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Life-Span Development and Behavior - Volume 11 (Hardcover): David L. Featherman, Richard M. Lerner, Marion Perlmutter Life-Span Development and Behavior - Volume 11 (Hardcover)
David L. Featherman, Richard M. Lerner, Marion Perlmutter
R3,922 Discovery Miles 39 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume continues the tradition of the Life-Span Development Series, presenting overviews of research programs on a variety of developmental topics. Research and theory in life-span development have given increased attention to the issues of constancy and change in human development and to the opportunities for, and constraints on, plasticity in structure and function across life. Acknowledging the need for and existence of interconnection between age and developmental periods, it focuses on conditions for possibly discontinuous development that emerge at later periods. Contributors to this series are sensitive to the restrictive consequences of studying only specific age periods, such as old age, infancy, or adolescence. Each scholar attempts to relate the facts about one age group to similar facts about other age groups, and to move toward the study of transformation of characteristics and processes over the life span.

Television and the Exceptional Child - A Forgotten Audience (Hardcover, New Ed): Joyce Sprafkin, Kenneth D. Gadow, Robert... Television and the Exceptional Child - A Forgotten Audience (Hardcover, New Ed)
Joyce Sprafkin, Kenneth D. Gadow, Robert Abelman
R1,191 Discovery Miles 11 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The question of what types of children are most influenced by -- or can best benefit from -- television is a recurrent theme in the scientific literature as well as a frequently raised issue for pediatric associations, educators, and parent/citizen groups concerned about the welfare and advancement of young children. To effectively address this question, this book focuses on a wide variety of children with highly divergent cognitive abilities, social skills, and educational capacities -- that is, those labeled as emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, mentally retarded, and intellectually gifted. These children not only possess characteristics that place them at the greatest risk with regard to television's negative impact, but also in a position to most benefit from the purposeful use of the medium at home and in the classroom. Combining literature from the fields of mass communication, developmental psychology, and special education, the authors present a comprehensive analysis of television and its "forgotten audience." Practical implications and applications in the home and school are also extracted from research findings making this volume a valuable resource for students, educators, and researchers in the fields of communication and special education, and for the parents and teachers of exceptional children.

Parental Belief Systems - The Psychological Consequences for Children (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Irving E. Sigel, Ann V.... Parental Belief Systems - The Psychological Consequences for Children (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Irving E. Sigel, Ann V. McGillicuddy-De Lisi, Jacqueline J. Goodnow
R3,938 Discovery Miles 39 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Research on the topic of parent beliefs, or parent cognition, has increased tremendously since the original publication of this volume in 1985. For this revised second edition, the editors sought to reflect some of the new directions that research on parent cognition has taken. By offering a greater variety of topics, it gives evidence of the intellectual concerns that now engage researchers in the field and testifies to the expanding scope of their interests. Although a unique collection because it reflects the diversity that exists among major researchers in the field, it evinces a common theme -- that the ideas parents have regarding their children and themselves as parents have an impact on their actions. This emphasis on parents' ideas shifts the focus on sources of family influence to ideas or beliefs as determinants of family interactions. The implication of this way of thinking for practitioners is that it suggests the shift to ideas and thoughts from behavior and attitudes.

Children's Development Within Social Context - Volume I: Metatheory and Theory:volume Ii: Research and Methodology... Children's Development Within Social Context - Volume I: Metatheory and Theory:volume Ii: Research and Methodology (Hardcover)
Lucien T. Winegar, Jaan Valsiner
R1,199 Discovery Miles 11 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

These companion volumes bring together research and theoretical work that addresses the relations between social context and the development of children. They allow for the in-depth discussion of a number of vital metatheoretical, theoretical, and methodological issues that have emerged as a result of increased investigation in these areas. For example: Which methodological and statistical procedures are appropriate and applicable to studies of social context and processes of development? Should the nature of social context be reconceptualized as something more than different levels of some social independent variable? Are theories of development that do not consider social context incomplete? Will the increasingly finer definitions of social context lead to extreme situationism and contextualism? As developmental theory and investigation continues to address relationships between social and cognitive development, it becomes increasingly important that issues concerning social context be elaborated and discussed.

The ADD Hyperactivity Handbook For Schools (Paperback): Harvey C. Parker The ADD Hyperactivity Handbook For Schools (Paperback)
Harvey C. Parker
R1,546 Discovery Miles 15 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reviewing the history, causes and methods of identifying and evaluating ADD students, Dr Parker provides information about ADD for teachers, guidance counsellors, school psychologists and educational administrators interested in practical ways to help students with ADD in schools.

