Handbook of Developmental Psychology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Valsiner, Jaan; Connolly, Kevin J

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

`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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 682
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446265024
• Artikelnr.: 42155374

Autorenporträt

Professor Jaan Valsiner, Department of Psychology, Clark University, USA Professor Kevin Connelly, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Jaan Valsiner and Kevin J Connolly
The Nature of Development
The Continuing Dialogue of Processes and Outcomes
PART ONE: FUNDAMENTAL APPROACHES AND PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT
Probabilistic Epigenesis of Development - Gilbert Gottlieb
Genetics and the Development of Brain and Behavior - Douglas Wahlsten
Developmental Psychology and the Neurosciences - Sidney J Segalowitz and
Louis A Schmidt
Historical Contexts for Development - Hideo Kojima
PART TWO: PRENATAL AND INFANT DEVELOPMENT
Prenatal Psychological and Behavioral Development - Peter Hepper
On the Development of Perception and Action - Claes von Hofsten
Early Cognitive Development - Jonas Langer et al
Ontogeny and Phylogeny
Tool Use and Tool Making - Ad W Smitsman and Raoul M Bongers
A Developmental Action Perspective
Social Relations and Affective Development in the First Two Years in Family
Contexts - Kurt Kreppner
PART THREE: DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
The Role of Language in Human Development - Nancy Budwig
Social Development in Cultural Contexts - Angela Branco
Cooperative and Competitive Interation Patterns in Peer Relations
Strengths and Weaknesses of Cognition over Preschool Years - Eduardo
Mart[ac]i
Development of Play - Anthony D Pellegrini and Peter Smith
Developmental Disorders - Brian Hopkins
An Action-Based Account
PART FOUR: DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
Contemporary Families as Context for Development - Peter Stratton
Schooling and the Development of Literacy - David Olson and Janette
Pelletier
Memory and Knowledge Development - Wolfgang Schneider and David Bjorklund
PART FIVE: DEVELOPMENT IN PRE-ADOLESCENCE AND ADOLESCENCE
Children¿s Relationships and Development of Person-Context Relations -
Thomas Kindermann
Morality and Context - Usha Menon
A Study of Hindu Understandings
From Early Attachment Relations to Adolescent and Adult Organization of
Self - Harke Bosma and Coby Gerlsma
PART SIX: DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD
Adult Cognitive Development - Kurt Fischer, Zheng Yan and Jeffrey Stewart
Dynamics in the Development Web
Goal-Directed Activities and Life-Span Development - Jeanette A Lawrence
and Agnes E Dodds
Dialogical Processes and Development of the Self - Hubert J Hermans and Els
Hermans-Jansen
Cognitive Processes in Ageing - Patrick Rabbitt et al
Wisdom - Ursula M Staudinger and Ines Werner
Its Social Nature and Lifespan Development
PART SEVEN: METHODOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT
Qualitative Methodology - Jonathan Smith and Fraser Dunworth
Quantitative Models for Developmental Processes - John R Nesselroade and
Peter C M Molenaar
Dynamic Systems Approaches and Modeling of Developmental Processes - Paul
van Geert