Social Development
ISBN: 9780470599051 | 0470599057
Edition: 1Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Pub. Date: 8/1/2010
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This new text provides psychologists with a comprehensive, scholarly, engaging, and up-to-date treatment of theoretical insights and empirical findings in the field of social development. It conveys the excitement of recent advances along with the accumulated knowledge that forms the basis of the field. The Research Up Close feature examines a single study or set of studies in more detail to provide them with a fuller appreciation of the methodological complexities of research. Examples are presented on how basic science is translated into real... MORE
| Theories, Themes, and Tools for Discovery | |
| Introduction: Theories of Social Development | |
| Research Methods: Tools for Discovery | |
| Early Tasks of Social Development | |
| Biological Foundations: Genes, Temperament, and More | |
| Attachment: Learning to Love | |
| Emotions: Thoughts about Feelings | |
| Self and Other: Getting to Know Me, Getting to Know You | |
| Contexts of Social Development | |
| Family: Early and Enduring Influences | |
| Peers: The Wider World of Social Development | |
| Schools and Media: Children in an Electronic Age | |
| Processes and Products of Social Development | |
| Sex and Gender: Vive la Différence? | |
| Morality: Knowing Right, Doing Good | |
| Aggression: Insult and Injury | |
| Policy and Prospects | |
| Policy: Improving Children's Lives | |
| Overarching Themes: Integrating Social Development | |
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