Stress and Coping in Infancy and Childhood (Hardcover): Tiffany M. Field, Philip McCabe, Neil Schneiderman Stress and Coping in Infancy and Childhood (Hardcover)
Tiffany M. Field, Philip McCabe, Neil Schneiderman
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The fourth volume based on the annual University of Miami symposia on stress and coping, this new addition to the series is the first to focus on developmental and clinical stressors during infancy and childhood. While developmental stressors such as early separation and stranger anxiety, novelty stress, and fear-evoked personal distress, arise during normal development, clinical stressors result from certain conditions that are relatively common in infancy and early childhood such as premature birth and respiratory disease.
Various therapies are discussed -- for example, relaxation and massage -- that can alleviate the stress associated with psychiatric conditions in childhood and adolescence, including depression and adjustment disorder. The result is an integration of diverse research and theory on the psychophysiological, developmental, and psychosocial aspects of stress and coping in animals and humans by some of the leading researchers in the field.

Child Psychopathology - Diagnostic Criteria and Clinical Assessment (Hardcover): Stephen R. Hooper, George W. Hynd, Richard E.... Child Psychopathology - Diagnostic Criteria and Clinical Assessment (Hardcover)
Stephen R. Hooper, George W. Hynd, Richard E. Mattison
R3,959 Discovery Miles 39 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

These two companion volumes provide a comprehensive review and critical evaluation of the major DSM-III and DSM-III-R child disorders. Their major goal is to provide diagnostic and assessment guidelines that are based on scientific literature in specific clinical domains. Each chapter contains a discussion of the historical background of a particular diagnosis, definitional issues, a critical but selective review of the literature addressing the diagnosis in question, proposed changes in the diagnostic criteria based on the available literature, and proposed assessment models and methods based on the designated criteria. Given the scientific bases for many of these discussions of diagnostic criteria, these two volumes will serve professionals and graduate students in a wide variety of fields: clinical child psychology, child psychiatry, pediatrics, pediatric and school psychology, special education, social work, and other child mental health specialties.

Pathways To Number - Children's Developing Numerical Abilities (Hardcover): Jacqueline Bideaud, Claire Meljac, Jean-Paul... Pathways To Number - Children's Developing Numerical Abilities (Hardcover)
Jacqueline Bideaud, Claire Meljac, Jean-Paul Fischer
R3,945 R2,771 Discovery Miles 27 710 Save R1,174 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the famous and influential work of Jean Piaget and Alina Szeminska, "The Child's Conception of Number." It is a tribute to those two authors as well as to the entire Geneva school that pioneered the genetic study of cognitive structures in children. Dealing with the process of the child's construction of the notion of number -- a very important subject for the child as well as for the teacher, the researcher, and the practicing psychologist -- it summarizes the progress that has been made and outlines new research directions in this area. The book is a compilation of the work of the foremost international researchers in this area and includes a wide spectrum of viewpoints and schools of thought. It also introduces several new authors from Europe, including students of Piaget, to the American academic community.

Criteria for Competence - Controversies in the Conceptualization and Assessment of Children's Abilities (Hardcover):... Criteria for Competence - Controversies in the Conceptualization and Assessment of Children's Abilities (Hardcover)
Michael Chandler, Michael Chapman
R3,926 Discovery Miles 39 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

One of developmental psychology's central concerns is the identification of specific "milestones" which indicate what children are typically capable of doing at different ages. Work of this kind has a substantial impact on the way parents, educators, and service-oriented professionals deal with children; and, therefore one might expect that developmentalists would have come to some general agreement in regard to the ways they assess children's abilities. However, as this volume demonstrates, the field appears to suffer from a serious lack of consensus in this area.
Based on the premise that identifying relevant issues is a necessary step toward progress, this book addresses a number of vital topics, such as: How could research into fundamental areas (such as the age at which children first acquire a sense of self or learn to reason transitively) repeatedly yield wildly diverse results? Why do experts who hold to radically different views appear to be so unruffled by this same divergence of professional opinion? and, Are there grounds for hope that this divergence of professional opinion is on the wane?

