Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

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Der Band liefert in 14 Kapiteln einen gut verständlichen Überblick über die Entwicklungspsychologie im Kindes- und Jugendalter.

Human awareness - which forms the basis of all interpersonal relationships - is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of biological and socio-cultural evolution.

For some time now, the study of cognitive development has been far and away the most active discipline within developmental psychology.

Why is it that relationships with family members predict the quality of children's relationships outside the family?

Based on the presentations given by well-known specialists at a recent multidisciplinary conference of developmental psychobiologists, obstetricians, and physiologists, this book is the first exhaustive attempt to synthesize the present scientific knowledge on fetal behavior.

It has often been maintained that young children's knowledge is limited to perceptual appearances.

An increasing number of families around the world are now living apart from one another, subsequently causing the defining and redefining of their relationships, roles within the family unit, and how to effectively maintain a sense of familial cohesion through distance.

This book offers an innovative, trans-diagnostic approach to enhancing self-control in adolescents based directly on personality and social psychological science.

Prominent intellectuals and public figures explore the dynamics of development, offering varying perspectives from a range of fields.

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.

Evolution and the Human-Animal Drive to Conflict examines how fundamental, universal animal drives, such as dominance/prevalence, survival, kinship, and "e;profit"e; (greed, advantage, whether of material or social nature), provide the basis for the evolutionary trap that promotes the unstable, conflictive, dominant-prone individual and group human behaviours.

This book is an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts interested in unraveling the potential and promises of virtual reality, delving into its applications, challenges, and the exciting path that lies ahead.

The third edition of this handbook addresses not only the concept of resilience in children who overcome adversity, but it also explores the development of children not considered at risk addressing recent challenges as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dedicated to the memory and work of Lisa Capps, this volume is a forum for scholars and practitioners interested in the typical and atypical development of persons with autism.

This important text shows how child development theory applies to professionals' working practice.

Julia Friedrich klärt auf, inwiefern die frühen Bindungserfahrungen zu familiären und nicht-familiären Bezugspersonen Einfluss auf die kindliche Peer-Interaktion nehmen.

Teen Computer Interaction is concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of technologies for teenagers and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them.

Looking at the ways humans perceive, interpret, remember, and interact with events occurring in space, this book focuses on two aspects of spatial cognition: How does spatial cognition develop?

Early emotional development, emotional regulation, and the links between emotion and social or cognitive functioning in atypically developing children have not received much attention.

Classroom discussion is a concept familiar across the field of education and is often employed to support students' comprehension of text.

The publication of this unique three-volume set represents the culmination of years of work by a large number of scholars, researchers, and professionals in the field of moral development.

The safety of children in the context of protection from assault and violence is a basic need of our society.

Visual Leap is a how-to book for teachers, students and parents interested in making learning easier.

Dans ce livre, Arielle Adda met l’accent sur la construction de la personnalité douée pour répondre au désir des parents de mieux comprendre les réactions parfois surprenantes de leur enfant comme à celui de l’adulte souhaitant mieux se connaître.

The chapters in this book are based on papers presented at the 23rd Carnegie Mellon Symposia on Cognition.

From pioneering attachment researchers, this book takes an expansive look at the nature and functions of security dynamics in personal and social relationships.

There can be a lack of understanding of the vulnerable situation of children with disabilities and their families, even among professional caregivers whose mission is to protect the health and wellbeing of these children.

This Element offers an overview and review of the research on gender development in childhood from a developmental science perspective.

Edited by Stephanie W.

This edited book highlights the identities and practices of ethnically diverse families and schools in contexts where multicultural policies are not always a priority.

First published in 1941, the original blurb for Letters to Margaret reads: 'In view of the almost universal ignorance of the most elementary biological and psychological facts of life amongst adults, and waste of time and energy amongst children in attempts to acquire surreptitiously the knowledge necessary to them, the author has supplied the need in this book.

Many people grow up with at least one sibling.

First published in 1987.

As the Baby Boomer cohort moves from middle to later adulthood, it is likely this generation will redefine what it means to age.

Comprehensive and user friendly, this ideal professional reference and graduate text provides a developmentally informed framework for assessing 3- to 6-year-olds in accordance with current best practices and IDEA 2004 guidelines.

In this text, the history of phenomenological research on learning is synthesized and brought forward into the areas of existential learning, the development of enthusiasm about learning (from childhood through adulthood), and paradigmatic creative experience.

Alexander Luria was one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century.

Psychological distress is a set of painful mental and physical symptoms that are associated with normal fluctuations of mood.

Planning.

Hidden Youth and the Virtual World examines the phenomenon of 'hidden youth' or hikikomori, as it is better known in Japan as well as Hong Kong.

Taking a look at the most common sensory issues kids face, Raising Kids With Sensory Processing Disorders offers a compilation of unique, proven strategies that parents can implement to help their children move beyond their sensory needs.

First published in 1991.

First published in English in 1969, the book opens with a chapter by Pierre Oleron on intellectual activities.

Paediatric Biomechanics and Motor Control brings together the very latest developmental research using biomechanical measurement and analysis techniques and is the first book to focus on biomechanical aspects of child development.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 65, the latest release in this classic resource on the field of developmental psychology, includes a variety of timely updates, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.