Developmental Psychology Arena

THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLAY - ED3

• By David Cohen
• Edited by David Cohen
• Series Editor: David Cohen

Why do children play?

What can children learn from playing?

What have psychologists learned from 150 years of studying play – usually a bit too seriously?

The Development...

Published February 16th 2006 by Routledge.

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Always Separate, Always Connected

Independence and Interdependence in Cultural Contexts of Development

• By Catherine Raeff

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of theoretical and empirical scholarship on how issues of human separateness, or independence, and issues of human...

Published November 29th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Developmental Pathways Through Middle Childhood

Rethinking Contexts and Diversity as Resources

• Edited by Catherine R. Cooper, Cynthia T. Garc¡a Coll, W. Todd Bartko, Helen M. Davis, Celina Chatman

When can contexts and diversity be resources, rather than risks, for children's developmental pathways? Scholars, policy makers, and practitioners increasingly realize that middle childhood matters...

Published June 27th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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A Young Mind in a Growing Brain

• By Jerome Kagan, Norbert Herschkowitz

A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human development during its first...

Published May 20th 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Developmental Science

An Advanced Textbook

• Edited by Marc H. Bornstein, Michael E. Lamb

Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the field for advanced students. Readers of this textbook will obtain a...

Published April 1st 2005 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Child Welfare

Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare

• Edited by Nick Frost

This collection focuses on child welfare in its specific sense: welfare and social interventions with children and young people undertaken by State bodies or NGO's....

Published November 18th 2004 by Routledge.

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Family Investments in Children's Potential

Resources and Parenting Behaviors That Promote Success

• Edited by Ariel Kalil, Thomas DeLeire

The papers in this volume bring together a cross-disciplinary mix of researchers--developmental psychologists, evolutionary biologists, economists, anthropologists, and sociologists--working on the common theme of investments...

Published June 2nd 2004 by CRC Press.

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Children in Difficulty

A guide to understanding and helping - 2nd edition

• By Julian Elliott, Maurice Place

Written by two practising clinicians, this book is a guide for those who work with children. In clear, simple language it focuses upon some of...

Published May 27th 2004 by Routledge.

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Bullying in American Schools

A Social-Ecological Perspective on Prevention and Intervention

• Edited by Dorothy L. Espelage, Susan M. Swearer

Much of our knowledge about bullying behaviors comes from research conducted over the past several decades in Europe, Australia, and Canada. Until the past decade,...

Published November 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Research Manual in Child Development

• Edited by Lorraine Nadelman, Lorraine Nadelman, Lorraine Nadelman

This unique hands-on lab manual in child development provides great ideas and resources for teaching research courses involving child subjects. It includes projects in psychomotor/perceptual,...

Published September 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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