Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books
Do Fathers Matter?
What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We've Overlooked
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
For too long, we've thought of fathers as little more than sources of authority and economic stability in the lives of their children. Yet cutting-edge studies drawing unexpected links between fathers and children are forcing us to reconsider our assumptions and ask new questions: What changes occur...
The Seasons of a Woman's Life
A Fascinating Exploration of the Events, Thoughts, and Life Experiences That All Women Share
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Firmly grounded in scientific research, this book reveals that women follow a predictable developmental course through adulthood. Work and marriage relationships, personal crisis, emotional states, and behavior can all be related to this grand pattern. But in the case of women, the situation is made far more complicated by gender biases.
Nurturing Adoptions
Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Adopted children who have suffered trauma and neglect have structural brain change, as well as specific developmental and emotional needs. They need particular care to build attachment and overcome trauma.
This book provides professionals with the knowledge and advice they need to help adoptive...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Originally published in 1986, the central topic of this book is the analysis and application of control-related beliefs and behaviours for theory and practice in the psychology of aging. The volume was written for two specific interrelated purposes aimed at cross-fertilization between the psychology...
by Wolff-Michael Roth
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Psychology, quantitative or qualitative, tends to conceive of the human person using metaphysical concepts and to separate the practical, affective, and intellectual aspects of participation in everyday life. Lev S. Vygotsky, however, was working towards a "concrete human psychology," a...
Parental Roles and Relationships in Immigrant Families
An International Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
This insightful volume presents important new findings about parenting and parent-child relationships in ethnic and racial minority immigrant families. Prominent scholars in diverse fields focus on families from a wide range of ethnicities settling in Canada, China, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands,...
Father and Child
Developmental and Clinical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
The Handbook of Women, Stress and Trauma focuses on the stresses and traumas that are unique to the lives of women. It is the first text to merge research from the fields of trauma and women's health and development. Using a lifespan developmental approach, the text begins by addressing specific issues...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Because we engage with the world and each other through our bodies and bodily movements, being able to represent one's own and others' bodies is fundamental to human perception, cognition and behaviour. This edited book brings together, for the first time, developmental perspectives on the growth...
Vision and Goal-Directed Movement
Neurobehavioral Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2010
Vision and Goal-Directed Movement: Neurobehavioral Perspectives is also available as an e-book. The e-book is available at a reduced price and allows readers to highlight and take notes throughout the text. When purchased through the Human Kinetics Web site, access to the e-book is immediately granted...
Children's Play, Pretense, and Story
Studies in Culture, Context, and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
At the heart of this volume is the recognition that children’s engagement with play and story are intrinsically and intricately linked. The contributing authors share a passionate interest in the development and well-being of children, in particular through their use of imagination and adaptation...
by Kate De Medeiros, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
What is meant by narrative? How can one elicit a narrative or analyze it in research? How can narrative work best be facilitated among older adults? This is the only text to provide comprehensive information about the applications of narrative approaches in community and long-term settings, writing...
by Jon Mills
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
This book rectifies a much neglected area in the conceptualization and treatment of attachment disorders. The interface between attachment, psychic structure, and character pathology has been largely ignored in the clinical literature until recent years, and when discussed, it has been generally relegated...
The Development Of Sensory, Motor And Cognitive Capacities In Early Infancy
From Sensation To Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Research on the development of human infants has revealed remarkable capacities in recent years. Instead of stressing the limitations of the newborn, the modern approach is now more optimistically based on an assessment of the adaptive capabilities of the infant. Innate endowment, coupled with interaction...