Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books
Creativity
Theories and Themes: Research, Development, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
An integrative introduction to the theories and themes in research on creativity, this book is both a reference work and text for courses in this burgeoning area of research. The book begins with a discussion of the theories of creativity (Person, Product, Process, Place), the general question of...
Forms of Fellow Feeling
Empathy, Sympathy, Concern and Moral Agency
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
What is the basis of our capacity to act morally? This is a question that has been discussed for millennia, with philosophical debate typically distinguishing two sources of morality: reason and sentiment. This collection aims to shed light on whether the human capacity to feel for others really is...
How the Body Knows Its Mind
The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence How You Think and Feel
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
“Beilock reveals one intriguing secret after another...That Beilock is supercharged with enthusiasm about her topic is evident and infectious” (Booklist, starred review).
The human body is not just a passive device carrying out messages sent by the brain, but rather an integral part of...
by Bruce Bibee
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
This is a guide from birth to Enlightenment. It's not a workbook, nor really a self-help book. It's a high overview of the entire process from when you were born, through the rigors of childhood, young adulthood, maturity and spiritual awakening.
In the manual, the usual pitfalls we...
Unfinished Business
Pressure Points in the Lives of Women
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
“An extraordinary panorama of women’s lives today.”—The New York Times Book Review
In detailed, revealing portraits of women from their teens through their sixties, Maggie Scarf explores the core experiences of women’s lives and discovers what can happen when the days and years scurry...
Emerging Adulthood
The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
In recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so dramatically that a new stage of life has developed. In his provocative work, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett has identified the period of emerging adulthood as distinct from both the adolescence that precedes it and the...
Growing Older
Perspectives on LGBT Aging
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
LGBT older adults experience issues and challenges that are unique, including institutional heteronormativity, heterosexism in organizations, and homophobia among caregivers and social service providers. This book presents a diverse group of scholars, activists, social service providers, and researchers...
Raising Resilience
The Wisdom and Science of Happy Families and Thriving Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
In every spiritual tradition, we find teachings on the virtues and qualities that we most want to pass on to our kids—such as generosity, kindness, honesty, determination, and patience. Today, a growing body of research from neuroscience and social psychology supports these teachings, offering insights...
The Human Spark
The Science of Human Development
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
What makes a human a human? In The Human Spark, pioneering psychologist Jerome Kagan offers an answer in a sweeping narrative of our personal, moral, and cultural development. In this extended meditation on human psychology as well as the methods, successes, and failures of the scientists who study...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This book's main goal is to examine the concept of residential care from a psychological perspective. The chapter authors espouse a psychological approach to long-term residential care and an effort is made throughout the text to present a model of care that encompasses the whole individual. Since...
Psychological Treatment of Older Adults
A Holistic Model
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
“This is one of the best mental health and aging books I have ever read. [It] is one that I will turn to often in my teaching of doctoral students, and in my work with older adults. One of the phenomenal aspects of this book is the research reviews; which are in-depth and broad in their scope. It...
by Tiffany Field
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2003
An essay on the importance of touch to children's growth and development and to the physical and mental well-being of people of all ages.
The first sensory input in life comes from the sense of touch while a baby is still in the womb, and touch continues to be the primary means of learning...
Development and Causality
Neo-Piagetian Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
This book sets forth a new model of development from a causal perspective. As this is an area vital to several disciplines. It has been written at multiple levels and for multiple audiences. It is based on the work of Piaget and Neo-Piagetians, but also covers other major models in development....
by Usha Goswami
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Analogical reasoning is a fundamental cognitive skill, involved in classification, learning, problem-solving and creative thinking, and should be a basic building block of cognitive development. However, for a long time researchers have believed that children are incapable of reasoning by analogy....