Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books
Bullying Among Older Adults
How to Recognize and Address an Unseen Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
“This book provides a foundation for understanding bullying behaviors among older adults . . . and [fills] an important gap in a topic where so few other resources are available.”
—Mercedes Bern-Klug, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.A., John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar, and Director,...
Pathways to Possibility
Transforming Our Relationship with Ourselves, Each Other, and the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
**"Rosamund Zander is a miracle. Her generous voice will resonate with you, change you and help you create work that matters." —Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception
The bestselling author of The Art of Possibility returns with a new vision for achieving true human fulfillment that's...
How to Attract Wealth
The Law of Attraction
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
We all desire wealth, happiness, love, stability, financial independence and many more life enhancements, and what if I said "The only thing that stands between YOU and your desires is You". With the correct state of mind, confidence and belief, you can have exactly what you want....
Family-Peer Relationships
Modes of Linkage
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Originally published in 1992, this volume provided an up-to-date overview of recent research concerning the links between family and peer systems. Considerable work in the past had focused on family issues or peer relationships, but these systems had typically been considered separately. This volume...
The Designed Self
Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
What can contemporary psychoanalysis bring to the understanding of Generation X, a cohort for whom the trivialization of a dizzying array of possible experiences teamed with the pressure to lead spectacular lives often leads to diffuse feelings of confusion, depression, and disorientation. The Designed...
The Handbook of Life-Span Development, Volume 1
Cognition, Biology, and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
In the past fifty years, scholars of human development have been moving from studying change in humans within sharply defined periods, to seeing many more of these phenomenon as more profitably studied over time and in relation to other processes. The Handbook of Life-Span Development, Volume 1: Cognition,...
Childhood, Youth and Violence in Global Contexts
Research and Practice in Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
Bringing together academic and practitioner points of view, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experiences. The contributing authors seek to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street.
Born Together—Reared Apart
The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart startled scientists by demonstrating that twins reared apart are as alike, across a number of personality traits and other measures, as those raised together, suggesting that genetic influence is pervasive. Segal offers an overview of the study’s scientific contributions and effect on public consciousness.
Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death
A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
In Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment, Dr. Norman Straker proposes that “death anxiety” is responsible for the American society’s failure to address costly futile care at the end of life; more specifically, doctors default on the appropriate prescription...
Health, Illness, and Optimal Aging, Third Edition
Biological and Psychosocial Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2017
Health, Illness, and Optimal Aging: Biological and Psychosocial Perspectives, Third Edition shows the continuity and advancements in our understanding of human life-span development… It offers a solid foundation for exploring the art and science of successful aging.- Robert M. Kaplan, Stanford University
Homeless Older Populations
A Practical Guide for the Interdisciplinary Care Team
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Offers proven strategies for advancing the care of the homeless elderly
Filled with key insights and field-tested knowledge, this is a concise, hands-on guide to how interdisciplinary team strategies can advance the care of older homeless adults. The book encompasses research evidence, education-based...
Physical Change and Aging, Sixth Edition
A Guide for the Helping Professions
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
"[This book] has been honed into an elegant compendium. This outstanding work should be widely read ñ it is perhaps the best example of an integrative approach to gerontology." Score: 94, 4 stars ñ Doody's
"Phyisical Change & Aging has been a well-respected resource for...
by Robert Youdin, PhD, LCSW
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
"This book has a forward-thinking orientation that reflects the reality of aging with older adults throughout the aging life course... Dr. Youdin integrates an advanced clinical social work practice with in-depth knowledge of evidence-based practice as well asd geriatric medicine, psychiatry...
Emerging Technologies for the Classroom
A Learning Sciences Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
This book provides contemporary examples of the ways in which educators can use digital technologies to create effective learning environments that support improved learning and instruction. These examples are guided by multiple conceptual and methodological traditions evolving from the learning sciences...