Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

First published in 1987.

It seems the mind has evolved into such a powerful form that we are able to go beyond knowing the world and move towards knowing the mind itself.

This book addresses the linguistic challenges faced by diverse populations of students at the secondary and post-secondary levels as they engage in academic tasks requiring advanced levels of reading and writing.

This accessible guide offers a concise introduction to the science behind worry in children, summarising research from across psychology to explore the role of worry in a range of circumstances, from everyday worries to those that can seriously impact children's lives.

Emphasizes digital means to record and code behavior; while observational methods do not require them, they work better with them.

Paradox for Life Review explains how older adults' levels of self-esteem become the lens through which they review their reminiscences.

Seit den ersten Tagen ihres Lebens erleben Kinder Emotionen: ihre eigenen und die ihrer eng vertrauten Mitmenschen.

Thinking and Reasoning in Autism provides fresh insights into the cognitive processes that underlie some of the typical characteristics of autism.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Everyday conversations including gossip, boasting, flirting, teasing, and informative discussions are highly creative, improvised interactions.

Pete and Jem are very helpful at the supermarket, but end up causing chaos with a tower of food on display.

Language Brokering in Immigrant Families: Theories and Contexts brings together an international group of researchers to share their findings on language brokering-when immigrant children translate for their parents and other adults.

Drawing upon international expertise, and including some of the most well-known academics and practitioners in the field, The Routledge International Handbook of Human Aggression is the first reference work to fully capture how our understanding of aggression has been refined and reconceptualised in recent years.

This book synthesizes research on language development and communication disability in Sub-Saharan Africa and highlights best practices for providing speech and language therapy services to individuals with language, communication, and hearing disorders across the lifespan.

Promoting Well-Being in the Pre-School Years provides evidence-based research and real-life strategies that support social and emotional development and well-being for children aged 3-5 years.

Basic research over the last decade or two has uncovered similarities between speech, especially its sensori-motor aspects, and vocal communication in several non-human species.

Sacred Matters explores the multi-disciplinary literature about the role of religion in family life and provides new research and a new theory about ways various aspects of the sacred are helpful and harmful.

In The Means to Grow Up, Robert Halpern describes the pedagogical importance of "e;apprenticeship"e;-a growing movement based in schools, youth-serving organizations, and arts, civic, and other cultural institutions.

Language and Culture in Mathematical Cognition, First Edition focuses on the role of linguistic and cultural factors in math cognition and development.

First published in 2006.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

Language Acquisition: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the must-know issues in child language development.

Many people place great stock in the importance of civic virtue to the success of democratic communities.

Teens talk to adults about how they develop motivation and mastery Through the voices of students themselves, Fires in the Mind brings a game-changing question to teachers of adolescents: What does it take to get really good at something?

The Developmental Science of Adolescence: History Through Autobiography is the most authoritative account of the leading developmental scientists from around the world.

New perspectives on the complex social dynamics of bullying practices through analyses of children''s experiences, and parents'' and teachers'' perspectives.

Are humans unique in having self-reflective consciousness?

Originally published in 1985, this book sought to thoroughly examine and better understand a dimension of interpersonal relations which at the time had often proven elusive, confusing, and quite difficult to operationalize.

Das Schreiben und Überarbeiten von Aufsätzen stellt viele Schüler vor große Herausforderungen.

Word Aware 3 is a comprehensive, practical and engaging resource that focuses on teaching vocabulary and word learning skills to children aged 6 to 11 years who have vocabulary learning needs.

The world is continually changing.

The book explores two fundamental aspects of the human mind and their relation to one another.

Achieving good behavior and social skills in a child with developmental disabilities can often be very difficult, and methods that improve behavior in other children are often unsuitable or ineffective.

Grandparents have long played important roles in the lives of their adult children and their grandchildren in our own as well as in many other cultures.

Originally published in 1978, the contributors to this volume offer here chapters and position papers concerned with children's memory.

Nautilus Gold Award Winner: Parenting FamilyA practical guide to understanding teens from bestselling author and global youth advocate Josh Shipp.

Votre enfant semble-t-il souvent malheureux ou inquiet?

First Published in 1985.

The problem of the out-of-control teenager demands immediate and effective attention from clinicians.

Praise for the author:'Deborah Plummer uses imagination and empowerment to move children and adults from discouragement to success.

This book sets out to integrate recent exciting research on the precursors of reading and early reading strategies adopted by children in the classroom.

Persistent physical symptoms that may not be associated with a known medical disease can be perplexing and distressing for children and families.

Clinical and Educational Child Psychology There is no shortage of books on developmental psychopathology, but what is unique about this one is the effort to bridge clinical and educational practice with school practice.

Coming of Age the RITE Way: Youth & Community Development through Rites of Passage addresses the absence of community-oriented rites of passage.

In spite of its obvious importance and popularity, the field of cognitive development remains highly fragmented, scientifically.

This collection brings together linguistic, psychological, and sociological perspectives reflecting on the relationships and interactions of the multilayered factors impacting second language development and cognitive competence.

The testimonies of individuals who survived the Holocaust as children pose distinct emotional and intellectual challenges for researchers: as now-adult interviewees recall profound childhood experiences of suffering and persecution, they also invoke their own historical awareness and memories of their postwar lives, requiring readers to follow simultaneous, disparate narratives.