
Developmental Psychology
Childhood and Adolescence
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
9th Edition
Published on 24. November 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
720 pages
978-0-357-67086-6 (ISBN)
Description
This popular, topically organized, and thoroughly updated child and adolescent development text presents you with the best theories, research, and practical advice that developmentalists have to offer today. Authors David R. Shaffer and Katherine Kipp provide you with a current and comprehensive overview of child and adolescent development, written in clear, concise language that talks "to" you rather than "at" you. The authors also focus on application showing how theories and research apply to real-life settings. As a result, you will gain an understanding of developmental principles that will help you in your roles as parents, teachers, nurses, day-care workers, pediatricians, psychologists, or in any other capacity by which you may one day influence the lives of developing persons.
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Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 275 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1696 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-357-67086-6 (9780357670866)
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Persons
David R. Shaffer is a Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator of Psychology at the University of Georgia, where he focuses on the Social and Life-Span Developmental Psychology Programs. He has been teaching courses in human development to graduate and undergraduate students for nearly 30 years. His many research articles have concerned such topics as altruism, attitudes and persuasion, moral development, sex roles and social behavior, self-disclosure, and social psychology and the law. He has also served as associate editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Journal of Personality. Katherine Kipp, Ph.D., is Professor of Developmental Psychology at Gainesville State University. Dr. Kipp was formerly Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia, where she focused on the Life-Span Developmental and Cognitive/Experimental Psychology Programs, and where she received numerous teaching and mentoring awards and fellowships. An active researcher, her interests include cognitive inhibition in children, children's memory, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and giftedness in children. She is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development, Cognitive Development Society, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, Society for Teaching in Psychology, and Psychonomics Society.
Content
Part I: INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY.
1. Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies.
Part II: BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT.
2. Hereditary Influences on Development.
3. Prenatal Development and Birth.
4. Infancy.
5. Physical Development: The Brain, Body, Motor Skills, and Sexual Development.
Part III: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
6. Cognitive Development: Piaget's Theory and Vygotsky's Sociocultural Viewpoint.
7. Cognitive Development: Information-Processing Perspectives.
8. Intelligence: Measuring Mental Performance.
9. Development of Language and Communication Skills.
Part IV: SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT.
10. Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment.
11. Development of the Self and Social Cognition.
12. Sex Differences and Gender-Role Development.
13. Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development.
Part V: THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT.
14. The Family.
15. Peers, School, and Media.
1. Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies.
Part II: BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT.
2. Hereditary Influences on Development.
3. Prenatal Development and Birth.
4. Infancy.
5. Physical Development: The Brain, Body, Motor Skills, and Sexual Development.
Part III: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
6. Cognitive Development: Piaget's Theory and Vygotsky's Sociocultural Viewpoint.
7. Cognitive Development: Information-Processing Perspectives.
8. Intelligence: Measuring Mental Performance.
9. Development of Language and Communication Skills.
Part IV: SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT.
10. Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment.
11. Development of the Self and Social Cognition.
12. Sex Differences and Gender-Role Development.
13. Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development.
Part V: THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT.
14. The Family.
15. Peers, School, and Media.