Developmental Psychology Arena

Children's Reasoning and the Mind

• Edited by Peter Mitchell, Kevin Riggs

This fresh and dynamic book offers a thorough investigation into the development of the cognitive processes that underpin judgements about mental states (often termed 'theory...

Published July 6th 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Becoming A Family

Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research

• By Rena D. Harold, Patricia Stow Bolea, Lisa G. Colarossi, Lucy R. Mercier, Carol R. Freedman-Doan

The movement from young adulthood through coupling and the transition to parenthood may be among the most universal adult developmental transitions. These passages hold interest...

Published July 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Parenting

What Really Counts?

• By Susan Golombok

Parenting: What Really Counts? examines the scientific evidence on what really matters for children's healthy psychological development.
The first section considers whether it is necessary to...

Published June 19th 2000 by Routledge.

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Control of Human Behavior, Mental Processes, and Consciousness

Essays in Honor of the 60th Birthday of August Flammer

• Edited by Walter J. Perrig, Alexander Grob

In this book, an international group of leading scientists present perspectives on the control of human behavior, awareness, consciousness, and the meaning and function of...

Published June 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Children's Source Monitoring

• Edited by Kim P. Roberts, Mark Blades

There are many aspects of life which require us to distinguish between memories of different events, such as deciding whether you locked the door or...

Published June 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Temperament and Personality Development Across the Life Span

• Edited by Victoria J. Molfese, Dennis L. Molfese, Robert R. McCrae

This is the third book in a series of Across the Life Span volumes that has come from the Biennial Life Span Development Conferences. The...

Published June 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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False-memory Creation in Children and Adults

Theory, Research, and Implications

• Edited by David F. Bjorklund

As one of the most hotly debated topics of the past decade, false memory has attracted the interest of researchers and practitioners in many of...

Published May 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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The Grammar of Autobiography

A Developmental Account

• By Jean Quigley

This is the first book to bring together four distinct literatures--functional linguistics, child language, narrative development, and discursive psychology. It is an outgrowth of the...

Published May 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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The Developmental Social Psychology of Gender

• Edited by Thomas Eckes, Hanns M. Trautner

Numerous publications have addressed gender issues from a social or a developmental psychological perspective. This volume breaks new ground in advancing a genuine synthesis of...

Published April 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Developing Talent Across the Lifespan

• Edited by Peter G. Heymans, Cornelis F.M. Van Lieshout

This volume presents fascinating new theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on the life-span development of talent. It shows how talents are the result of the...

Published March 16th 2000 by Psychology Press.

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