Child Psychology category: 2885 books
by Professor H Rudolph Schaffer
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
Perfect for courses in child development or developmental psychology and arranged thematically in sections corresponding to chapter headings usually found in textbooks, this book is ideal for students wanting an accessible book to enrich their learning experience.
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Development in Infancy
A Contemporary Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
This topically-organized text provides a comprehensive overview of infant development with a strong theoretical and research base. Readers gain a clear understanding of infant development and issues that will be the focus of significant advances in infancy studies in the future. The new fifth edition...
Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 37
Developing Cognitive Control Processes: Mechanisms, Implications, and Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
The collected papers from the most prestigious symposia in the field of child development provide scholars, students, and practitioners with access to the work of key researchers in human development. This volume focuses on changes in our understanding of cogisnitive control processes—constructs...
Children's Saving
A Study in the Development of Economic Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Originally published in 1993, this book presents an alternative approach to the study of the emergence of economic awareness during childhood: a new developmental economic psychology!
In the past, attempts to study the emergence of children’s economic consciousness have failed to take account...
Welcoming Consciousness
Supporting Babies' Wholeness from the Beginning of Life–An Integrated Model of Early Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology has been studying our earliest development from the baby's point of view for over 30 years. Findings reveal we are conscious, aware beings who already have a sense of self as we begin human life. This book explores the mysteries of our multidimensional nature and...
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Sexuality
Developmental and Forensic Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Adolescent and child sexuality is studied by developmental psychologists from a research perspective and is of interest to forensic psychologists dealing with abuse and custody issues as well as rape cases. In many cases, it is of interest whether the child in question was sexually active to understand...
Made for Life (PLE: Emotion)
Coping, Competence and Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Originally published in 1980, this title considers the relationship between feeling able to cope and being able to learn – that is, the interdependence of affect and cognition in children under five. It argues that in order to make full use of his cognitive capacities the child must first develop...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Aggressive behavior among children and adolescents has confounded parents and perplexed professionals—especially those tasked with its treatment and prevention—for countless years. As baffling as these behaviors are, however, recent advances in neuroscience focusing on brain development have helped...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Our uncertain times are hard enough for adults to navigate. For all too many young people—even many who appear to possess good coping skills—the challenges may seem overwhelming. More and more, resilience stands as an integral component in prevention programs geared to children and adolescents,...
Kindergarten Transition and Readiness
Promoting Cognitive, Social-Emotional, and Self-Regulatory Development
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2018
This book presents a comprehensive overview of children’s transitions to kindergarten as well as proven strategies that promote their readiness. It presents theories and research to help understand children’s development during the early childhood years. It describes evidence-based interventions...
Child Maltreatment and the Law
Returning to First Principles
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2009
Dramatic cases of child abuse and neglect are featured with tragic regularity in the news. The stories vividly demonstrate both the urgent need for improved child protection services and the unwieldiness and ineffectiveness of the systems charged with the task. To complicate matters further, the original...
Hidden Youth and the Virtual World
The process of social censure and empowerment
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Hidden Youth and the Virtual World examines the phenomenon of ‘hidden youth’ or hikikomori, as it is better known in Japan as well as Hong Kong. Exposure to the Internet has allowed these young persons to develop a high level of capability within the virtual world, however these are skills that...
Political Violence, Armed Conflict, and Youth Adjustment
A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Research and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
This book reviews and critiques the growing literature on youth development under conditions of political violence and armed conflict. It presents a robust framework, based in developmental psychopathology, for evaluating current research on this topic for strength of design, methodology, and documentation....
The Health Care Setting As A Context for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse
A Special Issue of children's Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
This special issue was designed to explore the role of health care professionals in the assessment, treatment, and prevention of child maltreatment. The initial five articles were solicited to enhance our understanding of various forms of child maltreatment as well as approaches designed to effectively...