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Klappentext This collection provides a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of the most significant publications in the field of Developmental Psychology over the past century. Over a total of six volumes, the Editors present the benchmark readings in the discipline, including highly cited theoretical articles, empirical articles as well as some book chapters that have had great impact in terms of presenting research findings and influencing the key debates in the field. There is a particular emphasis on recent publications to complement older, classic works, illuminating new directions in the field theoretically and methodologically, and on representing the discipline from an international perspective. Each of the volumes opens with an introductory editorial essay by the Editors setting out the rationale behind the selection of papers in terms of their historical, theoretical and empirical importance in the development of the field. The net effect is to provide an integrated account of this very established and expansive discipline. Volume 4: Theoretical perspectives Volume 5: Social development Volume 6: Language, communication and literacy These 3 volume reference sets will be an invaluable addition to any academic library with an interest in and/or existing collection in Developmental Psychology. Given their diverse yet coherent organization, they provide an excellent supplement on relevant courses where students need to engage with the provocative ideas that have made this field both lively and fascinating. Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of the most significant publications in the field of developmental psychology over the past century. Volume 4 covers theoretical perspectives! volume 5 looks at social development! and volume 6 covers language! communication and literacy. Inhaltsverzeichnis VOLUME 4: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES PART ONE: THEORY IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Security in Infancy, Childhood and Adulthood - M Main, N Kaplan and J Cassidy A Move to the Level of Representations Children¿s Relationships - J Dunn Bridging the Divide between Cognitive and Social Development: The Emmanuel Miller Memorial Lecture 1995 Pretence and Representation - A M Leslie The Origins of Theory of Mind Social Cognition and the Social Life of the Child - E T Higgins and J E Parsons Stages as Subcultures A Re-Interpretation of the Direction of Effects in Studies of Socialization - R Q Bell The Determinants of Parenting - J Belsky A Process Model Where Is the Child¿s Environment? A Group Socialization Theory of Development - J R Harris PART TWO: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION Baby Born Talking - Describes Heaven - S Pinker Language Is Not an Instinct - M Tomasello Micro- and Macro-Developmental Changes in Language Aquisition and Other Representational Systems - A Karmiloff-Smith From Communication to Language - J S Bruner A Psychological Perspective Individual Differences and Their Implications for Theories of Language Development - E Bates, P S Dale and D Thal Plasticity, Localization and Language Development - E Bates What Writing Does to the Mind - D R Olson VOLUME 5: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PART ONE: INFANT PERSON PERCEPTION The Tracking of Face-Like Stimuli by Newborn Infants and Its Subsequent Decline - M H Johnson et al Mother-Stranger Face Discrimination by the Newborn - T Field et al PART TWO: ATTACHMENT Maternal Representations of Attachment during Pregnancy Predict the Organization of Infant-Mother Attachment at One Year of Age - P Fonagy, H Steele and M Steele Sensitivity and Attachment - M S De Wolff and M H van Ijzendoorn A Meta-Analysis on Parental Antecedents of Infant Attachment PART THREE: EMOTIONS Emotions and Emotional Communication in Infants - E Z ...
