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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826156603321

Titolo

Growing points in developmental science : an introduction / / edited by Willard W. Hartup and Rainer K. Silbereisen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, : Psychology, 2002

ISBN

1-135-42561-2

1-135-42562-0

1-280-14686-9

0-203-98926-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HartupWillard W

SilbereisenR. K <1944-> (Rainer K.)

Disciplina

155

Soggetti

Developmental psychology

Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Motor development as foundation and future of developmental psychology; 2 The early experience assumption: Past, present, and future; 3 Behavioural genetics in the 21st century; 4 Nutritional deficiencies as a biological context for development; 5 Prospects for research on the quality of pre-school experience; 6 Development of children's knowledge about the mental world; 7 Domain-specific constraints of conceptual development; 8 Research on memory development: Past and present

9 Mindreading, emotion understanding, and relationships10 Lifespan personality development: Individual differences among goal-oriented agents and developmental outcome; 11 Perspectives on gender development; 12 Agency in development; 13 The development of aggressive behaviour during childhood; 14 Cross-cultural views on human development in the third millennium; 15 Transitions in adolescent research; 16 The impact of longitudinal studies on understanding development from young adulthood to old age; 17 Growing points in developmental science: A summing up; Author index;



Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Growing Points in Developmental Science is an ISSBD publication based on the millennium symposia papers published in the International Journal of Behavioral Development in 2000. This collection of overview chapters summarises the state of the art and the way forward for this discipline.Experienced researchers as well as younger, cutting-edge scientists have contributed to this international collection. The topics range from early experience to old age, and include issues in both social and cognitive development. Particular interests are investigated, such as the biologica