Handbook of Psychology
Volume 6: Developmental Psychology
2. Edition November 2012
752 Pages, Hardcover
Handbook/Reference Book
Short Description
Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.
Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.
Chapter 1 Developmental Science Across the Life Span: An Introduction
Richard M. Lerner, M. Ann Easterbrooks, and Jayanthi Mistry
Chapter 2 Meta-theories, Theories, and Concepts in the Study of Development
Willis F. Overton and Ulrich Müller
Part Two: Infancy and Early Childhood
Chapter 3 Infant Perception and Cognition
John Colombo, Caitlin Brez, and Lori Curtindale
Chapter 4 Social and Emotional Development in Infancy
M. Ann Easterbrooks, Jessica Dym Bartlett, Marjorie Beeghly, and Ross A. Thompson
Chapter 5 The Developmental Psychobiology of Stress and Emotion in Childhood
Camelia E. Hostinar and Megan R. Gunnar
Chapter 6 Parent-Infant Communicative Interactions in Cultural Context
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda and Lulu Song
Part Three: Childhood
Chapter 7 Language Development
Laura Wagner and Erika Hoff
Chapter 8 Cognitive Development in Childhood: A Contemporary Perspective
David Henry Feldman
Chapter 9 Emotion and Personality Development
E. Mark Cummings, Julia M. Braungart-Rieker, Tina Du Rocher-Schudlich
Chapter 10 Social Development and Social Relationships in Middle Childhood
Joan E. Grusec, Maria Paula Chaparro, Megan Johnston, and Amanda Sherman
Chapter 11 Culture and Child Development
Jayanthi Mistry, Mariah Contreras, and Ranjana Dutta
Part Four: Adolescence
Chapter 12 Puberty: Its Role In Development
Elizabeth J. Susman and Lorah D. Dorn
Chapter 13 Schools as Developmental Contexts during Adolescence
Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Robert W. Roeser
Chapter 14 Identity Development, Personality, and Well-Being in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Theory, Research, and Recent Advances
Seth J. Schwartz, M. Brent Donnellan, Russell D. Ravert, Koen Luyckx, and Byron L. Zamboanga
Chapter 15 Positive Youth Development: Processes, Philosophies, and Programs
Jacqueline V. Lerner, Edmond Bowers, Kelly Minor, Michelle J. Boyd, Megan Kiely Mueller, Kristina L. Schmid, Christopher M. Napolitano, Selva Lewin-Bizan, and Richard M. Lerner
Chapter 16 Adolescents, Parents, Friends/Peers: A Relationships Model
Marc H. Bornstein, Justin Jager, and Laurence D. Steinberg
Part Five: Adulthood and Aging
Chapter 17 Disease Health and Aging in the First Decade of the 21st Century
Ilene C. Siegler, Hayden B. Bosworth, Adam Davey and Merrill F. Elias
Chapter 18 Cognitive Development in Adulthood and Aging
Roger A. Dixon, G. Peggy McFall, Bonnie P. Whitehead, and Sanda Dolcos
Chapter 19 Personality Development in Adulthood and Old Age
Rosanna M. Bertrand, Eileen Kranz Graham, and Margie E. Lachman
Chapter 20 Social Relationships and Aging
Toni C. Antonucci, Kira Birditt, and Kristine Ajrouch
Part Six: Applied Developmental Psychology across the Life Span
Chapter 21 Applied Developmental Science: Contributions and Challenges for the 21st Century
Celia B. Fisher, Nancy A. Busch-Rossnagel, Daniela S. Jopp and Joshua L. Brown
Chapter 22 Disabilities and Development
Penny Hauser-Cram, Amanda Cannarella, Miriam Tillinger, and Ashley Woodman
Chapter 23 Child Development and the Law
Michael E. Lamb and Lindsay C. Malloy
Chapter 24 Health and Human Development
Fred W. Vondracek and Ann C. Crouter
Chapter 25 Successful Aging
Alexandra M. Freund, Jana Nikitin, and Michaela Riediger
Chapter 26 Developmental Technologies: Technology and Human Development
Marina Umaschi Bers and Elizabeth R. Kazakoff
