This volume brings together evidence currently available concerning the development of social cognition in infancy. The task of each author has been to synthesize research and theory concerning the central issues in this area.

Preface, 1. Infant Social Cognition: An Introduction, 2. Issues In Cognitive-Perceptual Development: The Special Cale of Social Stimuli, 3. The Recognition of Specific Persons, 4. Perceptual Aspects of Social Knowing: Looking and Listening In Infancy, 5. Recognition of Emotional Expression In Infancy?, 6. Individual Differences In Parental Sensitivity: Origins, Components, and Consequences, 7. The Development of Social Expectations In the First Year of Life, 8. The Perception of Contingency and Social Development, 9. The Relation Between Emotion and Cognition In Infant Development, 10. Perception, Appral.al and Emotion: The Onset of Social Referencing, 11. Developmental Changes in Strategies of Social Interaction, 12. Early Person Knowledge as Expressed in Gestural and Verbal Communication: When Do Infants Acquire a “Theory of Mind”?, 13. The Effects of Social Experience and Social Style on Cognitive Competence and Performance, 14. Self-Knowledge: A Social Cognitive Perspective on Gender Identity and Sex-Role Development, Author Index, Subject Index