Developmental Psychology Arena

Human Growth and Development

An introduction for social workers

• By John Sudbery.

Published October 2009

Social workers work with people at all stages of life, tackling a multitude of personal, social, health, welfare, legal and educational issues. As a result, all social work students need to understand human growth and development throughout the lifespan. This introductory text provides a…
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Language Production Across the Life Span

A Special Issue of Language And Cognitive Processes

• Edited by Antje Meyer, and Linda Wheeldon.

Published April 2009

Most current theories of lexical access in speech production are designed to capture the behaviour of young adults – typically college students. However, young adults represent a minority of the world’s speakers. For theories of speech production, the question arises of how the young adults’ speech…
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Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes

A Lifespan Perspective

• Edited by Vicki Anderson, Rani Jacobs and Peter Anderson.

Published June 2008

This volume has as its primary aim the examination of issues concerning executive function and frontal lobe development. While many texts have addressed these issues, this is the first to do so within a specifically developmental framework. This area of cognitive function has received increasing…
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Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Interweaving the Inner and Outer Worlds

• By Esther Urdang.

Published May 2008

This new and updated edition of the vital human behavior textbook for graduate-level social work students emphasizes the biopsychosocial framework with a psychodynamic and developmental perspective, with updated information on contemporary thinking and the application of postmodern theory. Written…
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Social Life and Social Knowledge

Toward a Process Account of Development

• Edited by Ulrich Mueller, Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Nancy Budwig and Bryan Sokol.

Published January 2008

In this new volume, leading researchers provide state-of-the-art perspectives on how social interaction influences the development of knowledge. The book integrates approaches from a variety of disciplines including developmental psychology, psychopathology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology,…
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Adulthood

• By Evie Bentley.

Published January 2007

Adulthood is an accessible text which deals with the vital area of adult psychological development. It combines detailed accounts of the main theories and evidence on the psychology of adulthood with thorough discussion and commentary, presented in a concise and friendly form. The book's approach…
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Progress in Psychological Science around the World. Volume 1 Neural, Cognitive and Developmental Issues.

Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Psychology

• Edited by Qicheng Jing, Mark R. Rosenzweig, Gery d'Ydewalle, Houcan Zhang, Hsuan-Chih Chen and Kan Zhang.

Published July 2006

Progress in Psychological Science around the World, Volumes 1 and 2, present the main contributions from the 28th International Congress of Psychology, held in Beijing in 2004. These expert contributions include the Nobel laureate address, the Presidential address, and the Keynote and…
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The Transition to Adulthood and Family Relations

An Intergenerational Approach

• By Eugenia Scabini, Elena Marta and Margherita Lanz.
• Series Edited by Sandy Jackson.

Published March 2006

This book explores the development of a new path of transition between adolescence and adulthood in recent generations. Whereas traditionally the transition into adulthood was marked by a clear and irreversible change in condition, we are now seeing a continuance in the role and…
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Life-span Development

Frameworks, Accounts and Strategies

• By LEONIE SUGARMAN.

Published November 2001

This thorough revision of the highly successful first edition of Life-Span Development offers the reader a wide-ranging and thought provoking account of human development throughout the lifespan. The lifespan approach emphasises that development does not stop when we cease to be adolescents but…
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Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan

• By Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney and Candida Peterson.

Published December 2000

Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the role of personal relationships in people's lives.Highlighting areas of special significance and research interest at each major life-stage, Patricia Noller, Judith A. Feeney and Candida Peterson,…
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