Understanding Children's Development

5. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7601-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 768 Seiten

Reihe: Wiley-Interscience Series in Discrete Mathematics and Optimization

This leading child development text has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and its rigorous research-based approach. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development from conception through to adolescence.

For the fifth edition, the entire text has been updated to take account of developments in the field. Major revisions include:

* new chapters on antisocial behaviour; and on children and the media

* extensive new material on developments in cognitive neuroscience

* extended coverage of prosocial behaviour, family contexts, and involving children in research

* expanded artwork programme and full colour design

Each chapter provides lucid discussion of the material, enlivened by the inclusion of revealing case studies, and ideas for classroom discussion. Throughout the text the practical and applied implications of developmental research are emphasized and discussed.

Useful online support material, including multiple choice questions, to accompany this text is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/ucd.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cowie, Helen

Blades, Mark

Smith, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie

Über Autor(innen)

Peter K. Smith is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Unit for School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths College, London.

Helen Cowie is Professor of Psychology and on the senior management team of the School of Psychology and Counselling at the University of Surrey Roehampton.

Mark Blades is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sheffield.