Category Archives: Developmental Psychology

Growing Up Online: Young People and Digital Technologies, Second Edition

In this cutting-edge anthology, contributors examine the diverse ways in which girls and young womenacross a variety of ethnic, socio-economic, and nationalbackgroundsare incorporating and making sense of digital technology in their everyday lives. Contributors explore identity development, how young women … Continue reading

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Handbook of Developmental Social Neuroscience

Recent years have seen an explosion of research into the physiological and neural bases of social behavior. This state-of-the science handbook is unique in approaching the topic from a developmental perspective. Exploring the dynamic relationship between biology and social behavior … Continue reading

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Social Behavior and Skills in Children

That children are capable of pathology—not only such conditions as ADHD and learning disabilities, but also such “adult” disorders as anxiety and depression—stands as a defining moment in psychology’s recent history. Within this recognition is the understanding that the social … Continue reading

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SmartHelp for Good ‘n’ Angry Kids: Teaching Children to Manage Anger

“We love our children and they drive us crazy. Frank Jacobelli and Lynn Ann Watson give us the road map back to sanity and compassion. This is a wonderful work that all can benefit from. I hope you will read … Continue reading

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The Moral Brain: Essays on the Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Aspects of Morality

Scientists no longer accept the existence of a distinct moral organ as phrenologists once did. A generation of young neurologists is using advanced technological medical equipment to unravel specific brain processes enabling moral cognition. In addition, evolutionary psychologists have formulated … Continue reading

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Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence

Combining empirical evidence with indices to measure mattering, Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence explores the inverse relationship between mattering and dysfunctional behavior in adolescence. Defines mattering and distinguishes among the three ways that people can … Continue reading

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Memory in Mind and Culture

This text introduces students, scholars, and interested educated readers to the issues of human memory broadly considered, encompassing both individual memory, collective remembering by societies, and the construction of history. The book is organized around several major questions: How do … Continue reading

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Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism was once thought of as a rare condition, until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network released the statistic that about 1 in every 150 eight-year-old children in various areas across the United … Continue reading

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Autism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? Everyone has heard of autism, but … Continue reading

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Cultivating Creativity in Babies, Toddlers and Young Children (A Hodder Arnold Publication)

“Cultivating Creativity in Babies, Toddlers and Young Children” shows how each of us can promote creativity in children. It explores the journey children take in developing their creativity, and helps child care students and practitioners to nurture creativity in babies, … Continue reading

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