Crisis Intervention in Residential Treatment - The Clinical Innovations of Fritz Redl (Hardcover): William C. Morse Crisis Intervention in Residential Treatment - The Clinical Innovations of Fritz Redl (Hardcover)
William C. Morse
R3,461 Discovery Miles 34 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

All settings where disturbed children spend time, such as camps or residential schools, are periodically faced with crisis situations. Methods for dealing with these crises and for counseling the children involved are continually needed. Crisis Intervention in Residential Treatment is both a demonstration of how essential Fritz Redl's treatment concepts remain today and a tribute to his genius. The authors bring order and reason to the quest for better ways to understand and respond to confrontation and aggression in residential treatment settings. They provide practical and successful strategies to cope with these situations and prevent them from occurring. By exploring and expanding some of Redl's most important theories and practices, the authors encourage a new generation of child care workers to find the same stimulation and satisfaction in his work as his original followers found. The contributors, each deeply affected and influenced in his or her own way by Redl, provide not only a moving tribute to a great child care worker and innovator, but also a rejuvenation of some of the most valued ideas in the field.Sharing Redl's concern for daily practice with very difficult youngsters, this understanding book focuses on the action setting and the development of theory from practice, not the application of theory to practice. By concentrating on such topics as the use of life space interviewing, aggression and counter-aggression in staff, and the contrast of interpersonal and ecological perspectives with current "get tough" approaches, Crisis Intervention in Residential Treatment is an eminently useful guide for everyone dealing with children in group settings. Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, teachers, and residential personnel will all learn effective ways of coping with and preventing crisis situations.

Biological and Behavioral Determinants of Language Development (Hardcover): Norman A. Krasnegor, Duane M. Rumbaugh, Richard L.... Biological and Behavioral Determinants of Language Development (Hardcover)
Norman A. Krasnegor, Duane M. Rumbaugh, Richard L. Schiefelbusch, Michael Studdert-Kennedy, Esther Thelen
R3,963 Discovery Miles 39 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a current, interdisciplinary perspective on language requisites from both a biological/comparative perspective and from a developmental/learning perspective. Perspectives regarding language and language acquisition are advanced by scientists of various backgrounds -- speech, hearing, developmental psychology, comparative psychology, and language intervention. This unique volume searches for a rational interface between findings and perspectives generated by language studies with humans and with chimpanzees. Intended to render a reconsideration as to the essence of language and the requisites to its acquisition, it also provides readers with perspectives defined by various revisionists who hold that language might be other than the consequence of a mutation unique to humans and might, fundamentally, not be limited to speech.

Handbook of Moral Behavior and Development - Volume 2: Research (Hardcover): William M. Kurtines, Jacob Gewirtz, Jacob L. Lamb Handbook of Moral Behavior and Development - Volume 2: Research (Hardcover)
William M. Kurtines, Jacob Gewirtz, Jacob L. Lamb
R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The publication of this unique three-volume set represents the culmination of years of work by a large number of scholars, researchers, and professionals in the field of moral development. The literature on moral behavior and development has grown to the point where it is no longer possible to capture the "state of the art" in a single volume. This comprehensive multi-volume Handbook marks an important transition because it provides evidence that the field has emerged as an area of scholarly activity in its own right. Spanning many professional domains, there is a striking variety of issues and topics surveyed: anthropology, biology, economics, education, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, social work, and more. By bringing together work on diverse topics, the editors have fostered a mutually-beneficial exchange not only between alternative approaches and perspectives, but also between "applied" and "pure" research interests. The Theory volume presents current and ongoing theoretical advances focusing on new developments or substantive refinements and revisions to existing theoretical frameworks. The Research volume summarizes and interprets the findings of specific, theory-driven, research programs; reviews research in areas that have generated substantial empirical findings; describes recent developments in research methodology/techniques; and reports research on new and emerging issues. The Application volume describes a diverse array of intervention projects - educational, clinical, organizational, and the like. Each chapter includes a summary report of results and findings, conceptual developments, and emerging issues or topics. Since the contributors to this publication are active theorists, researchers, and practitioners, it may serve to define directions that will shape the emerging literature in the field.

Psychoanalysis and Infant Research (Paperback): Joseph D Lichtenberg Psychoanalysis and Infant Research (Paperback)
Joseph D Lichtenberg
R1,267 Discovery Miles 12 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Lichtenberg collates and summarizes recent findings about the first two years of life in order to examine their implications for contemporary psychoanalysis. He explores the implications of these data for the unfolding sense of self, and then draws on these data to reconceptualize the analytic situation and to formulate an experiential account of the therapeutic action of analysis.

