Child, developmental and lifespan psychology Books

This volume examines ways in which service delivery to individuals with autism can be improved from both ends of the basic-applied research spectrum. It introduces the concept of translational scholarship and examines real-world value in developing...

This book is a first attempt to combine insights from the two perspectives with regard to the question of meaning by examining a collection of theoretical and empirical works. This volume therefore is destined to become an important addition to...

​How can people master their own thoughts, feelings, and actions? This question is central to the scientific study of self-regulation. The behavioral side of self-regulation has been extensively investigated over the last decades, but the biological...

I believe reading and writing are essential tools neededevery day to expand on a child's literacy and comprehension skills. Expanding their vocabularyis very important for not only articulation but communicative skills. I do also believe thatreading as a...

The traditional production measure of moral judgment has been the Moral Judgment Interview (MJI), which uses hypothetical moral dilemmas to elicit moral judgment. However, the MJI dilemmas have been criticized as artificial and may not be entirely...

Any agenda for family research in the 1990s must take seriously a contextual approach to the study of family relationships. The editors and contributors to this volume believe that the richness in family studies over the next decade will come from...

In this classic edition top scholars in family research examine the nature and origin of adolescents' contemporary patterns of sexual and romantic relationships, from the evolutionary roots of these behaviors to policies and programs that represent best...

While Comprehensive Community Initiatives (CCIs) provide promising avenues to support the positive development of all young people, research findings assessing the relation between CCIs and community-level child and youth outcomes have been mixed...

This volume explores the first four waves of a longitudinal diagnostic study of Indigenous adolescents and their families. The first study of its kind, it calls attention to culturally specific risk factors that affect Indigenous (American Indian and...

Psychology, quantitative or qualitative, tends to conceive of the human person using metaphysical concepts and to separate the practical, affective, and intellectual aspects of participation in everyday life. Lev S. Vygotsky, however, was working towards...

The chapters of this volume were originally presented at the 29th Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology. The focus of this symposium on cultural processes in child development emerged from the growing recognition among those at the Institute of Child...

"Managing Anxiety in Autistic Children" by E.K. Amed Culpepper is a compassionate and insightful guide that delves into the unique challenges faced by autistic children in navigating anxiety. Culpepper, drawing on a wealth of professional...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Entwicklungspsychologie, Note: 2,3, Universität Augsburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Sind Kleinkinder zwischen ein und zwei Jahren in der Lage Mitgefühl zu zeigen? Ist das...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1,3, Universität Bremen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Musik wird als Teil von Sozialisation und im konkreten Fall dieser Arbeit als Teil der jugendlichen Entwicklung...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Persönlichkeitspsychologie, Note: 1,3, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität - Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Studie hat das Ziel, Wechselwirkungen innerhalb der...

Acknowledging the feelings of children and finding ways to celebrate someone special who has died, can keep feelings of connection and provide comfort. For children and adults, it can be a challenge as you try to figure out where to begin.  In...

Before becoming a mother, Leah Witman Moore would zoom through the day with her to-do list in hand, happily teaching high school students, and returning home to her loving husband, Zachary. Then their first child, Jordan, was born with an...

Is there a spiritual meaning to having a special needs child? How can I be resilient through any trauma?Author Helena Clare is the mother of a beautiful and severely disabled child. In this captivating book, she describes her own personal journey of...

Ganador de la Medalla de Oro de la IPBA por series de no ficción (con Diez cosas que su estudiante con autismo desea que sepa) y Ganador del Gran Premio de Instrucción y Perspicacia y Primer Lugar en Psicología, Chanticleer International Book Awards. Uno...

Shortly after Teresa gave birth to her second son, Nick, he was diagnosed with Down syndrome. Early infant and child intervention helped Nick reach developmental milestones in his own time. But there was more to come when Nick hit third grade. A wave of...

Beset with health problems, loss, and a peculiar sense of unfamiliarity after retirement, the paths for some through the golden years is at times rocky. But for others, caring for family, loving grandchildren, celebrating friendships, enjoying hobbies,...

EXPANDED SECOND EDITION ~ New Interventions ~ More Examples ~ Expanded Descriptions ~If you work with children and families, this may be the book you have been waiting for!This book provides a new, easy-to-follow roadmap for understanding and working...

An important goal in contemporary educational psychology research is adolescentstudents’ development of higher‐order thinking, which includes, among otherthings, that these students become competent and independent learners andproblem solvers. This...

