Psychobiology and Early Development

H. Rauh, H.-C. Steinhausen

• Publisher: North Holland
• Year: 1987
• Print ISBN: 9780444702562
• eBook ISBN: 9780080867007
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Developmental Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This volume is the outcome of an international symposium held in Berlin, FRG, which brought together researchers in the field of infant development.The contributors are from Europe and North America, and have as their primary professional interest either pediatrics, biology or psychology. These fields, in spite of common involvement and large overlap, still have to overcome communication problems and differences in scientific approaches. The emphasis of this book is on the efforts of the participants towards reaching a mutual understanding. In spite of disciplinary diversity, the papers in this book complement each other, and set the scene for future multidisciplinary research and exchange in the field of infant development.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Psychobiology and Early Development
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Perinatal Practices: A Biosocial Perspective
• Chapter 2. Longitudinal Aspects of Perinatal Care for the Development of Normal Infants
• Chapter 3. Infant Behaviour and Temperament During the First Month of Life
• Chapter 4. Multi-Method Measurement of the Early Parent-Infant System with Easy and Difficult Newborns
• Chapter 5. Antecedents and Consequences of Maternal Sensitivity: A Longitudinal Study
• Chapter 6. Aspects of Motion Perception in Infancy
• Chapter 7. Tension Regulation and Perceptual Activity
• Chapter 8. Eye Contact in the First Months of Life and Its Developmental Consequences
• Chapter 9. The Concept of Optimality in Evaluating Hazards of Prenatal, Perinatal and Postnatal Complications
• Chapter 10. Children of Epileptic Parents: A Prospective Developmental Study
• Chapter 11. Influence of Pre-, Peri - and Postnatal Events on Language Development During the First Few Years of Life
• Chapter 12. Interplay of Biological and Environmental Factors in the Development of a Pair of Down Syndrome Twins
• Chapter 13. The Structure of 'Dialogue' in Early Language Development: Longitudinal Case Studies of Down Syndrome and Nonretarded Toddlers
• Chapter 14. Neonatal Assessment as an Intervention
• Chapter 15. Prenatal Development of Postnatal Behaviour
• Chapter 16. The Social Context of Psychobiological Development
• Chapter 17. Social Development in Infant Peers
• Chapter 18. Psychobiological Models of Infant Development: Influences on the Concept of Intuitive Parenting
• Subject Index