| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Note |
"An ISSBD publication"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Motor development as foundation and future of developmental psychology / Esther Thelen -- The early experience assumption: past, present, and future / H. Rudolph Schaffer -- Behavioural genetics in the 21st century / Robert Plomin -- Nutritional deficiencies as a biological context for development / Theodore D. Wachs -- Prospects for research on the quality of pre-school experience / Edward C. Melhuish -- Development of children's knowledge about the mental world / John H. Flavell -- Domain-specific constraints of conceptual development / Giyoo Hatano, Kayoko Inagaki -- Research on memory development: past and present / Wolfgang Schneider -- Mindreading, emotion understanding, and relationships / Judy Dunn -- Lifespan personality development: individual differences among goal-oriented agents and developmental outcome / Cornelis F.M. van Lieshout -- Perspectives on gender development / Eleanor E. MacCoby -- Agency in development / Todd D. Little -- The development of aggressive behaviour during childhood / Richard E. Tremblay -- Cross-cultural views on human development in the third millennium / Pierre R. Dasen, Ramesh C. Mishra -- Transitions in adolescent research / Nancy L. Galambos, Bonnie J. Leadbeater -- The impact of longitudinal studies on understanding development from young adulthood to old age / K. Warner Schaie -- Growing points in developmental science: a summing up / Willard W. Hartup. |
| Summary |
Growing Points in Developmental Science is an ISSBD publication based on the millennium symposia papers published in the International Journal of Behavioral Development in 2000. This collection of overview chapters summarises the state of the art and the way forward for this discipline.Experienced researchers as well as younger, cutting-edge scientists have contributed to this international collection. The topics range from early experience to old age, and include issues in both social and cognitive development. Particular interests are investigated, such as the biologica. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Developmental psychology.
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Developmental psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hartup, Willard W.
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Silbereisen, R. K. (Rainer K.), 1944-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Growing points in developmental science. Hove ; New York : Psychology Press, 2002 1841693111 (DLC) 2002072796 (OCoLC)49936190 |
| ISBN |
0203989260 (electronic book) |
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9780203989265 (electronic book) |
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9781841693118 |
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1841693111 |
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1841693111 |
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