Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

Based on the Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Biology and Knowledge Revisited focuses on the classic issue of the relationship between nature and nurture in cognitive and linguistic development, and their neurological substrates.

Pädagogische Psychologie - das ist psychologisches Know-how zu den Bereichen Lernen, Lehren, Motivieren, Interagieren, Diagnostizieren und Intervenieren in den Kontexten Unterricht, Erziehung und Weiterbildung.

Validation in Language Assessment contributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adopted by language assessment researchers.

This book brings together the work of researchers from around the globe around the topic of children's first transitions to early care and education.

Much of the groundbreaking work in many fields is now occurring at the intersection of traditional academic disciplines.

The majority of people will now spend about one-third of their lives as grandparents, yet developmental psychologists have largely ignored the nature of the grandparental role, and the influence which grandparents can have on grandchildren.

This comprehensive volume reviews and synthesizes a vast body of knowledge on maladaptive aggression and antisocial behavior in youth.

Grandparenting: Contemporary Perspectives is one of the first books of its kind to offer a dedicated account of the social and psychological research on this important life stage.

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its own field of study.

The outgrowth of a conference planned as a response to the need for researchers and clinicians to develop integrated plans for addressing the psychological trauma of children exposed to violence, this volume's goals are: * to summarize research on the subject with particular emphasis on the Gulf War; * to use this information to formulate an outline of what current knowledge suggests are reasonable approaches to public mental health intervention; and * to develop an agenda for future research necessary for improving clinical efforts in varying international conflicts.

This book raises the issue of the practice of patrimonial power with a focus on habitations, particularly in the urban areas of Indonesia.

The literature on post-traumatic growth (PTG) has been instrumental in highlighting the human capacity to overcome adversity, illuminating the different pathways people may follow when confronted with adversity.

Older Adults, Health Information, and the World Wide Web is devoted to the exploration of how the World Wide Web might be used to deliver current, easily accessible health information to adults over the age of 60 and their caregivers.

Adolescence is a time when the social world expands, a time of increasing engagement beyond the family sphere to the school, the peer group, and the workplace.

Ob Onlinerollenspiele, Adventure Games, Strategie- oder Shooterspiele, Musikprogramme oder soziale Netzwerke: Viele Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene sind von der Vielfalt des World Wide Web begeistert und verbringen ihre Freizeit gerne vor dem Bildschirm.

This volume has two purposes.

This is a tale of two brothers, duelling to become a dragon drawing champion.

Progress in Psychological Science around the World, Volumes 1 and 2, present the main contributions from the 28th International Congress of Psychology, held in Beijing in 2004.

This book unearths ancestral wisdom to address the needs of oppressed women in both the Global South and Global North.

This volume's unifying theme is the question: Is a concept of development relevant to art?

Play Fighting considers the possible benefits of play for humans and animals.

This book is the supporting guide for Speech Bubbles 2, an exciting series created for speech language therapists and pathologists, parents and caregivers, teachers and other professionals working with children who have delayed or disordered speech sound development.

Die Autorin schildert Chancen und Probleme in sozialen Beziehungen und seelische Schwierigkeiten, die bei hochbegabten Kindern und Erwachsenen auftreten können.

This book was first published in 1979.

It's refreshing to see a lifespan text written by helping professionals for helping professionals.

This book traces the evolutionary trajectory of language and teaching from the earliest periods of human evolution to the present day.

This book offers empirically based approaches to assessment, treatment, and prevention of certain childhood disorders encountered by psychologists and other practitioners in child clinical and pediatric psychology settings.

The Myth of Attachment Theory confronts the uncritical acceptance of attachment theory - challenging its scientific basis and questioning the relevance in our modern, superdiverse and multicultural society - and exploring the central concern of how children, and their way of forming relationships, differ from each other.

Revised edition guiding clinical psychology trainees to deliver efficient, effective and client-centred service in integrated care settings.

Tenacity in Children examines how multiple generations of parents and caregivers raised children to become successful adults.

This volume critically analyzes and explains the goals, processes, and effects of language policies in the United States and Canada from historical and contemporary perspectives.

Explains the neurological, emotional, and behavioral impacts of violence and trauma experienced by newborns, infants, children, and teenagers.

Fed up with conflicting advice?

Most works on moral psychology direct our attention to the positive role morality plays for us as individuals, as a society, even as a species.

This is a study of successful youth development in poor, disadvantaged neighborhoods.

This book investigates the complex interrelationships between neuroscience, arts, technical design, and the spectrum of neurodivergent conditions, introducing the emerging topic of neuroarts.

When it comes to relationships, there's no shortage of advice from self-help 'experts', pick-up artists, and glossy magazines.

The Development of Children's Thinking offers undergraduate and graduate students in psychology and other disciplines an introduction to several core areas of developmental psychology.

This text is the first holistic research overview and practical methodological guide for social network analysis in second language acquisition, examining how to study learner social networks and how to use network data to predict language learner behavior and identity.

The last decade has seen the emergence of an increasingly high profile and politically active asexual community, united around a common identity as 'people who do not experience sexual attraction'.

Language development, and the challenges it can present for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, have long been a focus of research, theory, and practice in D/deaf studies and deaf education.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging brings together cutting-edge research, practical information, and innovative thinking regarding the characteristics and processes of aging among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.

Applied Developmental Psychology: Volume 2 is a collection of papers from different experts in the field of psychology in an attempt to put forth a vision of psychology as a developmental science through its applications in different studies.

Media and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents brings together many of the field's most important scholars and media professionals to present cutting-edge theory and empirical research on both the benefits and risks to youth development.

Recipient of the 2014 International Association for Relationship Researchers Book Award!

First published in 1931, The Nature and Treatment of Stammering looks at the theories and causes of stammering as they were understood at the time.

This book examines the use of "e;Communities That Care"e; (CTC) interventions in European countries.