Developmental Psychology Arena

Postconventional Moral Thinking

A Neo-kohlbergian Approach

• By James R. Rest, Muriel J. Bebeau, Mickie Bebeau, Darcia Narv ez, Stephen J. Thoma

Although Lawrence Kohlberg provided major ideas for psychological research in morality for decades, today some critics regard his work as outmoded, beyond repair, and too...

Published April 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Developing Theories of Intention

Social Understanding and Self-control

• Edited by Philip David Zelazo, Janet Wilde Astington, David R. Olson

The chapters collected in this volume represent the "state-of-the-art" of research on the development of intentional action and intentional understanding--topics that are at the intersection...

Published April 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Relationships as Developmental Contexts

The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 30

• Edited by W. Andrew Collins, Brett Laursen

The volume's topic was chosen in part because of the rapidly growing salience of dyadic research perspectives in developmental psychology, but also in social psychology...

Published March 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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The After-school Lives of Children

Alone and With Others While Parents Work

• By Deborah Belle

Based on research about after-school experiences and dilemmas conducted over a four-year period with employed parents and their children, this book draws on the stories...

Published March 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Cultural Processes in Child Development

The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 29

• Edited by Ann S. Masten

The chapters of this volume were originally presented at the 29th Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology. The focus of this symposium on cultural processes in...

Published February 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Mentoring Dilemmas

Developmental Relationships Within Multicultural Organizations

• Edited by Audrey J. Murrell, Faye J. Crosby, Robin J. Ely

The world is continually changing. As organizations become more diverse, the need to recognize and develop talent within others becomes more critical and more complex....

Published February 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Development of Mental Representation

Theories and Applications

• By Kathleen Tyner, Kathleen Tyner
• Edited by Irving E. Sigel

There is a general and extensive literature in the development of representational thought and symbolic processes because of its centrality in human evolution. However, the...

Published January 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Coping With Divorce, Single Parenting, and Remarriage

A Risk and Resiliency Perspective

• Edited by E. Mavis Hetherington

In this volume leading researchers offer an interesting and accessible overview of what we now know about risk and protective factors for family functioning and...

Published January 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis

• Edited by David Birdsong

In language learning, the rule of thumb is: the earlier the better. Children exposed to language from birth are uniformly successful in first language acquisition...

Published January 1st 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Fondamenti Di Psicologia Dello Sviluppo

• By George Butterworth, Margaret Harris

Lo scopo della psicologia dello sviluppo è descrivere e spiegare i cambiamenti nel comportamento e nelle attività psicologiche dal periodo prenatale fino alla vecchiaia. Il...

Published December 3rd 1998 by Psychology Press.

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