Handbook of developmental psychology / edited by Jaan Valsiner and Kevin J. Connolly.

"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 developmen...

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Other Authors: Valsiner, Jaan., Connolly, Kevin J., 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the nature of development : the continuing dialogue of processes and outcomes / Jaan Valsiner, Kevin J. Connelly
  • 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, Louis A. Schmidt
  • Historical contexts for development / Hideo Kojima
  • Prenatal and infant development. Prenatal psychological and behavioural development / Peter Hepper
  • On the development of perception and action / Claes von Hofsten
  • Early cognitive development : ontogeny and phylogeny / Jonas Langer [and others]
  • Tool use and tool making : a developmental action perspective / Ad W. Smitsman, Raoul M. Bongers
  • Social relations and affective development in the first two years in family contexts / Kurt Kreppner
  • Development in early childhood. The role of language in human development / Nancy Budwig
  • Social development in cultural context : cooperative and competitive interaction patterns in peer relations / Angela Branco
  • Strengths and weaknesses of cognition over the preschool years / Eduardo Marti
  • Development of play / Anthony D. Pellegrini, Peter Smith
  • Developmental disorders : an action-based account / Brian Hopkins
  • Development in middle childhood. Contemporary families as contexts for development / Peter Stratton
  • Schooling and the development of literacy / David Olson, Janette Pelletier
  • Memory and knowledge development / Wolfgang Schneider, David Bjorklund
  • Development in pre-adolescence and adolescence. Children's relationships and development of person-context relations / Thomas Kindermann
  • Morality and context : a study of Hindu understandings / Usha Menon
  • From early attachment relations to the adolescent and adult organization of self / Harke Bosma, Coby Gerlsma
  • Development in adulthood. Adult cognitive development : dynamics in the developmental web / Kurt Fischer, Zheng Yan, Jeffrey Stewart
  • Goal-directed activities and life-span development / Jeanette A. Lawrence and Agnes E. Dodds
  • Dialogical processes and development of the self / Hubert J. Hermans, Els Hermans-Jansen
  • Cognitive processes in ageing / Patrick Rabbitt [and others]
  • Wisdom : its social nature and lifespan development / Ursula M. Staudinger, Ines Werner
  • Methodology in the study of development. Qualitative methodology / Jonathan Smith and Fraser Dunworth
  • Quantitative models for developmental processes / John R. Nesselroade, Peter C.M. Molenaar
  • Dynamic systems approaches and modeling of developmental processes / Paul van Geert.