Language Production (Hardcover): Robert J. Hartsuiker, Kristof Strijkers Language Production (Hardcover)
Robert J. Hartsuiker, Kristof Strijkers
R3,768 Discovery Miles 37 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bringing together the latest research from world-leading academics, this edited volume is an authoritative resource on the psycholinguistic study of language production, exploring longstanding concepts as well as contemporary and emerging theories. Hartsuiker and Strijkers affirm that although language production may seem like a mundane everyday activity, it is in fact a remarkable human accomplishment. This comprehensive text presents an up-to-date overview of the key topics in the field, providing important theoretical and empirical challenges to the traditional and accepted modal view of language production. Each chapter explores in detail a different aspect of language production, covering traditional methods including written and signed production alongside emerging research on joint action production. Emphasising the neurobiological underpinnings of language, chapter authors showcase research that moves from a monologue-only approach to one that that considers production in more ecologically valid circumstances. Written in an accessible and compelling style, Language Production is essential reading for students and researchers of language production and psycholinguistics, as well as anyone that wishes to learn more about the fascinating topic of how humans produce language.

Little Brains Matter - A Practical Guide to Brain Development and Neuroscience in Early Childhood (Hardcover): Debbie Garvey Little Brains Matter - A Practical Guide to Brain Development and Neuroscience in Early Childhood (Hardcover)
Debbie Garvey
R3,749 Discovery Miles 37 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Provides very accessible coverage of a complex topic. * Includes a wealth of open-ended activities, practical strategies and case studies. * Blends together theory and practice to increase the knowledge, understanding, skills and confidence of early years practitioners. * Covers a range of hot topics, considering how poverty, adversity, and mental health, all affect the developing child.

Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma - Conversations with pioneering clinicians and researchers (Paperback): Daniela Sieff Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma - Conversations with pioneering clinicians and researchers (Paperback)
Daniela Sieff
R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma is an interdisciplinary book which explores our current understanding of the forces involved in both the creation and healing of emotional trauma. Through engaging conversations with pioneering clinicians and researchers, Daniela F. Sieff offers accessible yet substantial answers to questions such as: What is emotional trauma? What are the causes? What are its consequences? What does it mean to heal emotional trauma? and How can healing be achieved?

These questions are addressed through three interrelated perspectives: psychotherapy, neurobiology and evolution. " Psychotherapeutic perspectives" take us inside the world of the unconscious mind and body to illuminate how emotional trauma distorts our relationships with ourselves and with other people (Donald Kalsched, Bruce Lloyd, Tina Stromsted, Marion Woodman). "Neurobiological perspectives" explore how trauma impacts the systems that mediate our emotional lives and well-being (Ellert Nijenhuis, Allan Schore, Daniel Siegel). And e"volutionary perspectives" contextualise emotional trauma in terms of the legacy we have inherited from our distant ancestors (James Chisholm, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Randolph Nesse).

Transforming lives affected by emotional trauma is possible, but it can be a difficult process. The insights shared in these lively and informative" "conversations can support and facilitate that process.This book will therefore be a valuable resource for psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors and other mental health professionals in practice and training, and also for members of the general public who are endeavouring to find ways through their own emotional trauma. In addition, because emotional trauma often has its roots in childhood, this book will also be of interest and value to parents, teachers and anyone concerned with the care of children."

Cultural Approaches To Parenting (Hardcover): Marc H. Bornstein Cultural Approaches To Parenting (Hardcover)
Marc H. Bornstein
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume is concerned with elucidating similarities and differences in enculturation processes that help to account for the ways in which individuals in different cultures develop. Each chapter reviews a substantive parenting topic, describes the relevant cultures (in psychological ethnography, rather than from an anthropological stance), reports on the parenting-in-culture results, and discusses the significance of cross-cultural investigation for understanding the parenting issue of interest. Specific areas of study include environment and interactive style, responsiveness, activity patterns, distributions of social involvement with children, structural patterns of interaction, and development of the social self. Through exposure to a wide range of diverse research methods, readers will gain a deeper appreciation of the problems, procedures, possibilities, and profits associated with a truly comparative approach to understanding human growth and development.

