Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books

Sexuality in Adolescence considers the latest theory and research on adolescent development, focusing on sexuality as a vital aspect of normal, healthy maturation. Biological changes are discussed within a social context, and the latest research is presented on key issues of our time, including changes...

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...

The capabilities and possibilities of emerging game-based learning technologies bring about a new perspective of learning and instruction. This, in turn, necessitates alternative ways to assess the kinds of learning that is taking place in the virtual worlds or informal settings. accordingly, aligning...

Aging, Health and Technology takes a problem-centered approach to examine how older adults use technology for health. It examines the many ways in which technology is being used by older adults, focusing on challenges, solutions and perspectives of the older user. Using aging-health technology as...

Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı's influential volume was a work of masterful scholarship and field-defining thought that challenged the existing assumptions in mainstream western psychology about the nature of individuals. During the past two decades since its publication, cultural and cross-cultural research...

«Инструментарий для того, чтобы добиться исполнения того, что предписано, у данной дамы обширен. К примеру, она от природы обладает уникальной возможностью по своему...

What enables people to bounce back from stressful experiences? How do certain individuals maintain a sense of purpose and direction over the long term, even in the face of adversity? This is the first book to move beyond childhood and adolescence to explore resilience across the lifespan. Coverage...

RIVISTA DI PSICOSINTESI TERAPEUTICA Anno XIV – N. 27 Marzo 2013 EDIZIONI S.I.P.T. Società Italiana di Psicosintesi Terapeutica Firenze INDICE EDITORIALE Riscrivere la propria storia (di Alberto Alberti) PSICOTERAPIA Storie, immagini, metafore in psicoterapia (di Filippo Conti) La fotografia...

Bringing The Best Out Of The Worst People The Guide To Motivating Others And Getting Results With Anyone In any leadership scenario, you are sure to come across the term motivation. Today‟ s corporate leaders are quite aware of how the right kind of motivation can serve their purpose in a...

Although federal and state support for childcare has increased dramatically in response to welfare work requirements, low-income families are still facing difficulties balancing work and family obligations. There is wide variation across states in the strictness of welfare work requirements and in...

Il primo libro interamente dedicato alla preadolescenza, raccontata e indagata da due grandi esperti di psicologia dell’età evolutiva, con il rigore scientifico e il tono divulgativo che li ha resi celebri. Tutto è iniziato con l’ingresso alle scuole medie. Fino a ieri vostro figlio era un bambino...

"On ne cueille pas le fruit du bonheur sur l'arbre de l'injustice. La colère et la rage en sont les fruits."   - Vous êtes souvent déçu et insatisfait. - Vous êtes souvent en colère et agressif. - Lorsque vous vivez une injustice, vous ne pensez plus qu’à ça...

This state-of-the-art handbook on the newest interdisciplinary concepts in theoretical gerontology provides essential information that is unavailable from other sources. With scholarship from the most highly respected luminaries in the field, it encompasses research across the four disciplinary areas...

Failure to Launch is a book geared towards helping clinicians work with dependent adult children. The book first attempts to define the problem of failure to launch as well as identify the underlying causes such as entitlement, narcissism, enabling family systems, and undiagnosed mental health problems....