This serial publication continues to review life-span research and theory in the behavioral and social sciences, particularly work done by psychologists and sociologists conducting programmatic research on current problems and refining theoretical positions. Each volume introduces excellent peer-reviewed empirical research into the field of life-span development while presenting interdisciplinary viewpoints on the topic. Often challenging accepted theories, this series is of great interest to developmental, personality, and social psychologists.
Life-span Development and Behavior
Life-span Development and Behavior
The final volume in this significant series, this publication mirrors the broad scientific attention given to ideas and issues associated with the life-span perspective: constancy and change in human development; opportunities for and ...
This book will prove valuable for psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, social workers, and behavioral scientists.
The book discusses the status,issues, and antecedents of life-span developmental psychology; an approach to theory construction in the psychology of development and aging; and models and theories of development.
Dealing with the methodological and data analytic problems in developmental research, this book presents solutions advanced from the disciplinary perspectives of psychology, behavior analysis and behavioral systems, sociology, and ...
Distress and attention interactions in early infancy. ... Discontinuities versus continuities in behavioral development and the neglect of process. ... The development of emotion expression during the first two years of life.
The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders.
Evenbeforea psychopathological disorder emerges, certain pathways signify adaptational failures in normal development that ... normalityand psychopathology, developmental psychopathologists must beawareofnormal pathways of development ...
The book discusses the history, theory, and psychological approaches of developmental psychology, with focus on socialization and personality development through the life span; personality dimensions; and theories of socialization and sex ...