Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books

Motor Learning and Development, Second Edition With Web Resource, provides a foundation for understanding how humans acquire and continue to hone their movement skills throughout the life span. These fundamentals will give students the tools they need to create, apply, and evaluate motor skill programs...

For kinesiology professionals, qualitative movement diagnosis (QMD) is a critical skill in helping individuals improve performance or reduce the risk of injury. Qualitative Diagnosis of Human Movement: Improving Performance in Sport and Exercise, Third Edition With Web Resource, focuses on the processes...

Resilience is an important aspect of mental well-being. Tatyana Barankin and Nazilla Khanlou draw from the latest research and theoretical developments on resilience in children and youth and present it in a way that is relevant for a diverse audience, including parents, educators, health care providers,...

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age. In our younger years upcoming birthdays are anticipated with an excitement that somewhat diminishes as the years progress. As we grow older we are bombarded with advice on ways to overcome, thwart, resist, and, on the rare occasion, embrace,...

Twenty-five years ago, Charlene Tosi asked for guidance while walking in the forest. A castle with nine rooms appeared, symbolizing the nine archetypal energies of women. The forest comforted her as light shone through the trees in an unforgettable radiance. From this beginning, the Woman...

Teen Computer Interaction is concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of technologies for teenagers and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them. It aims to give special consideration to the unique development issues and diversity of this particular user group. Teenagers...

Drawing on research evidence and media coverage, this book explores a number of key debates surrounding cyberbullying. The increasing digitization of society affords many benefits; however, some of these benefits are offset by more adverse consequences. Cyberbullying represents one of the adverse...

Three-year-old Kwara'ae children in Oceania act as caregivers of their younger siblings, but in the UK, it is an offense to leave a child under age 14 ears without adult supervision. In the Efe community in Zaire, infants routinely use machetes with safety and some skill, although U.S. middle-class...

First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia is one of the works which dominates contemporary debate in political philosophy. Drawing on traditional assumptions associated with individualism and libertarianism, Nozick mounts a powerful argument for a minimal `nightwatchman' state and challenges the views...

In this book you'll discover A man or a mouse is a proverbial expression to express risk or encourage a person to be daring A man is anyone who has developed virtues like perseverance, persistence and tenacity. A man is known for his willpower. A man can also be referred to as a personality A...

"[This] book’s unfading preoccupation with social context, social processes, and social structures distinguishes itself and greatly contributes to the discourse in gerontology." -The Gerontologist This classic text, now in its fifth edition, is distinguished by its emphasis...

Douze auteurs publient dans ...mais amour. Ils osent parler, à coeurs ouverts, avec des mots simples, avec des musiques enivrante, avec des airs poétiques qui nous donnent des ailes et qui nous invitent à aimer éperdument l'autre.Les poèmes, les récits ou les lettres d’amour contenus dans...