Child Psychology category: 2885 books
Family Investments in Children's Potential
Resources and Parenting Behaviors That Promote Success
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2004
The papers in this volume bring together a cross-disciplinary mix of researchers--developmental psychologists, evolutionary biologists, economists, anthropologists, and sociologists--working on the common theme of investments in children. The interdisciplinary conceptual framework adopted by this...
Parents and Children Communicating with Society
Managing Relationships Outside of the Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2010
The volume opens a new frontier in parent-child communication research as it brings together veteran researchers and newcomers to explore the communication of parents and children as they create relationships outside the family. The chapters herein examine communication processes and problems of parents...
by Jerome Kagan, Norbert Herschkowitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human development during its first decade and what has been learned about brain growth. This volume proposes that development is the process of experience working...
Spare the Kids
Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
A challenge to the cultural tradition of corporal punishment in Black homes and its connections to racial violence in America
Why do so many African Americans have such a special attachment to whupping children? Studies show that nearly 80 percent of black parents see spanking, popping, pinching,...
Letting Go with Love and Confidence
Raising Responsible, Resilient, Self-Sufficient Teens in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
A parenting guide to adolescence - a sensible and considerate resource for navigating your teen to adulthood, transforming a traditional time of strife into an opportunity for positive growth for both you and your child.
For parents, nurturing their teens to become healthy, well-adjusted adults...
Blueprint
How our childhood makes us who we are
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
'The best book I've read this year ... It's written in such a beautiful way' - Dr Suzi Gage, Book Shambles podcast
From birth to adulthood, Blueprint tells you what you need to know about how you became who you are
Have you ever wondered how your early life shaped you? From beginning...
Cognitive Development
An Advanced Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
This new text consists of parts of Bornstein and Lamb’s Developmental Science, 6th edition along with new introductory material that as a whole provides a cutting edge and comprehensive overview of cognitive development. Each of the world-renowned contributors masterfully introduces the history...
Theory of Mind
How Children Understand Others' Thoughts and Feelings
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Most of us are continually aware that others have thoughts and feelings – but are children? When? This book is a concise and readable review of the extensive research into children’s understanding of what other people think and feel, a central topic in developmental psychology known as "Theory...
Parenting in Transracial Adoption: Real Questions and Real Answers
Real Questions and Real Answers
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Anchored in a qualitative study of parents who have adopted children identified as being of a different race, this book draws from real-life experiences to raise and respond to questions that arise before, during, and after transracial adoption. Its goal: to help adoptive parents (and child welfare...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
This volume in the JPS Series is intended to help crystallize the emergence of a new field, "Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience," aimed at elucidating the neural correlates of the development of socio-emotional experience and behavior. No one any longer doubts that infants are born with a...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
In recent years, newspaper articles, television specials, and other media events have focused on the numerous hard decisions faced by today's youth, often pointing to teen pregnancy, drug use, and delinquency as evidence of faulty judgment. Over the past 10 years, many groups - including parents,...
The Psychology of Reading
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Incorporating cognitive, neuropsychological, and sociocultural perspectives, this authoritative text explains the psychological processes involved in reading and describes applications for educational practice. The book follows a clear developmental sequence, from the impact of the early family environment...
Child's Play
Developmental and Applied
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Originally published in 1984, a major purpose of this book was to bring together in a single volume, work that reflects the wide range of interests that social and behavioural scientists have in play, development and the environment. The intent of the book was to refine and extend concepts and methodologies...
The Development of the Mediated Mind
Sociocultural Context and Cognitive Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2004
This volume is a festschrift for Katherine Nelson, an NYU professor who was a pioneer in infant perception and memory. The "mediated mind" is a term coined by Dr. Nelson and it refers to how cognitive development is mediated by the sociocultural context, including language and social interaction....