Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

There are approximately 7 billion people in the world, and 2 billion of them are children.

It's surprisingly common for children and adolescents to play with fire and to actually set fires.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Grit, the combination of passion and perseverance, has more of an influence on success than cognitive ability, and parents want nothing more than to raise happy, successful children.

The ability to communicate quickly and flexibly through both spoken and written language is one of the defining characteristics of the human race.

Psychological Development in the Elementary Years is the second in a series of reviews relating current theory and research on psychological development to educational practice.

Following the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, a number of prominent academics, journalists, and activists were quick to pronounce the demise of neoliberal capitalism and governance.

This is a classic edition of Andrew Ellis' acclaimed introduction to the scientific study of reading, writing and dyslexia, which now includes a new introduction from the author.

This work is intended to portray the interrelationship of heredity, individual development, and the evolution of species in a way that can be understood by nonspecialists.

In den letzten 30 Jahren hat sich die digitale Welt in rasantem Tempo entwickelt.

This volume contains contributions from leaders in the field of child language in honor of one of the preeminent scholars in the field of child language acquisition, Melissa Bowerman.

What characteristics do children need to become motivated to learn?

From the US to Nepal, author J.

This book examines autism characteristics that may be different than expected (atypical), primarily found in females, but also in others and are likely to be missed or misdiagnosed when identification and support are needed.

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences.

Integrating cutting-edge research from multiple disciplines, this book provides a dynamic and holistic picture of the developing infant mind.

This encyclopedia provides a concise introduction to the mental health topics of greatest concern to adolescents.

This volume explores the psychology of attention and discusses the various cognitive processes that determine what we pay attention to.

Expecting a gentle baby tiger to inevitably grow up to be ferocious, a young girl growing up in a household of boys to prefer princesses to toy trucks, or that liberals and conservatives are fundamentally different kinds of people, all reflect a conceptual commitment to psychological essentialism.

Many children and teenagers refuse to attend school or have anxiety-related difficulties remaining in classes for an entire day.

The first book of its kind, Parenting Psychoanalysed: Letters to a Parent collates the musings of a thoughtful group of psychoanalysts with a series of candid letters, each addressing the aspect of parenthood they most want to share and what they wish they knew before becoming a parent.

This comprehensive collection of chapters is written by leading researchers in psycholinguistics from a wide array of subfields.

This book synthesizes the literature on emotional development and cognition across the lifespan.

Originally published in 1982.

Originally published in 1987, this book introduces the reader to work on the intellectual development of adolescents relevant to the secondary school teacher.

What are the changes we see over the life-span?

This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology.

The capabilities and possibilities of emerging game-based learning technologies bring about a new perspective of learning and instruction.

Originally published in 1987, the purpose of this companion volume to Donald Ford's (1987) Humans as Self-Constructing Living Systems: A Developmental Perspective on Personality and Behavior was to illustrate the potential utility of the Living Systems Framework (LSF) for stimulating new theoretical advances, for guiding research on human behavior and development, and for facilitating the work of the health and human service professions.

Cognitive behavioural therapy has proven to be an effective treatment for anxiety disorders in children and young people.

This book discusses a newly developed concept of adaptability capacity and development as an extension of Charles Darwin's work on adaptability.

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.

"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.

The Development of Early Childhood Mathematics Education, Volume 53 in the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series, includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the field of developmental psychology.

Adulthood: An Introduction offers a thorough foundation to learn, consolidate, and apply developmental concepts and current knowledge to the psychology of adult development.

Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children is an accessible guide to using mindfulness and reflection to improve the quality of care for vulnerable children.

This tract was commissioned from Donald Meltzer and Martha Harris in 1976 by the Organisation for Economic and Cultural Development as part of a project to develop policies and programmes that would support families in their educational task.

Anne's sister Becky was born in 1958, long before most people had even heard of autism.

It was Plato who famously stated that 'imitation is dangerous because it stifles creativity, hampers the development of personal identity and disrupts the perception of other people as unique beings'.

The Family Context of Parenting in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School is a result of a longitudinal prevention study of 100 families begun the year before their first children entered kindergarten.

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.

School refusal behavior is a common and difficult problem facing parents of children and teenagers.

Using the highly influential working memory framework as a guide, this textbook provides a clear comparison of the memory development of typically developing children with that of atypical children.

This book analyzes how the use of digital media by young children can affect their development.

Explores the importance of considering how adolescents coordinate different types of activities in their interactions and in development.