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This eighth edition is the most complete and up-to-date advanced introduction to the field available today. Since its initial publication, the key purpose of this Advanced Textbook has been to furnish inclusive developmental perspectives on all theoretical, methodological, and substantive areas in developmental science.
List of contents
Preface Part I: Foundations of Developmental Science 1. Concepts and Theories of Human Development 2. Culture in Development 3. Design, Measurement, and Analysis in Developmental Research 4. Developmental Psychopathology and Atypical Development Part II: Neuroscience, Motor, Perceptual, Cognitive, and Language Development 5. Developmental Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, and Genetics 6. Motor Development 7. Perceptual Development 8. The Development of Cognitive Abilities 9. Language Development Part III: Personality and the Social Contexts of Development 10. Temperament, Emotion, and Self 11. The Development of Diversity in Gender/Sexual Identity and Expression 12. Understanding the Social World: From Infancy to Late Adulthood 13. The Role of Parent-Child Relationships in Development 14. Peer Relationships 15. School Influences on Child and Adolescent Development
About the author
Marc H. Bornstein holds positions in the
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and UNICEF.
Michael E. Lamb is Professor of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
Summary
This eighth edition is the most complete and up-to-date advanced introduction to the field available today. Since its initial publication, the key purpose of this Advanced Textbook has been to furnish inclusive developmental perspectives on all theoretical, methodological, and substantive areas in developmental science.
