Child Psychology: A Contemporary View Point - Brossura

Hetherington, E. Mavis; Parke, Ross D; Gauvain, Mary; Locke, Virginia Otis

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ISBN 10: 0071251928 ISBN 13: 9780071251921

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2005

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Ross D. Parke is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and director of the Center for Family Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He is a past President of Division 7, the Developmental Psychology Division, of the American Psychological Association, and in 1995 received the g. Stanley Hall Award from this APA division. Park was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1997. He is currently editor of the Journal of Family Psychology and has served as editor of Developmental Psychology and as associate editor of Child Development. Parke is author of Fatherhood; co-author of The Throwaway Father, with Armin Brott; and co-editor of Family-Peer Relationships: In Search of the Linkages, with Gary Ladd, Children in Time and Place, with Glen Elder and John Modell, and Exploring Family Relationships with other Social Contexts, with Sheppard Kellam. Parke's research has focused on early social relationships in infancy and childhood. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and is well known for his early work on the effects of punishment, aggression, and child abuse and for his work on the father's role in infancy and early childhood. His current work focuses on the link between family and peer social systems and on the impact of economic stress on families of diverse ethnic backgrounds.

Virginia Otis Locke has been a professional writer and editor for more than twenty years. She is an author of Introduction to Theories of Personality,, with Calvin Hall, Gardner Lindzey, John Loehlin, and Martin Manosevitz, and of several other books. Both while a senior development editor at Prentice Hall and as a freelance writer-editor, Locke has developed many books in the behavioral sciences. As writer-editor at Cornell Medical College/New York Hospital Medical Center, she also wrote and edited professional and lay articles in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Locke received her B.A. from Barnard College and earned her M.A. in the doctoral clinical psychology program at Duke University. For several years she was a staff psychologist at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center, New York City. Her biography is included in Who's Who in America and Who's Who of American Women. Locke is studying elementary education and plans to teach in the early grades.

Contenuti:

1. Child Development: Themes, Theories, and Methods

Themes of Development

Theoretical Perspectives on Development

Developmental Themes and Theoretical Perspectives: An Overview

Making the Connections 1.1

Research Methods in Child Psychology

Making the Connections 1.2

Summary

Explore and Discuss

2. Heredity and the Environment

The Process of Genetic Transmission

Genetic Influences on Development

Genetic Counseling and Genetic Engineering

Heredity-Environment Interactions

Heredity, Environment, and Individual Differences

Making the Connections 2

Summary

Explore and Discuss

3. Prenatal Development and Birth

Stages of Prenatal Development

Risks in the Prenatal Environment

Birth and the Beginnings of Life

Vulnerability and Resilience in Children at Risk

Making the Connections 3

Summary

Explore and Discuss

4. Infancy: Sensation, Perception, and Learning

The Newborn

The Infant's Sensory and Perceptual Capacities

Early Learning and Memory

Making the Connections 4

Summary

Explore and Discuss

5. The Child's Growth: Brain, Body, Motor Skills, and Sexual Maturation

Brain Development in Infancy

Motor Development

Physical Growth

Sexual Maturation

Making the Connections 5

Summary

Explore and Discuss

6. Emotional Development and Attachment

Early Emotional Development

Recognizing Emotions in Others

The Beginnings of Specific Emotions

Learning to Regulate Emotions

How Children Think about Emotions

The Development of Attachment

The Nature and Quality of Attachment

Making the Connections 6

Summary

Explore and Discuss

7. Language and Communication

The Components of Language: Phonology, Semantics, Grammar, and Pragmatics

Theories of Language Development

The Antecedents of Language Development

Semantic Development: The Power of Words

The Acquistion of Grammar: From Words to Sentences

Learning the Social and Creative Uses of Language

Metalinguistic Awareness: Knowing About Language

Bilingualism and Language Development

Making the Connections 7

Summary

Explore and Discuss

8. Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky

Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

Piaget's Main Tenet: The Child Actively Seeks Knowledge

The Stages of Cognitive Development

Evaluation of Piaget's Theory

Vygotsky's Sociocultual Theory of Cognitive Development

Evaluation of Vygotsky's Theory

Making the Connections 8

Summary

Explore and Discuss

9. Cognitive Development: The Information-Processing Approach

Information-Processing Thoery

Developmental Changes in Some Significant Cognitive Abilities

Metacognition

Making the Connections 9

Summary

Explore and Discuss

10. Intelligence and Achievement

Theories of Intelligence

The Traditional Approach: Testing Intelligence

Why do People Differ in Measured Intelligence?

Achievement Motivation and Intellectual Performance

Ethnicity, Social Class, and Intellectual Performance

Cognitive Intervention Studes

Beyond the Norms: Giftedness and Mental Retardation

Creativity

Making the Connections 10

Summary

Explore and Discuss

11. The Family

The Family System

Social Class, Ethnicity, and Socialization

The Changing American Family

Child Abuse with the Family

Making the Connections 11

Summary

Explore and Discuss

12. Expanding the Social World: Peers and Friends

How Peer Interactions Begin: Developmental Patterns

Peers as Socializers

Peer Acceptance

Promoters of Peer Acceptance: Parents and Teachers

When Peers become Friends

Parents, Peers, or Both?

From Dyads to Groups

Peer Groups in Different Cultures

Making the Connections 12

Summary

Explore and Discuss

13. Gender Roles and Gender Differences

Defining Sex and Gender

Gender-Role Standards and Stereotypes

Biological Factors in Gender Differences

Cognitive Factors in Gender Typing

Influence of the Family on Gender Typing

Extrafamilial Influences on Gender Roles

Androgyny

Making the Connections 13

Summary

Explore and Discuss

14. Morality, Altruism, and Aggression

An Overview of Moral Development

Cognitive Theories of Moral Development

The Behavioral Side of Moral Development

The Evolution of Prosocial and Altruistic Behaviors

The Development of Aggression

Making the Connections 14

Summary

Explore and Discuss

15. Developmental Psychopathology

The Developmental Approach to Psychopathology

What is Abnormal?

Classifying Child Psychopathology

Some Psychological Disorders that Affect Children

Treating and Preventing Child Psychological Disorders

Making the Connections 15

Summary

Explore and Discuss

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071251928
• ISBN 13: 9780071251921
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 6