Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

First published in 1981.

This is the first hands-on methods guide for second-language (L2) reading research.

Incidental language acquisition is the language that is learned informally, outside the constraints of the typical classroom, and vocabulary is one of the key elements in language learning and knowledge.

The Biennial Jake Harwood Outstanding Book Award 2024National Communication Association Communication and Ageing Division, Outstanding Book Award 2023This essential volume explores the vital role of communication in the aging process and how this varies for different social groups and cultural communities.

Originally published in 1974, studies of cultural influences on cognition, carried out from a variety of theoretical and methodological stances, were collected for the first time in this volume.

Presenting interventions that are practical, effective, and easy to implement in educational and clinical settings, this book addresses the most frequently encountered emotional and behavioral problems in 3- to 6-year-olds.

The book provides a detailed introduction to a major debate in bioethics, as well as a rigorous account of the role of conscience in professional decision-making.

Dieses Buch richtet sich an alle Frauen und Männer in der pädagogisch-therapeutischen Arbeit, die sich für neue, lebendige und kreative Methoden begeistern können.

The ability to communicate through spoken and written language is one of the defining characteristics of the human race, yet it remains a deeply mysterious process.

This is a guide book for the field of studies on talent development and human excellence.

Investigates the acquisition and use of geocentric spatial language for children in Bali, India, Nepal, and Switzerland.

This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the positive layers of ageing as well as key interventions that can help generate and maintain positivity and well-being among the elderly.

This book presents a unique exploration of common myths about autism by examining these myths through the perspectives of autistic individuals.

Many adopted or foster children have complex, troubling, often painful pasts.

Das Unterrichten von Schülerinnen und Schülern mit der Diagnose "Autismus-Spektrum-Störung" (ASS) stellt für Lehrkräfte oftmals eine Herausforderung dar, denn die Besonderheiten der Betroffenen wirken sich sowohl auf lernpsychologische Prinzipien als auch auf das soziale Miteinander im Klassenverband aus.

This informative and easy to read book is an essential resource for parents, teachers, those new to the field, and people on the autism spectrum themselves.

Originally published in 1983, the aim of this book was to discuss some fundamental problems of cognitive developmental psychology at the time.

Reflecting the focus of a Jean Piaget Symposium entitled Biology and Knowledge: Structural Constraints on Development, this volume presents many of the emergent themes discussed.

Understanding causal structure is a central task of human cognition.

Originally published in 1993.

An authoritative, up-to-date guide for psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians and other professionals working with vulnerable and at-risk children Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Third Edition is an indispensable resource for psychologists and psychiatrists in training, as well as experienced clinicians who want to stay abreast of important recent developments in the field.

Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook is the most complete and up-to-date advanced introduction to the field available today.

In Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology, students will learn about both normative and abnormal development throughout children's lives.

Grounded in cutting-edge developmental research, this book examines what school readiness entails and how it can be improved.

This book addresses what teachers and school leaders from a dozen countries see as the social and emotional strengths, interests and needs of adolescents in their schools and communities; how they innovate their programs and practices to respond to their students' lives.

An Architecture of the Mind proposes a mathematically logical and rigorous theory of lived experience, and a comprehensive and coherent theory of psychology.

The increasing number of people being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) cannot simply be explained by changes in diagnostic criteria or greater awareness of the condition.

How do young people cope with the multitude of difficult situations and scenarios that are associated with growing up, like anxiety and depression, as well as illness, rejection and family breakdown?

This volume provides graduate students and experienced researchers with a comprehensive guide to applying qualitative and mixed methods in classroom-based research on second language learning and teaching.

For the first time, psychological strategies for surviving the astrological fallout of turning the big 3-0!

The Transformative Self explores three of life's perennial questions: How do we make sense of our lives?

Play is an important part of our development.

In this new, revised edition of his landmark book, Montagu compels us to reevaluate the way we think about growth and development, in all its phases, throughout life.

Early Word Learning explores the processes leading to a young child learning words and their meanings.

Social workers today operate in an increasingly ethnically diverse society, yet many of the models that they use fail to reflect that diversity.

Researchers and students in developmental psychology have pointed out that the numerous findings from research about human development seem disconnected and that it is difficult to fit fragmented bits of information together.

This volume focuses explicitly on close relationships as a reliable source for individual happiness and well-being across cultures.

Dit boek beschrijft de sociale ontwikkeling van kinderen van 4 tot 12 jaar.

An essential handbook for professionals and advanced students in the field.

This volume engages the interface between the development of human lives and social relational networks.

Science depends on noticing that things which seem identical are different, and conversely.

This book brings together researchers from different fields, traditions and perspectives to examine the ways in which place and space might (be) unsettle(d).

This book celebrates the pioneering work and contributions of Helen J.

This second edition of the Handbook of Communication and Aging Research captures the ever-changing and expanding domain of aging research.

This is a comprehensive statement about adolescent development, identity formation, and treatment.

Ellen G.

In this final volume in the series, the contributors attempt to "e;expand the contexts"e; in which child language has been examined crosslinguistically.