Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books
by Phillip T. Slee, Marilyn Campbell, Barbara Spears
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
The third edition of Child, Adolescent and Family Development provides a comprehensive, readable study of human development from conception to adulthood. It explores the foundations of modern developmental thought, incorporating the latest in international research set within a cultural and historical...
Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan
A neuroconstructivist approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Nowadays, it is widely accepted that there is no single influence (be it nature or nurture) on cognitive development. Cognitive abilities emerge as a result of interactions between gene expression, cortical and subcortical brain networks, and environmental influences. In recent years, our study of...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
This volume examines the developmental aspects of the general psychological construct of self-determination. The term refers to self- (vs. other-) caused action—to people acting volitionally—as based on their own will. Research conducted in the fields of psychology and education shows the importance...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
Cultural values and religious beliefs play a substantial role in adolescent development. Developmental scientists have shown increasing interest in how culture and religion are involved in the processes through which adolescents adapt to environments. This volume constitutes a timely and unique addition...
Mentoring Dilemmas
Developmental Relationships Within Multicultural Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
The world is continually changing. As organizations become more diverse, the need to recognize and develop talent within others becomes more critical and more complex. Herein lies the fundamental dilemma that parties to these important relationships face. Based on a recent gathering in Amherst, the...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
One of the paradoxes in developmental theory is the child's simultaneous intrapsychic and interpsychic development. While the child is growing in mental capacity and struggling to define self, behaviors are also being learned whose function is to integrate self into a social network, which often means...
Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning
The INPP Developmental Screening Test and School Intervention Programme
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Assessing Neuromotor Readiness for Learning is a substantially revised and expanded edition of a long established INPP training manual that has been consistently proven in practice. The package includes tests for children, a developmental movement programme, and information about online access to...
by Scott A. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
The Fifth Edition of Scott A. Miller’s classic Developmental Research Methods presents an overview of methods to prepare students to carry out, report on, and evaluate research on human development across the lifespan. The book explores every step in the research process, from the initial concept...
The Cambridge Handbook of Play
Developmental and Disciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Play takes up much of the time budget of young children, and many animals, but its importance in development remains contested. This comprehensive collection brings together multidisciplinary and developmental perspectives on the forms and functions of play in animals, children in different societies,...
Dyslexia and Hyperlexia
Diagnosis and Management of Developmental Reading Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Even though I had been studying reading problems in children for a number of years as a means of understanding cognitive processes, I became deeply committed to the study of developmental dyslexia after my encounter with S. H. , a dyslexic college student. Until then, dyslexia to me remained an interesting...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Basic research over the last decade or two has uncovered similarities between speech, especially its sensori-motor aspects, and vocal communication in several non-human species. The most comprehensive studies so far have been conducted in songbirds. Songbirds offer us a model system to study the interactions...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This volume seeks to identify and define the parameters of a relatively new problem area -- parental development. Drawing on the grand developmental theories of Sigmund Freud, Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Heinz Werner, and their descendants, this book has the potential to generate...
Why Siblings Matter
The Role of Brother and Sister Relationships in Development and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Many people grow up with at least one sibling. These siblings are often ‘fellow travellers’ through adversity or significant life events; they can act as a source of support for some children while a source of conflict for others. For these reasons, siblings are a potentially powerful influence...
Appraising the Human Developmental Sciences
Essays in Honor of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2007
This volume sets out to celebrate the Quarterly’s significant contribution to developmental research and to highlight the advances made in the field since the early 1950s.