An Introduction to Child Development, Third Edition provides undergraduate students in psychology and other disciplines with a comprehensive survey of the main areas of child development, from infancy through to adolescence, in a readily accessible format.
This book provides practical guidance for a wide range of professionals working with parents and families, answering common questions such as 'How can parents facilitate their child's transition to secondary school?
While categorization has always been one of the primary focuses of the social sciences, recent trends within these disciplines have tended to categorize various behaviours as disorders.
The number of Americans eligible to receive Social Security benefits will increase from forty-five million to nearly eighty million in the next twenty years.
This is the best book on the market for taking students from 'how children acquire their first language' to the point where they can engage with key debates and current research in the field of child language.
Die Zielgruppe 50+ ist heterogen wie kaum eine andere Altersgruppe und kann grob in vier Gruppen unterteilt werden: die leistungsstarken und leistungshungrigen Älteren, Fitgebliebene, die freizeit- und breitensportliche Schwerpunkte setzen, Neu- oder Wiederbeginner des Sports im Alter sowie Hochbetagte und Behinderte, für die Spiele nur noch mit Einschränkungen möglich sind.
This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries, organized by the Committee on Population of the National Research Council (NRC) in Washington, D.
From time to time we all tend to wonder what sort of “story” our life might comprise: what it means, where it is going, and whether it hangs together as a whole.
Von 1982 bis 1988 vertrieb die Firma Mattel die Action-Figurenserie Masters of the Universe, die zu ihrer Zeit – neben der bekannten Barbie-Figur – eine ihrer absatzstärksten Produktlinien darstellte.
The Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology is a comprehensive handbook for mental health professionals working with juveniles in the criminal justice system and in family and dependency courts.
Based on proven theory and real-life experience, this guidebook provides a one-stop resource for educators, librarians, and storytellers looking to introduce storytelling programs for young adults.
In this book, Professor Ole Jacob Madsen analyses the implications of Scandinavia's current concern for the mental health problems of adolescents, said to be struggling in the face of increasing demands for achievement and success.
Soulja Boy, Justin Bieber, and Tavi Gevinson are hardly representative of typical youth experiences, but their origins highlight many of the realities of youth doing independent creative work.
With the growth of parental employment, leave policy is at the centre of welfare state development and at the heart of countries' child and family policies.
A remarkable collection of over 200 stunning photographs of childrenfrom the Civil War era to the presentthat captures the ever-changing experience of childhood throughout American history.
Old Age and Political Behavior: A Case Study offers an in-depth analysis of the intersection of aging, political engagement, and societal structures, focusing on California as a microcosm of these dynamics.
Eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für das Zustandekommen und die langfristige Stabilität von Kooperationen zwischen Unternehmen ist, dass alle Beteiligten in angemessenem Umfang von der Zusammenarbeit profitieren und sich kein Unternehmen benachteiligt fühlt.
Understanding Death and Dying teaches students about death, dying, bereavement, and afterlife beliefs by asking them to apply this content to their lives and to the world around them.
Das vorliegende Buch erklärt mithilfe des Konzepts der emotionalen Qualität einer Politikidee, weshalb die deutsche Bevölkerung die Rente mit 67 stärker ablehnte als andere, ebenso einschneidende Rentenreformen.
No other reference provides such a comprehensive and timely overview of theory and research on family relationships, the contexts of family life, and major turning points in late-life families.
Since the late nineteenth century, Jews and Arabs have been locked in an intractable battle for national recognition in a land of tremendous historical and geopolitical significance.