadening and Sharpening of Psychological Perspectives on Deafness.