When developmental psychologists set forth the theory that the roots of adult psychopathology could be traced to childhood experience and behavior, the idea quickly took hold. Subsequently, as significant research in this area advanced during the past...

The Second Edition of the Handbook of Adolescent Behavioral Problems clarifies the current state of treatment and prevention through comprehensive examinations of mental disorders and dysfunctional behaviors as well as the varied forces affecting their...

Parenting is difficult under the best of circumstances--but extremely daunting when humanity faces cataclysmic annihilation. When the dead rise, hardship, violence and the ever-present threat of flesh-eating zombies will adversely affect parents and...

This book brings together current research findings on the involvement of word-internal structure for the purpose of word reading (especially morphological structure). The central theme of reading complex words is approached...

Leading specialists on Cajun French and Louisiana Creole examine dialectology and sociolinguistics in this volume, the first comprehensive treatment of the linguistic situation of francophone Louisiana and its relation to...

This book arises from a conference held in November 1996 designed to examine how competence can be improved in the different stages ofthe lifespan. To this end, we brought together eminent researchers in different areas of...

""The Sensitive Child: As Revealed In Some Talks With A Little Boy"" is a book written by Kate Whiting Patch and published in 1910. The book is a collection of conversations between the author and a little boy who is described as being highly sensitive...

The Mama Sutras is a practical, spiritual, psychological and emotional toolbox for modern mothering. Threaded with ancient wisdom and magnified within a contemporary context, the words within these pages are a doorway into the unspoken challenges and...

Jaime is a child who wonders about not just herself, but the people and things around her. In this story, Jaime learns what the tooth fairy does with your baby teeth, and how to let go of her favorite things as she grows into a bigger kid. This book...

Vygotsky at Work and Play is an intimate portrayal of the Vygotskian-inspired approach to human development known as 'social therapeutics' and 'the psychology of becoming'. Holzman provides an accessible, practical-philosophical portrayal of a unique...

Originally published in 1942, this title attempted to trace, from their very earliest appearances after birth, all aspects of mental development in childhood up to the age of about 4 or 5. It is based largely on the author's almost daily observations of...

Originally published in 1931, the study reported in this book was undertaken as part of the research programme of the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene. It represents a systematic inquiry into the social and emotional behaviour of pre-school...

Until the 70s and 80s anthropologists studying different cultures had mainly confined themselves to the behaviour and idea systems of adults. Psychologists, on the other hand, working mainly in Europe and America, had studied child development in their...

Originally published in 1986, there was a divorce between the immense amount of research taking place in child psychology and the real world of professional carers or teachers working with children at the time. The aim of this book was therefore to...

Although the work of Piaget dealt with the intellectual development of children, and that of Goldman with a child's religious thought, there had hitherto been no comparable book on child morality to complete the developmental picture of the time...

Originally published in 1974, this introductory text has been designed specifically for teachers in training, and it presents the basic psychological principles governing learning, perception, motivation and the retention of knowledge at the time. The...

Human awareness - which forms the basis of all interpersonal relationships - is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of biological and socio-cultural evolution.In this innovative book, originally published in 1987, the author introduces the subject of...

Originally published in 1974: 'This book sets forth a theory of cognitive development based on simple but powerful processes of inference. The theory is applied with great ingenuity and freshness to complex phenomena found during intellectual development...

Originally published in 1987, this book introduces the reader to work on the intellectual development of adolescents relevant to the secondary school teacher. It covers the teaching of English, history, geography, economics, politics, legal studies,...

Where do children go and what do they do outdoors? How do they evaluate their own environment? What are their likes and dislikes? What would they like to see added or changed? How can the outdoor environment support healthy child development? How is the...

John and Elizabeth Newson were well known for their studies of child rearing, which have combined a rigorous research methodology with sympathetic insights into family life and a lively approach to scientific reporting. 'Path-breaking', 'brilliant',...

This much-needed book provides an in-depth, nonjudgmental look at how consumption of Internet pornography and sexually explicit Internet material (SEIM) impacts the social, physical, emotional, and sexual development of adolescents. Youth and Internet...

La Morale De L�������Adolescence est un livre �����crit en 1789 par Des-Essarts, A. Ce livre explore les questions �����thiques et morales li�����es ������ l'adolescence. Des-Essarts examine les d�����fis et les dilemmes auxquels sont confront�����s les...

Most days, Sara Ann's physical and learning disabilities keep her indoors and alone--except on Thursdays. That's when Mrs. James, her tutor, comes to teach her reading and writing. But this Thursday is an exception. Today Mrs. James has brought along a...