Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Happiness in Children
Measurement, Correlates and Enhancement of Positive Subjective Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
This briefs summarizes the research on positive well-being in children, with a particular focus on their happiness. It starts with a discussion of the constructs of positive psychology (i.e., well-being, happiness and life satisfaction), and then outlines the research that shows the importance of...
The Construction of the Self, Second Edition
Developmental and Sociocultural Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
An important work from a leading scholar, this book explores self-development from early childhood to adulthood. Susan Harter traces the normative stages that define the emergence of many self-processes, including self-esteem. She also addresses individual differences and societal influences on self-development....
Aspects of Playwork
Play and Culture Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
The postwar years in the UK saw the development of numerous artificial playgrounds intended to compensate children for increasing urbanization and a lack of wild places to play. Many of these sites employed playleaders, whose job was to use play to instill social behavioral norms on children, using...
Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain
Neurologically Based Interventions for Troubled Children
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Explore interventions and treatment methods designed to help curb the alarming trend toward violence in today's youth!
Written in jargon-free lucid prose, Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain: Neurologically Based Interventions for Troubled Children specifically shows how positive...
Kids' Slips
What Young Children's Slips of the Tongue Reveal About Language Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2004
The study of speech errors, or "slips of the tongue," is a time-honored methodology which serves as a window to the representation and processing of language and has proven to be the most reliable source of data for building theories of speech production planning. However, until Kids' Slips,...
Beyond Individual Differences
Organizing Processes, Information Overload, and Classroom Learning
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
In an era of intense interest in educational reform, spurred by increasing global competition for jobs and advancement, it is more critical than ever to understand the nature of learning. And although much attention is paid to differences between learners, short shrift is often given to cognitive...
The Rise of Homo Sapiens
The Evolution of Modern Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
The Rise of Homo sapiens provides an unrivalled interdisciplinary introduction to the subject of hominin cognitive evolution that is appropriate for general audiences and students in psychology, archaeology, and anthropology. The book includes chapters on neural anatomy, working memory, evolutionary...
Handbook of Mindfulness in Education
Integrating Theory and Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
This handbook addresses the educational uses of mindfulness in schools. It summarizes the state of the science and describes current and emerging applications and challenges throughout the field. It explores mindfulness concepts in scientific, theoretical, and practical terms and examines training...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2004
Changing Conceptions of Psychological Life is an interdisciplinary look at personal constructions of self. This book is a product of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society. The contributing authors constitute the original cast invited to speak on the theme of how individuals come to construe...
Cognitive Aging
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
As our society ages, the topic of cognitive aging is becoming increasingly important. This volume provides an accessible overview of how the cognitive system changes as a function of normal aging.
Building on the successful first edition, this volume provide an even more comprehensive coverage...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1997
Building on children's natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood. 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques incorporates methods developed to elicit the best responses from children by therapists representing cognitive-behavioral,...
Experience and Development
A Festschrift in Honor of Sandra Wood Scarr
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
The scope of these chapters reflects the strong influence that Sandra Wood Scarr’s scholarship—her empirical research and theoretical contributions—has had on what we know about experience and development via the lens of the psychological sciences, especially the fields of developmental psychology, behavior genetics, early education and child care.
Handbook for Treatment of Attachment Problems in C
An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, an
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 1994
Attachment Disorder occurs when a child has difficulty establishing new attachments if old ones are severely disrupted, and it is typically seen in victims of various types of trauma. This text seeks to explain how best to treat these children so that they can love and trust again and form lasting relationships.
by Angela Reuss
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Are You Dealing with the “I Want it Now!” Attitude from Your Child?Some call it entitlement, some call it laziness, others call it the affliction of today’s parenting landscape.What is it?It’s the commonly accepted idea that it’s okay for kids to be spoiled, overindulged, and...