"This authoritative, engaging work examines the key role of relationships in child and adolescent development, from the earliest infant-caregiver transactions to peer interactions, friendships, and romantic partnerships. Following the sequence of a typical social development course, sections cover foundational developmental science, the self and relationships, social behaviors, contexts for social development, and risk and resilience. Leading experts thoroughly review their respective areas and highlight the most compelling current issues, methods, and research directions. End-of-chapter suggested reading lists direct students and instructors to exemplary primary sources on each topic." from back cover.
Social development is examined from the dual perspectives of social and developmental psychology in this volume, which offers a multi-level review of the common boundaries between the two subdisciplines.
This book, comprising a collection of original essays by prominent investigators in the field, considers issues arising from this modified perspective.
Each of the parts begins with introductory material that reviews the overall issues to be considered. Many individuals have contributed to the final production of this handbook.
This book explores children's social relationships in and out of the classroom. Chapters focus on the growing importance of children's friendships and how these influence social participation and development later on in life.
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development, Second Edition presents an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory concerning a child's social development from pre-school age to the onset of adolescence.
How Teens Construct Their Worlds Judith G. Smetana ... In a paper on the moral and religious training of children, Hall stated: “Before this age [12 to 16] the child lives in the present, is normally selfish, deficient in sympathy, ...
This timely 1983 book offers a useful overview of research and theory concerning social cognition and social behaviour in children at the time of this book's publication.
This edited collection demonstrates that the ideas inherent in social development are practical and not utopian.
One reason for attending to the theoretical and historical architecture of social developmental science, therefore, is to better understand the origins ofcurrent scientific understandings of child development.
Wood and Middleton ( 1975 ) investigated the teaching strategies employed by mothers using the same task as Wood et al . ( 1976 ) , and found that some mothers did indeed scaffold their children's performance , concentrating on the ...