Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
by Chris Moore
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
How do children develop an understanding of people as psychological entities - as feeling, thinking beings? How do they come to understand human behavior as driven by desires and informed by reason? These questions are at the heart of contemporary research on children’s "theories of mind."...
by Pierre Oléron, Jean Piaget, Bärbel Inhelder
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
First published in English in 1969, the book opens with a chapter by Pierre Oléron on intellectual activities. These fall into three groups: inductive activities (the apprehension of laws, relations and concepts), reasoning and problem solving. It describes typical methods and essential results obtained...
Educational Psychology Practice
A New Theoretical Framework
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
This book sets out a proposal for applying psychological and educational psychology concepts to improve work with children and young people. It also suggests how some of the criticism aimed at pedagogical-psychology practice can be answered.
In several respects educational psychology practice...
Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology
An Evaluation of Current Status and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
The first volume of its kind, this provocative book evaluates the construct of cultural competence from multiple perspectives. At the intersection of diverse disciplines and domains, contributors argue for greater clarity in understanding the cultural competence construct, a deeper level of analysis...
Modern Educational Psychology
An Historical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Many contemporary issues in educational psychology become clearer when set against the perspective of their historical antecedents. Originally published in 1969, this book provides a survey of the most important ideas and experiments in educational psychology at the time, showing how they have helped...
by Peter E. Langford
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Vygotsky is widely considered one of the most significant and influential psychologists of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, true appreciation of his theories has been hindered by a lack of understanding of the background to his thought. Vygotsky's Developmental and Educational Psychology aims...
by John Dewey
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Psychology and Social Practice Psychological Doctrine and Philosophical Teaching Psychology as Philosophic Method The New Psychology How We Think The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology...
Attachment in Middle Childhood: Theoretical Advances and New Directions in an Emerging Field
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 148
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
One of the critical factors in early development is the formation of a secure attachment, and it continues to be important for older children's responses to psychological stressors like hurt pride, fear, and sadness. This volume provides a timely review of research to date, describing important insights...
by Sue Bailey, Mike Shooter
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Sadly, millions of children today are affected by mental health problems, almost a doubling of the number of sufferers in just one generation.
Now, in this timely new book, mental health experts provide invaluable information and guidance for concerned parents, teachers and young adults. With...
Child Psychology
A Handbook of Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
This third edition of Child Psychology continues the tradition of showcasing cutting-edge research in the field of developmental science, including individual differences, dynamic systems and processes, and contexts of development. While retaining a similar structure to the last edition, this revision...
The Journey of Child Development
Selected Papers of Joseph D. Noshpitz
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
As founder and past president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and president of the American Association of Children's Residential Centers, Joseph Noshpitz was at the forefront of psychodynamic treatment and research with children and adolescents for more than forty years....
Maternal Brain Plasticity: Preclinical and Human Research and Implications for Intervention
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 153
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
The transition to motherhood is marked by significant change at both biological and psychological levels, facilitating the development of maternal behavior. Interdisciplinary research converge to highlight the plasticity of the maternal brain, and the interplay of neurophysiology and postpartum experience,...
Developmental Psychology
A Course Companion
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
Developmental Psychology provides student readers with essential help in all aspects of their first course in developmental psychology, including advice on revising exams, preparing and writing course assessment materials, and enhancing and progressing their knowledge and skills in line with course...
Adoptees' Ethnic Identity Within Family and Social Contexts
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 150
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
This special issue addresses the construction of ethnic identity among international transracial adoptees, which typically involve the placement of Black, Asian, Hispanic, or Multiracial children with White parents. International transracial adoptees, similar to immigrants, navigate a cultural and...