Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
The Case of Miss R. (Psychology Revivals)
The Interpretation of a Life Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Originally published in 1929 the individual psychological interpretation of this autobiography was first presented by Alfred Adler to a group of psychiatrists and pedagogues in Vienna. The story of the development of a neurosis is told in this book. A young girl relates the fascinating story of her...
Social and Emotional Education in Primary School
Integrating Theory and Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
This book synthesizes concepts, findings, and best practices for a complete guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating social and emotional education (SEE) programs. Emphasizing "caught" as well as taught lessons, it offers a whole-school framework for SEE, with content, rationales,...
Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination
3rd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination provides a comprehensive and compelling overview of what psychological theory and research have to say about the nature, causes, and reduction of prejudice and discrimination. It balances a detailed discussion of theories and selected research with applied...
by Professor Jaan Valsiner
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2000
This major new textbook by Jaan Valsiner focuses on the interface between cultural psychology and developmental psychology. Intended for students from undergraduate level upwards, the book provides a wide-ranging overview of the cultural perspective on human development, with illustrations from pre-natal...
School Psychology for the 21st Century, Second Edition
Foundations and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
A leading introductory text, this authoritative volume comprehensively describes the school psychologist's role in promoting positive academic, behavioral, and emotional outcomes for all students. The book emphasizes a problem-solving-based, data-driven approach to practice in today's diverse schools....
The Psychology of Language
An Integrated Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Breaking through the boundaries of traditional psycholinguistics texts, The Psychology of Language: An Integrated Approach*,* by David Ludden, takes an integrated, cross-cultural approach that weaves the latest developmental and neuroscience research into every chapter. Separate chapters on bilingualism...
Learning from Picturebooks
Perspectives from child development and literacy studies
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Picturebooks, understood as a series of meaningful text-picture relations, are increasingly acknowledged as an autonomous sub-genre of children’s literature. Being highly complex aesthetic products, their use is deeply embedded in specific situations of joint attention between a caregiver and a...
Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies
The State of the Art
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies brings together recent critical investigations which examine historical and textual inaccuracies associated with received understandings of Vygotsky’s work. By deconstructing the Vygotskian narrative, the authors debunk the 'cult of Vygotsky', allowing...
Seeing Babies in a New Light
The Life of Hanus Papousek
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Seeing Babies in a New Light: The Life of Hanus Papousek presents the first in-depth examination of the scientific contributions and life of Hanus Papousek (1922-2000), a leading figure in modern infancy research. The aim is to illuminate the research and ideas of this pediatrician and scholar who...
Young Children's Cognitive Development
Interrelationships Among Executive Functioning, Working Memory, Verbal Ability, and Theory of Mind
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
A critical part of early childhood development is the development of "theory of mind" (ToM), which is the ability to take the perspective of another person. The main purpose of this book is to discuss and integrate findings from prominent research areas in developmental psychology that are...
Social and Personality Development
An Advanced Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This new text contains parts of Bornstein and Lamb’s Developmental Science, 6th edition, along with new introductory material, providing a cutting edge and comprehensive overview of social and personality development. Each of the world-renowned contributors masterfully introduces the history and...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Volume 35 of the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series is divided into nine components that highlight some of the most recent research in developmental and educational psychology.
A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including Cognitive Mechanisms, Episodic and Autobiographical...
Understanding Child Development
Psychological Perspectives and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Understanding Child Development introduces the main areas of developmental psychology in childhood. Drawing on content which first appeared in ‘Understanding Child Development’, published in 1986, the book includes new bases of evidence and offers an interdisciplinary approach to the subject.
Following...
Violence and Serious Theft
Development and Prediction from Childhood to Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2008
In this volume, top experts in the field of delinquency discuss the implications of the findings of the Pittsburgh Youth Study for current conceptualizations of antisocial behavior. Violence and Serious Theft is unique in that it combines the strengths of three disciplines to explain delinquency in...