
Developmental Science
Cambridge University Press
Published on 19. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-0-521-79459-6 (ISBN)
Description
Developmental Science provides an account of the basic principles of the new developmental synthesis. A group of eminent scientists from social and biological sciences believes that a fresh, interdisciplinary orientation is required to achieve progress on critical issues of behavioral theory, method, and application. They formed the Carolina Consortium on Human Development in 1987 as an advanced institute for the study of development. This book is the outgrowth of this long term collaboration. In addition to the collaborative statement, individual chapters outline implications of the orientation for method and theory in traditional disciplines. The chapters address specific developmental issues, varying across time frames, methodologies, disciplines, cultures and even species. They provide an inside look at the basic issues that confront modern social and behavioral study of development, including its strengths and problems.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
515 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-79459-6 (9780521794596)
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Persons
Editor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Duke University, North Carolina
Content
Part I: 1. A collaborative statement, faculty of the Carolina consortium on human development; 2. Developmental science: principles and illustrations David Magnusson and Robert B. Cairns; Part II: 3. Developmental psychobiology Gilbert Gottlieb; 4. The question of continuity and change in development Jean-Louis Gariepy; 5. Primates and persons: a comparative developmental understanding of social organization Arnold Sameroff and Steven Suomi; Part III: 6. Cognitive development Frederick J. Morrison and Peter A. Ornstein; 7. Early social-communicative development: illustrative developmental analyses Carol O. Eckerman; 8. Developmental psychopathology E. Jane Costello and Adrian Angold; 9. Culture and cognition in developmental perspective Jonathan Tudge, Sarah Putnam and Jaan Valsiner; 10. Human lives in changing societies: life course and developmental insights Glen H. Elder, Jr; Part IV: 11. Looking ahead, the editors.