Developmental Psychology: from infancy to adulthood includes up-to-date coverage of attachment, play, cognitive development, social and moral development, self and self-esteem, gender, achievement, children's friendships, adolescence, young middle and late adulthood and research methods in developmental psychology.
How has it evolved historically? What are its current challenges? The chapters in this collection present the view that research, history and policy are essential and interlocking components of a mature developmental psychology.
Developmental Psychology: Theory, Research, and Applications
Development is as much a process of acquiring culture as it is of biological growth. This book reviews the history of developmental psychology with respect to both its nature and the effects of transmission of culture.
Under a contextualist worldview, the particularities of here-and-now time and context assume paramount importance for ... Though contextualism is synthetic rather than analytic in its focus, its synthesis remains wed to the ...
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Applied Developmental Psychology has now become a discipline in its own right, with a society, journals and postgraduate courses specifically devoted to it. Much of this is in the USA but is to be found in other countries too.
Withdrawing from school. Review of Educational Research, 59, 117–142. Finn, J. D., (2006). The adult lives of at-risk students: The roles of attainment and engagement in high school. Report to National Center of Educational Statistics, ...
This comprehensive guide offers a rich introduction to research methods, experimental design and data analysis techniques in developmental science, emphasizing the importance of an understanding of this area of psychology for any student or ...
The text is recommended to psychologists, especially those who would like to research on how the field can be viewed as a developmental science.
This book will assist readers in meeting this critical goal. Developmental Psychology for Family Law Professionals serves as a practical application of developmental theory to the practice of family law.