Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

How does knowledge of phenomena and events we have no direct experiences of emerge?

'A brilliant book' Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow A book that can show you how to change your behaviour' Evening StandardA child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later.

Understanding Uniqueness and Diversity in Child and Adolescent Mental Health examines the determinates of individual differences in children and young people, along with the origins of maladjustment and psychiatric disorders.

What are the basic dimensions of temperament?

Based on Francesca Happe's best-selling textbook, Autism: An Introduction to Psychological Theory, this completely new edition provides a concise overview of contemporary psychological theories about autism.

Play is a paradox.

Athletes are dependent upon a constant supply of accurate and reliable information from the environment whilst performing complex movements.

Test Yourself: Developmental Psychology provides essential learning and practice through assessment for your psychology students.

Building on Zoltan Dornyei's authoritative work in the field of learner motivation, this book introduces a new conceptualization-Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs)-and sets out the defining aspects of what they are, what they are not, and how they are related to language learning motivation.

In this volume, which simultaneously honors the career contributions of Jean Berko Gleason and provides an overview of a broad and increasingly important research area, a panel of highly productive language researchers share and evaluate methods of eliciting and analyzing language production across the life span and in varying populations.

Disorganized attachment is the most extreme form of insecure attachment.

This book fills a gap in early developmental psychology by providing a critical reconsideration of the status of artifact objects as protagonists of children's actions and communication.

Writing a book about recess could be a very questionable endeavor for a serious academic psychologist.

This book focuses on the status quo and current trends concerning ethnic issues in China, and seeks to promote the equitable and harmonious development of Chinese and other nationalities around the world.

Baby Bear lives in a home with the Big Bears, and loves to chase butterflies and make mud pies - they make Baby Bear's tummy fill with sunshine.

Dieses Lehrbuch befasst sich mit der Entwicklungspsychologie des Jugendalters.

This book examines the nature, prevention, and treatment of violence within families.

Dyslogical children are commonly labelled as having one or more of a mix of conditions that include Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Bipolar Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder.

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, syndromes, etc.

The establishment of frank and honest communication is one of the most important early goals of psychotherapy.

Ideal for both novices and advanced practitioners, the new edition of Stanley Greenspan's classic guide outlines a practical process for observing and interviewing children -- and organizing and interpreting their unfolding communications.

This fun and engaging activity book helps to teach teens to manage emotions and develop relationships by tracking their progress using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) techniques.

Quality Learning for Positive Ageing explores the views of older adult learners to understand the factors that contribute to 'quality' in later-life learning and how these relate to wellbeing, positive ageing, and gaining protection against cognitive decline.

This book is a study of infant mental health which blends knowledge and understanding from three perspectives: international research, theory, and intervention.

This major reference work breaks new ground as an electronic resource for students, educators, researchers, and professionals.

Metacognition refers to the awareness an individual has of their own mental processes (also referred to as ' thinking about thinking').

High quality interactions are recognised as fundamental to the achievement of outstanding teaching and learning in the early years.

Providing an evidence-based understanding of the causes and consequences of violence against children, experts in the field examine the best practices used to help protect children from violence.

This book, first published in 2000, is an investigation of the social processes of children''s learning (including computer-based learning) and problem-solving behaviour.

Teenage Pregnancy and Young Parenthood provides a comprehensive, unparalleled insight into the UK Government's highly successful Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (TPS) for England which reduced the under-18 pregnancy rate by well over 50%, and considers how the lessons from this policy can be applied internationally.

This book critically examines digital media's extensive impact on human behavior, psychology, and broader society.

The role of orthography in reading and writing is not a new topic of inquiry.

First published in 1964, Religious Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence describes the capacities of pupils of varying ages, abilities and backgrounds to understand religious truths.

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This book relates the author's stories about how languages have integrated her being, and defined and formed her sense of self.

The ability to remember unique, personal events is at the core of what we consider to be "e;memory.

Coping with Aging is the final project of the late Richard S.

Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children lays out an evidence-based model for working with and assessing children with disorganized attachment and their adult carers: families whose extreme, erratic and disturbing behaviour can make them perplexing and frustrating to work with.

This book examines the critical nature of engaging families in mental health interventions that promote well-being and resilience in young children, from birth to 8 years of age, with a particular focus on the importance of equity and systems of care.

Building crucial bridges between theory, research, and practice, this volume brings together leading authorities on the literacy development of young children.

Facing the Challenges of a Multi-Age Workforce examines the shifting economic, cultural, and technological trends in the modern workplace that are taking place as a result of the aging global workforce.

Building on children's natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood.

Moral psychology is the systematic inquiry into how morality works, when it does work, and breaks down when it doesn't work.

How-and why-do humans develop as they do?

The third book in Young's unique trilogy on causality and development continues to locate and define the central role of causality in biopsychosocial and network/systems development, and as a unifying concept of psychology itself.

Originally presented at the Sixth Adult Development Symposium, the papers in this volume examine possible relationships between the fields of organizational and (adult) developmental psychology with particular emphasis given to the grand developmental theories of Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Heinz Werner, and their descendants.

With the push toward accountability and test performance in schools there has been a decline in emphasis on creativity, imagination, and feelings in schools.