This fully updated and revised eighth edition examines the behavioral, biological, and social context in which people express gendered behaviors, utilizing the latest research to help students think critically about research findings and stereotypes and provoking them to examine and revise their own preconceptions.
With a view to deepening our understanding of sources of hatred and prejudice, this book uses a developmental and evolutionary perspective to explore and explain the process by which our beliefs are conveyed to the youngest members of society.
The standard reference in the field, this acclaimed work synthesizes findings from hundreds of carefully selected studies of mental health treatments for children and adolescents.
The Development of Persistent Criminality addresses one of the most pressing problems of modern criminology: Why do some individuals become chronic, persistent offenders?
The age for early language learning has dropped dramatically in the past decade to include children under 6 years old, yet very little published research exists to support the implementation of such programmes.
In Freud's Adolescence, Florian Houssier looks at the early years of the Father of Psychoanalysis and considers how his personal experiences shaped his later work.
Ethical Applied Behavior Analysis Models for Individuals Impacted by Autism provides teachers, parents, and behavior analysts with a comprehensive analysis of evidence-based, behavior analytic programs for the therapeutic treatment of persons with autism, from infancy through adulthood.
According to a professional association of 67,000 pediatricians, "e;the lifelong success of children is based on their ability to be creative and to apply the lessons learned from playing.
* Winner of Honorable Mention Award for the Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Prize competition from SSPSI *This edited volume captures an exciting new trend in research on intergroup attitudes and relations, which concerns how individuals make judgments, and interact with individuals from different group categories, broadly defined in terms of gender, race, age, culture, religion, sexual orientation, and body type.
The essays in this book focus on political strategies, pedagogical models, and community programs that enable adult ESL learners to become vital members of North American society.
This is the first book in English to show how the work of Lev Vygotsky gave rise to a prolific and original school of cultural-historical psychology in Latin America.
This revolutionary book explores theoretical and practical issues of listening to children, families, and professionals who advocate for and work with young children to promote social justice and improve their lives, and to ensure no one is left behind.
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their most interesting publications-extracts from books, key articles, research findings, and practical and theoretical contributions.
A new, deluxe hardcover edition of one of the most important scientific works ever written In December 1831, Charles Darwin boarded the HMS Beagle, accompanying her crew on a five-year journey that crossed the Atlantic Ocean to survey the coasts of South America.
With a wealth of practical and effective tools, this book provides a unique model that is fully illustrated by instructional online downloadable content.
Written by experienced teachers and educational researchers Phillip Adey and Michael Shayer, Really Raising Standards analyses attempts to teach children to think more effectively and efficiently.
This extremely up-to-date book, Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition, is the first volume in the exciting new series, Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, obesity now affects up to 37% of all children and adolescents in the United States, triple the rate from just one generation ago.
'By following the advice in these pages, you won't just be helping your child overcome obstacles in reading or writing; you'll be cultivating a deeper bond, one rooted in understanding, empathy, and shared determination.
Au quotidien, des obstacles de toutes sortes viennent ralentir notre progression: imprévus, manque de temps ou de ressources, habitudes confortables… Et si ces obstacles étaient comme des oeillères qui nous cachent tout un monde de solutions ?
Das vorliegende Essential gibt einen Überblick über die sozial-emotionale Kompetenzentwicklung und stellt dabei insbesondere die Entwicklung der Fähigkeit zur visuellen, konzeptuellen und emotionalen Perspektivenübernahme, die Entwicklung der Möglichkeiten zur Emotionsregulation und des Emotionsverständnisses in den Fokus.
Dieses Essential zeigt, welche Konsequenzen die Nutzung von Fernseher, Computer und Internet für Kinder und Jugendliche hat – und was Fachleute Eltern raten können.
From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes Lost Girl, a poignant and deeply moving account of a lost little girl and an extraordinary educational psychologist's courage and determination.
"A través de una información concisa y organizada, alrededor de algoritmos de decisiones, esta obra se constituye en un Norte en las áreas específi cas de la neurología que son frecuentes en lapráctica clínica.
*; Explains how babies remember their experiences from the womb and birth as implicit memory, impressions that are held in emotions, images, and the body*; Examines scientific evidence of how preverbal memory works and how prenates are highly responsive to their mother's perceptions*; Looks at how to become aware of and acknowledge implicit memory from the womb as well as how to heal and prevent birth traumaIn a world where it is believed that babies lack awareness, somatic pre- and perinatal therapist Cherionna Menzam-Sills, Ph.
Sadly, and far too pervasive, submerged pain-narratives are so easily hidden and are historically, sometimes trapping humankind within gross diachronic amniotic darkness, where it is difficult to breath.
