Future Directions in Infant Development Research - Brossura

Steven S. Robertson, George J. Suci

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ISBN 10: 1461276837 ISBN 13: 9781461276838

Casa editrice: Springer New York, 1992

Riassunto

Future Directions in Infant Development Research bears wit-ness to the significant shifts that have occurred in infancyresearch in the recent past. While fundamental issues havetended to remain the same, the emphasis and ways of address-ing these issues have changed. This book is the first steptoward a much richer and fuller understanding of infantdevelopment.

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Contenuti

1 Social Development in Infancy: Looking Backward, Looking Forward.- The Emergence of New Themes.- Shifts in Content-Free Dimensions of Infant Social Development.- Conclusion.- 2 Risk and Protective Factors for Parents and Infants.- The Importance of Reciprocity.- Problems of Reciprocity in Teenage Mothers and Their Infants.- Evidence for Protective Factors.- Discussion.- 3 Long-Term Developmental Consequences of Intrauterine and Postnatal Growth Retardation in Rural Guatemala.- Developmental Risk and Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR).- Postnatal Growth.- Methods.- Results.- Discussion.- 4 Infant Predictors of Inhibited and Uninhibited Children.- The Idea of Temperament.- Inhibited and Uninhibited Children.- Infant Predictors.- Discussion.- 5 The Challenge Facing Infant Research in the Next Decade.- Is Infancy a Special Period?.- Continuity, Discontinuity, or Both?.- Heredity and/or Environment?.- Recent Developments and an Adjusted Focus?.- The Question of Theory.- Concluding Comments.- 6 Current and Future Directions in Infant Development Research: A Brief Overview.- Increasing Linkages of Behavioral and Biological Perspectives.- More Precise Specification of Infants’ Physical and Social Environmentals and Their Effects on Development.- Long-Term Consequences of Early Experience.- Early Identification of Developmental Risk.- Identification of Cognitive Competencies in Early Infancy.- Conclusions.

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Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Springer New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1461276837
• ISBN 13: 9781461276838
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 136
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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