Developmental psychology [[electronic resource] /] / volume editors, Richard M. Lerner, M. Ann Easterbrooks, Jayanthi Mistry ; editor-in-chief, Irving B. Weiner

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (754 p.)
• Disciplina: 150; 155
• Soggetto topico: Developmental psychology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LernerRichard M EasterbrooksM. Ann MistryJayanthi WeinerIrving B
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Handbook of Psychology; Contents; Handbook of Psychology Preface; Volume Preface; Contributors; Part I Foundations of Development Across the Life Span; Chapter 1 Developmental Science Across the Life Span: An Introduction; A Brief History of the Life-Span Study of Human Development; The Plan of this Volume; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2 Metatheories, Theories, and Concepts in the Study of Development; Developmental Inquiry and the Metatheoretical; Transformation and Variation: A Relational Integration ; A Brief History of Past Metatheoretical Worlds: Toward the Birth of Developmental ScienceRelationism-A Contemporary Metatheory for Developmental Science; A Methodological Rapprochement: Explanation in a Relational Context; The Relational Developmental Systems' Embodied Action (Enaction) Approach; Conclusions; References; Part II Infancy and Early Childhood; Chapter 3 Infant Perception and Cognition; Introduction; Methods for Studying Infant Perception and Cognition; Behavioral Methods; Current Topics in Infant Perception and Cognition; Attention; New Models of Infant Learning ; Intersensory/Intermodal ProcessingFace Processing; Object Perception; Causal Perception; Quantitative Processing; Categorization; Relation of Perception and Lower-Order Components to Higher-Order Cognition; Applications; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 Social and Emotional Development in Infancy; Introduction; Socioemotional Development in Context; Developing Emotions and Sociability; The Growth of Meaning, Reciprocity, and Regulation in Emotional Development; Developments in Self and Social Understanding; Relationships: The Development of Attachments; Conclusions; References ; Chapter 5 The Developmental Psychobiology of Stress and Emotion in ChildhoodThe Psychobiology of Stress; Psychobiological Studies of Stress and Emotion in Children; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6 Parent-Infant Communicative Interactions in Cultural Context; Introduction; Starting Principles; The Settings and Activities of Development; Modes of Communication; Communicative Accommodation; The Content of Language; Conclusions; References; Part III Childhood; Chapter 7 Language Development; Overview of Theoretical Approaches; Language Development as a Biological Process ; Language Development as a Linguistic ProcessLanguage Development as a Social Process; Language Development as Domain-General Learning; Conclusions; References; Chapter 8 Cognitive Development in Childhood: A Contemporary Perspective; Three Revolutions; Cognitive Development as a Separate Field; Main Features of the Piagetian System; Problems with Piaget's Theory and Efforts to Respond to Them; Contemporary Trends; Future Directions in Cognitive Developmental Theory and Research; Conclusions; References; Chapter 9 Emotion and Personality Development; Introduction ; Normal and Abnormal Emotional and Personality Development: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective
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• Titolo autorizzato: Developmental psychology
• ISBN: 1-118-28199-3; 1-283-66497-6; 1-118-28537-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462284503321
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