Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books
The Boarding School Girls
Developmental and Cultural Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
They were children. Put on a train in a strange land, they waved goodbye to a parent as they headed to an educational institution that, unbeknownst to them, was to become their new home. Separated from their loving families, they strived to meet the expectations of the grownups and, in some cases,...
The Adolescent and Adult Neuro-diversity Handbook
Asperger Syndrome, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Related Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Increasing numbers of adults are realising that they have been living with an undiagnosed developmental condition, yet most information and support focuses on children. This leaves many adults confused and in the dark.
The Adolescent and Adult Neuro-Diversity Handbook is a handy first-reference...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The problems of studying families arise from the difficulty in studying systems where there are multiple elements interacting with each other and with the child. How should this system be described? Still other problems relate to indirect effects; namely the influence of a particular dyad's interaction...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2008
In this bestselling textbook, contributors describe theories of normal human development advanced by such pioneers as Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Jean Piaget, Nancy Chodorow, Daniel Levinson, Erik Erikson, and Margaret Mahler. Beginning with infancy, toddlerhood, and preschool, each chapter examines...
by Fred R. Volkmar, Rhea Paul, Sally J. Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
The latest and most comprehensive resource on autism and related disorders
Since the original edition was first published more than a quarter-century ago, The Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders has been the most influential reference work in the field. Volume 2 of this...
Children of Incarcerated Parents
Theoretical Developmental and Clinical Issues
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2010
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This important book covers developmental outcomes of children in this predicament, parenting from prison, and family reunification. It is filled with research findings and addresses clinical issues as well. Many children are affected by a parent in the criminal justice system, and this...
Development and the Arts
Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This volume's unifying theme is the question: Is a concept of development relevant to art? Bringing together contributions from the perspectives of philosophical aesthetics, psychoanalysis, architecture and design, and the practicing artist, as well as developmental theory in psychology, this volume...
Life-Span Development and Behavior
Volume 11
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This volume continues the tradition of the Life-Span Development Series, presenting overviews of research programs on a variety of developmental topics. Research and theory in life-span development have given increased attention to the issues of constancy and change in human development and to the...
The Neuroaffective Picture Book
An Illustrated Introduction to Developmental Neuropsychology
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
An illustrated introduction to the evolution and early development of the brain, emotions, and personality
Designed for psychologists, psychotherapists, and childcare professionals, this book is an accessible primer on developmental neuropsychology, combining easy-to-understand text with light-hearted...
Life-span Development
Frameworks, Accounts and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
This thorough revision of the highly successful first edition of Life-Span Development offers the reader a wide-ranging and thought provoking account of human development throughout the lifespan. The lifespan approach emphasises that development does not stop when we cease to be adolescents but goes...
by Charles Hulme, Margaret J. Snowling
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
This important new text is a comprehensive survey of current thinking and research on a wide range of developmental disorders.
Highlights key research on normal and typical development
Includes clinical case studies and diagrams to illustrate key concepts
A reader-friendly writing style
Motivational Psychology of Human Development
Developing Motivation and Motivating Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2000
The idea for this book grew out of the conference "Motivational Psychology of Ontogenesis" held at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany, in May 1998. This conference focused on the interface of development and motivation and therefore brought together scholars from three...
Studying individual Development in An interindividual Context
A Person-oriented Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003
During the last decade there has been increased awareness of the limitations of standard approaches to the study of development. When the focus is on variables and relationships, the individual is easily lost.
This book describes an alternative, person-oriented approach in which the focus is...
Problem Behavior Theory and Adolescent Health
The Collected Works of Richard Jessor, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This second volume of Richard Jessor’s influential works applies his groundbreaking theory to illuminating the psychosocial determinants of adolescent health. Focusing on a range of both health-compromising and health-enhancing behaviors, including problem drinking, marijuana use, risky driving,...