Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books
Child Welfare and Development
A Japanese Case Study
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Bamba and Haight provide an in-depth understanding of the everyday experiences and perspectives of maltreated children and their substitute caregivers and teachers in Japan. Their innovative research program combines strategies from developmental psychology, ethnography and action research. Although...
Life-Span Development and Behavior
Volume 10
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
This serial publication continues to review life-span research and theory in the behavioral and social sciences, particularly work done by psychologists and sociologists conducting programmatic research on current problems and refining theoretical positions. Each volume introduces excellent peer-reviewed...
Growing Up Fast
Re-Visioning Adolescent Mothers' Transitions to Young Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
The first edition of Growing Up Fast attempted to counter the stereotype of poor, minority adolescent mothers and describe the diversity of their educational, work, parenting, and relationship experiences. The volume followed a strengths-based approach to understanding why some mothers appeared resilient...
Children's Development Within Social Context
Volume I: Metatheory and Theory:volume Ii: Research and Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
These companion volumes bring together research and theoretical work that addresses the relations between social context and the development of children. They allow for the in-depth discussion of a number of vital metatheoretical, theoretical, and methodological issues that have emerged as a result...
Early Vocal Contact and Preterm Infant Brain Development
Bridging the Gaps Between Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This book synthesizes and analyzes research on early vocal contact (EVC) for preterm infants, an early healthcare strategy aimed at reducing the long-term impact of neonatal hospitalization, minimizing negative impacts of premature birth, and promoting positive brain development. Chapters begin by...
Piaget and His School
A Reader in Developmental Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Inhelder in her introduction. The reason for this unity is that explanatory adequacy can be attained only by exploring the formative and constructive aspects of development. To explain a psychologic reaction or a cognitive mechanism (at all levels, including that of scientific thought) is not simply...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Based on the First Biannual Lifespan Development Conference, this volume offers a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to the study of lifespan development in the areas of neuropsychology, cognition, behavior genetics, and perception. The objective of the conference was to provide a lively...
The Autonomous Child
Theorizing Socialization
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
The social sciences offer a variety of theories on how children develop, and various theories and disciplines apply their own vocabularies and conceptualise different aspects of the processes of socialization. This book looks at the theorizing of socialization in sociology, anthropology, psychology,...
by Richard M. Lerner, Jasna Jovanovic
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
This volume focuses on concepts central to the understanding of the key features of individuality which undergo significant transformations throughout the adolescent period: Personality, self, and ego. While rooted in distinct theoretical traditions, these three concepts, in combination, capture the...
Infancy
Development from Birth to Age 3
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
The Third Edition of Infancy is a comprehensive and accessible core text for courses in infant development and early childhood development. Dana Gross’s sensitive and engaging teaching voice seamlessly weaves together research and theory with current issues of diversity and culture. This latest...
Knowing Children
Experiments in Conversation and Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
It has often been maintained that young children's knowledge is limited to perceptual appearances. In this "preoperational" stage of development, there are profound conceptual limitations in that they have little understanding of numerical and causal relations and are incapable of insight...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Although the importance of context has been emphasized by temperament researchers, until now there has been remarkably little systematic research on the unique role specific aspects of context play in the development and impact of temperament. The goal of this volume is to systematize current knowledge...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
During the transition from childhood to adulthood, adolescents face a unique set of challenges that accompany increased independence and responsibility. This volume combines cutting-edge research in the field of adolescence and the field of motivation and self-regulation to shed new light on these...
What Do Mothers Want?
Developmental Perspectives, Clinical Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
What do mothers want and need from their parenting partners, their extended families, their friends, colleagues, and communities? And what can mental health professionals do to help them meet their daunting responsibilities in the contemporary world? The talented contributors to What Do Mothers Want?...