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Informationen zum Autor Stephanie Thornton Klappentext How does a fertilized egg become a person? How do the processes which shape the common features of human development also produce the rich variety of individual diversity? Understanding Human Development explores these questions in a lively and wide-ranging survey of the subject, offering both a topical and a chronological view of development. The author critically reviews research on human development from the earliest studies to the theories and issues of the 21st century, including recent breakthroughs in neuropsychology, cross-cultural psychology and in the application of dynamic systems theory. Coverage of methodology and ethics combined with thorough revision summaries in each chapter make this an invaluable introduction for students of developmental psychology. Zusammenfassung How does a fertilized egg become a person? How do the processes which shape the common features of human development also produce the rich variety of individual diversity? Understanding Human Development (UHD) explores these questions in a lively and wide-ranging survey of the subject! offering both a topical and a chronological view of development. The author critically reviews research on human development from the earliest studies to the theories and issues of the 21st century! including recent breakthroughs in neuropsychology! cross-cultural psychology and in the application of dynamic systems theory. Coverage of methodology and ethics combined with thorough revision summaries in each chapter make this an invaluable introduction for students of developmental psychology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Studying Human Development.- PART A: THE BEGINNING OF LIFE Bodies and Brains.- Infant Minds: Perception, Inference and Understanding in the First 18 Months.- Growing Emotions: Social and Personal Development in the First 18 Months.- PART B: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD Language.- Reasoning and Conceptual Understanding.- Memory, Problem-Solving and Mechanisms of Cognitive Development.- Individual Differences in Cognition.- PART C: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD Overview.- Understanding Other People.- Personality and Identity.- Social Relationships.- Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviour.- A FINAL COMMENT .- Toward a New View of Development. ...