Feelings Are Real - Leader Manual (Paperback, illustrated edition): Kristi Lane Feelings Are Real - Leader Manual (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Kristi Lane
R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Children's Theories of Mind - Mental States and Social Understanding (Hardcover): Douglas Frye, Chris Moore Children's Theories of Mind - Mental States and Social Understanding (Hardcover)
Douglas Frye, Chris Moore
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a result of a study group that met to discuss the child's theory of mind. A topic whose effects span cognitive, language, and social development, it may bring a unifying influence to developmental psychology. New studies in this area acknowledge children's conceptions of intention and belief, as well as intention and belief themselves, and consider the explanations they provide for children's developing abilities. The contributors to this important volume examine several aspects of the child's theory of mind, and present significant research findings on the theory itself and how it changes and develops for each child. Discussions of the utility of a theory of mind to the child, and to developmental psychologists trying to understand children, are provided. Finally, new explanations are offered for how children acquire a theory of mind in the first place.

ADHD: Non-Medication Treatments and Skills for Children and Teens - A Workbook for Clinicians and Parents: 162 Tools,... ADHD: Non-Medication Treatments and Skills for Children and Teens - A Workbook for Clinicians and Parents: 162 Tools, Techniques, Activities & Handouts (Paperback)
Debra Burdick
R812 R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Save R133 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Contributions To Information Integration Theory - Volume 3: Developmental (Hardcover): Norman H. Anderson Contributions To Information Integration Theory - Volume 3: Developmental (Hardcover)
Norman H. Anderson
R3,923 Discovery Miles 39 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The theory of information integration provides a unified, general approach to the three disciplines of cognitive, social, and developmental psychology. Each of these volumes illustrates how the concepts and methods of this experimentally-grounded theory may be productively applied to core problems in one of these three disciplines.

Field Dependence-independence - Bio-psycho-social Factors Across the Life Span (Hardcover): Seymour Wapner, Jack Demick Field Dependence-independence - Bio-psycho-social Factors Across the Life Span (Hardcover)
Seymour Wapner, Jack Demick
R3,952 R2,779 Discovery Miles 27 790 Save R1,173 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The papers presented in this volume seek to illuminate relationships among the cognitive style of field dependence- independence and biological, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of human functioning across the life span. The book begins by addressing fundamental issues concerning the role of cognitive style in human development. The remainder of the text treats cognitive style in relation to biological, psychological, and sociocultural functioning. Also included is a summary of directions for future research.

Constructivist Perspectives on Developmental Psychopathology and Atypical Development (Hardcover): Daniel P. Keating, Hugh Rosen Constructivist Perspectives on Developmental Psychopathology and Atypical Development (Hardcover)
Daniel P. Keating, Hugh Rosen
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume is the result of a symposium titled "Constructivist Approaches to Atypical Development and Developmental Psychopathology." What emerges from the work included here is a record of innovative extensions, refinements, and applications of the concept of constructivism. The chapters not only demonstrate the compatibility of constructivism with investigations of atypicality, but also the generation of a constructivist perspective for a wide array of problems in developmental psychology.

Child and Adolescent Disorders - Developmental and Health Psychology Perspectives (Hardcover): Sam B. Morgan, Theresa M.... Child and Adolescent Disorders - Developmental and Health Psychology Perspectives (Hardcover)
Sam B. Morgan, Theresa M. Okwumabua, Sam Morgan
R3,953 Discovery Miles 39 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers empirically based approaches to assessment, treatment, and prevention of certain childhood disorders encountered by psychologists and other practitioners in child clinical and pediatric psychology settings. In so doing, it views disorders from a developmental and health psychology perspective that emphasizes prevention of problems as well as positive coping strategies. Traditional topics such as autism and childhood depression are addressed, as are topics that have only recently emerged in the psychological literature. These include childhood diabetes, headaches, psychological aspects of teenage pregnancy, and early development of substance abuse.

Self Directedness - Cause and Effects Throughout the Life Course (Hardcover): Judith Rodin, Carmi Schooler, K. Warner Schaie Self Directedness - Cause and Effects Throughout the Life Course (Hardcover)
Judith Rodin, Carmi Schooler, K. Warner Schaie
R3,925 Discovery Miles 39 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book, the third in a series on the life course, has significance in today's world of research, professional practice, and public policy because it symbolizes the gradual reemergence of power in the social sciences. Focusing on "self-directedness and efficacy" over the life course, this text addresses the following issues:
* the causes of change
* how changes affect the individual, the family system, social groups, and society at large
* how various disciplines--anthropology, sociology, psychology, epidemiology--approach this field of study, with consideration given to common themes and differences
Finally, an effort is made to develop a multidisciplinary perspective unique to the study of self-directedness and efficacy.

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