Handbook of Developmental Psychology
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Handbook of Developmental Psychology

  1. 682 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Handbook of Developmental Psychology

About this book

`This is an impressive work... and will provide the advanced reader with a rich source of theory and evidence. There is a huge amount to be got from the book and I suspect it will become a key work? - J Gavin Bremner, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University

The Handbook of Developmental Psychology is a comprehensive, authoritative yet frontier-pushing overview of the study of human development presented in a single-volume format. It is ideal for experienced individuals wishing for an up-to-date survey of the central themes prevalent to developmental psychology, both past and present, and for those seeking a reference work to help appreciate the subject for the first time.

The insightful contributions from world-leading developmental psychologists successfully and usefully integrate different perspectives to studying the subject, following a systematic life-span structure, from pre-natal development through to old age in human beings. The Handbook then concludes with a substantive section on the methodological approaches to the study of development, focusing on both qualitative and quantitative techniques.

This unique reference work will be hugely influential for anyone needing or wishing for a broad, yet enriched understanding of this fascinating subject. It will be a particularly invaluable resource for academics and researchers in the fields of developmental psychology, education, parenting, cultural and biological psychology and anthropology.

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Yes, you can access Handbook of Developmental Psychology by Jaan Valsiner, Kevin J Connolly, Jaan Valsiner,Kevin J Connolly in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychologie & Psychologie du développement. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2002
Print ISBN
9780761962311
eBook ISBN
9781446265024
Edition
1
Topic
Psychologie
Subtopic
Psychologie du développement

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction: The Nature of Development: The Continuing Dialogue of Processes and Outcomes
  4. Contributors
  5. Part I - Fundamental Approaches and Principles of Development
  6. Chapter 1 - Probabilistic Epigenesis of Development
  7. Chapter 2 - Genetics and the Development of Brain and Behavior
  8. Chapter 3 - Developmental Psychology and the Neurosciences
  9. Chapter 4 - Historical Contexts for Development
  10. Part II - Prenatal and Infant Development
  11. Chapter 5 - Prenatal Psychological and Behavioural Development
  12. Chapter 6 - On the Development of Perception and Action
  13. Chapter 7 - Early Cognitive Development: Ontogeny and Phylogeny
  14. Chapter 8 - Tool Use and Tool Making: A Developmental Action Perspective
  15. Chapter 9 - Social Relations and Affective Development in the First Two Years in Family Contexts
  16. Part III - Development in Early Childhood
  17. Chapter 10 - The Role of Language in Human Development
  18. Chapter 11 - Social Development in Cultural Context:Cooperative and Competitive Interaction Patterns in Peer Relations
  19. Chapter 12 - Strengths and Weaknesses of Cognition over the Preschool Years
  20. Chapter 13 - Development of Play
  21. Chapter 14 - Developmental Disorders:An Action-Based Account
  22. Part IV - Development in Middle Childhood
  23. Chapter 15 - Contemporary Families as Contexts for Development
  24. Chapter 16 - Schooling and the Development of Literacy
  25. Chapter 17 - Memory and Knowledge Development
  26. Part V - Development in Pre-Adolescence and Adolescence
  27. Chapter 18 - Children's Relationships and Development of Person–Context Relations
  28. Chapter 19 - Morality and Context:A Study of Hindu Understandings
  29. Chapter 20 - From Early Attachment Relations to the Adolescent and Adult Organization of Self
  30. Part VI - Development in Adulthood
  31. Chapter 21 - Adult Cognitive Development:Dynamics in the Developmental Web
  32. Chapter 22 - Goal-Directed Activities and Life-Span Development
  33. Chapter 23 - Dialogical Processes and Development of the Self
  34. Chapter 24 - Cognitive Processes in Ageing
  35. Chapter 25 - Wisdom:Its Social Nature and Lifespan Development
  36. Part VII - Methodology in the Study of Development
  37. Chapter 26 - Qualitative Methodology
  38. Chapter 27 - Quantitative Models for Developmental Processes
  39. Chapter 28 - Dynamic Systems Approaches and Modeling of Developmental Processes
  40. Author Index
  41. Subject Index