Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Child Abuse and Neglect
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Child abuse and neglect are examined in this new edition -- the latest research, what it entails, and how to recognize and report it. Federal law mandates the reporting of suspected child maltreatment by many professionals. This book will appeal to those who one day find themselves in the role of...
The Biologising of Childhood
Developmental Psychology and the Darwinian Myth
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Originally published in 1990, this book looks at the history of developmental psychology in order to locate and evaluate the role played by biology in its most influential formulations.
First Charles Darwin’s own writings on child development are examined. It is shown that Darwin endorsed...
Development and Prevention of Behaviour Problems
From Genes to Social Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
This book brings together world leading researchers from diverse fields to explore the potential causes of the development of behaviour problems. The book presents theories that hope to influence public health, education and social policy in the prevention of the costly social troubles that behaviour...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Is play only a children’s activity? How is the spontaneous play of adults expressed? What is the difference between “play” and “game”? What function does play have during war?
Play:Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Survival and Human Development explores the importance of play in the life...
Children's Literacy Development
A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Learning to Read and Write
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
In the thoroughly updated second edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride examines how the languages we know help structure the process of becoming literate. Taking an ecological and distinctively cross-cultural perspective, the book looks at reading and writing development and impairment across...
Play and Development
Evolutionary, Sociocultural, and Functional Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Children's play is a universal human activity, and one that serves a significant purpose in personal development.Throughout this volume, which is an extension of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, the editors and contributors explore assumptions about play and its status as a unique and universal activity in humans.As a whole, Play
by Janette B. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 56 is the latest release in this classic resource on the field of developmental psychology. Chapters highlight some of the most recent research in the field of developmental psychology, with this release covering Early moral development through social...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in young people has long been a tough call for clinicians, either for fear of stigmatizing the child or confusing the normal mood shifts of adolescence with pathology. Now, a recent upsurge in relevant research into early-onset BPD is inspiring the...
Handbook of Education, Training, and Supervision of School Psychologists in School and Community, Volume I
Foundations of Professional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
Published with the sponsorship of the Trainers of School Psychologists, this two volume handbook examines the essential tenets of the school psychology profession, critically reviews training and practice issues, and evaluates how the traditional and changing skills and issues translate into meeting...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
This book presents penetrating observations by six authorities on the personality development of children for the enlightenment of parents, teachers, and others who have a vital interest in children.In the first paper, the late Harold E. Jones, a professor of psychology and the director of the Institute...
Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives
A Handbook for Professionals in Applied Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives captures the diversity and complexity of the executive system that underlies children's everyday life experiences. Acquisition of executive functions, such as interpreting communication cues and the perspectives of others, is foundational to and a function...
The Hungry Mind
The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Despite American education’s recent mania for standardized tests, testing misses what really matters about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Curiosity is vital, but it remains a surprisingly understudied characteristic. The Hungry Mind is a deeply researched, highly readable exploration...
Development in Infancy
A Contemporary Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
This topically-organized text provides a comprehensive overview of infant development with a strong theoretical and research base. Readers gain a clear understanding of infant development and issues that will be the focus of significant advances in infancy studies in the future. The new fifth edition...
Children and the Environment in an Australian Indigenous Community
A psychological approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Aboriginal children represent one of the fastest growing population segments in Australia, yet the lives of Aboriginal children in their environment has rarely been subjected to systematic and in-depth study. In this book, Angela Kreutz considers the relationship between the environment, attachment...