Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books
A Hands-On Approach to Teaching about Aging
32 Activities for the Classroom and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
A one-of-a-kind guide to active, engaging learning strategies for aging studies
Harnessing the proven benefits of active learning strategies, this is the first activity book created for a broad spectrum of courses in aging-related higher education. It features 32 classroom and community-based...
Motor Learning and Performance
From Principles to Application
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Motor Learning and Performance: From Principles to Application, Fifth Edition With Web Study Guide, describes the principles of motor performance and learning in a style that is accessible even to students with little or no knowledge of physiology, psychology, statistical methods, and other basic...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
Dyslexia affects about 10% of all children and is a potent cause of loss of self-confidence, personal and family misery, and waste of potential. Although the dominant view is that it is caused by specifically linguistic/phonological weakness, recent research within the field of neuroscience has shown...
Free from Life Issues Within Six Hours
An Innovative Solution to Permanently Resolving All Life Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
A permanent and quick solution for all life issues is presented here. How unlikely it may seem, every person has the ability to unfold their full potential in life. This book describes how to get it back within six hours. It is an innovative approach derived from the millennia old conception of man...
Quality Activities in Center-Based Programs for Adults with Autism
Moving from Nonmeaningful to Meaningful
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Quality Activities in Center-Based Programs for Adults with Autism: Moving from Nonmeaningful to Meaningful describes what constitutes meaningful versus nonpurposeful activities for adults with autism and other severe disabilities in a classroom or center-based program. Then this step-by-step guide...
Child Care in the 1990s
Trends and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Bringing together professionals from sociology, economics, psychology, and family studies, this volume presents papers from a symposium on child care that sought answers to each of the four questions listed in the table of contents. A lead speaker provided an answer, and discussants had a chance to...
WAIS-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation
Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Published in August of 2008, WAIS–IV is the most widely used intelligence test for adults in the world. Substantive changes were made to the WAIS-IV from the WAIS-III leaving clinicians with questions as to how to use and interpret the measure effectively. Written by the creators of the new test,...
Habitats for Children
The Impacts of Density
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
An increasing number of families around the world are now living apart from one another, subsequently causing the defining and redefining of their relationships, roles within the family unit, and how to effectively maintain a sense of familial cohesion through distance. Edited by Maria Rosario T....
Gerontology in the Era of the Third Age
Implications and Next Steps
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
The "third age" is described as the period in the life course that occurs after retirement but prior to the onset of disability, revealing a period in which individuals have the capacity to remain actively engaged. This book serves as a comprehensive discussion about how the emergence of...
Gender at Work
A Social Psychological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
While many women receive equal education, such equality is nowhere in sight when it comes to women’s and men’s career success: men still earn significantly more than women and are more likely to be promoted. In this book, the authors offer a state of the art review of applied social-psychological...
Handbook of Career Development
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2014
This book is focused on work, occupation and career development: themes that are fundamental to a wide range of human activities and relevant across all cultures. Yet theorizing and model building about this most ubiquitous of human activities from international perspectives have not been vigorous. An...
by David H. Rakison, Lisa M. Oakes
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
Whether or not infants' earliest perception of the world is a "blooming, buzzing, confusion," it is not long before they come to perceive structure and order among the objects and events around them. At the core of this process, and cognitive development in general, is the ability to categorize--to...
Changing Families, Changing Responsibilities
Family Obligations Following Divorce and Remarriage
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1999
This book explores the topic of family obligations following changes in family structure caused by divorce and remarriage. Family obligations are commonly defined as the rights and duties that accompany family roles. They have been described as the "glue" that connects generations, as well...