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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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infant development. This book takes the reader from before birth through the moment infants come into the world seemingly unable to do much but eat, eliminate, and sleep, and across the few short, incredible years, to when infants are walking, talking, thinking humans with clear preferences, wishes, and dreams, having already forged strong long-lasting relationships. Dispelling common myths and misconceptions about how infants' perception, cognition, language, and personalities develop, this accessible evidence-based book takes a novel whole-child approach and provides insight into the joint roles of nature (biology) and nurture (experiences) in infant development, how to care for babies to give them the best start in life, and what it means for infants to become thinking communicating social partners. Topics in this book are covered with an eye firmly fixed on how infants' first years set the stage for the rest of their lives. By helping us understand infants, experts Marc H. Bornstein and Martha E. Arterberry give us the opportunity to learn about the resiliency of our species and the many different contexts in which families rear infants. They cover key topics, including how babies are studied scientifically, prenatal development and the newborn period, how infants explore and understand the world around them, how infants begin to communicate, how infants develop an emotional life, personality, and temperament, how infants build relationships, and how parents succeed in bringing up babies in challenging circumstances. This concise clear guide to the years from before birth to 3 is for students of developmental psychology, pediatric medicine and nursing, education, and social work. It also for all parents and professionals caring for infants, who want to understand the secret world of infancy.
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:
- draws upon 20 years on research in serious and violent youth offenders. - a unique dataset that has implications for policy and future research. - although the data is from youth based in Canada, the findings could be applied to many jurisdictions worldwide.
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.
This serial publication continues to review life-span research and
theory in the behavioral and social sciences, particularly work
done by psychologists and sociologists conducting programmatic
research on current problems and refining theoretical positions.
Each volume introduces excellent peer-reviewed empirical research
into the field of life-span development while presenting
interdisciplinary viewpoints on the topic. Often challenging
accepted theories, this series is of great interest to
developmental, personality, and social psychologists.
A presentation of current work that systematically explores and
articulates the nature, origin and development of reasoning, this
volume's primary aim is to describe and examine contemporary theory
and research findings on the topic of deductive reasoning. Many
contributors believe concepts such as "structure," "competence,"
and "mental logic" are necessary features for a complete
understanding of reasoning. As the book emanates from a Jean Piaget
Symposium, his theory of intellectual development as the standard
contemporary treatment of deductive reasoning is used as the
context in which the contributors elaborate on their own
perceptions.
Compiled from papers presented at the Rochester Symposium on
Developmental Psychopathology, this is the first book of its kind
devoted to disseminating theory and research in the field of
psychopathology. Contributions to this text are unified by their
incorporation of developmental principles into the study of various
types of emotional disorders in children and adults. Also
emphasized in this book is the importance of bridging the dichotomy
between scientific research and the application of this knowledge
to clinical populations. Designed as both a required and
supplementary text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses
in developmental psychopathology, abnormal, clinical, and health
psychology as well as neuroscience. Also insightful for psychiatric
and pediatric residents, nurses, and social workers.
Following a case study approach organized around the psychoanalytic process, this book addresses clinical issues that arise in analytic work with adults who were sexually abused as children. Special emphasis is given to the way in which childhood sexual trauma affects the treatment process and influences the contents and quality of transference. Contributors also focus on the formation of the therapeutic alliance, countertransference issues, and disturbances in ego functions.
This book unites an interdisciplinary body of experts in child
development whose research and ideas challenge existing theories
and conventional clinical practice in a variety of domains of early
child development. This unique volume fills a gap in existing
developmental research and offers applications for clinical
practice to professionals, students, and researchers in
developmental, social, and educational psychology.
With Tony Buzan it?s all brain, no pain!
Interaction in Human Development unites theoretical essays and empirical accounts bearing directly on the nature of interactions as a principal factor and organizing feature in human mental and social development. The papers discuss all areas of interaction including genetic, environmental, life-span, interpersonal, and cultural. Ideal as a text for students and as a reference for professionals in personality, developmental, educational, and environmental psychology, psychotherapy, behavioral medicine, and language.
This book discusses the significance of social geography, a multi-dimensional concept encompassing social health, social security and social ethos. It presents the socio-spatial dynamics of the population in India through an understanding of the various issues related to migration, urbanisation, unemployment, poverty and public health. With a thorough analysis of various social indicators relating to health, education, income and employment, the volume presents a detailed picture of the social geography of India. It discusses in detail, The origin, nature and scope of social geography, its relations with other social sciences and applications The nature and importance of social well-being along with welfare geography and the role of welfare state in ensuring social well-being The population of India and its attributes The status and spatial patterns of various social indicators relating to health, education and income and employment The composite indices which aggregate several social indicators such as the Human Development Index, Multidimensionally Poverty Index, Global Hunger Index, Gross National Happiness, Sustainable Developmental Goals Index and Freedom Index in the context of India. This comprehensive book will be useful for students, researchers and teachers of social geography, human geography, population geography, demography and sociology. The book can also be used by students preparing for exams like civil services, UPSC, PSC and other competitive exams.
The concepts presented in this volume were described and discussed at international conferences organized by the authors in Nice (1982), Munich (1984) and Amsterdam (1985).
First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Provides a critical synthesis of current models of aging. Offers a broader perspective that accounts for the wide diversity of human aging, just as it better explains how this diversity "groups" into familiar patterns. Written by a distinguished scholar of aging whose work has been internationally influential.
Comprised of papers written by members of the Social Science
Research Council Subcommittee on Child Development in Life-Span
Perspective, this book provides a representation of the current
status of the relation between child development and the life-
span. It suggests the possible synthesis of these two fields from
both conceptual and empirical evidence. Theories and methods
concerning the social, psychological, and anatomical influences on
children's cognitive development through adolescence are
highlighted.
Black Matters presents an anthology of stories of African American and African undergraduate and graduate students' experiences at college, offering lifespan perspectives on their formative relationships and influences, life-changing events, and the role their heritage has played in shaping their personal identities, values, and choices. Andrew Garrod and Robert Kilkenny bring together contributors who share personal memoirs reflecting on their experience of navigating life on campus as students of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. The ten brave authors, six Black men and four Black women, present thoughtful, often emotional, accounts of moments that transformed their academic, professional, and racial identities. Supplemented by follow-up accounts of four of the graduates, the text underlines developmental perspectives whilst examining what has remained the same about their lives and values, and what has changed over time. The collection explores the notion of hard work and "grit" in overcoming discrimination, racism, and adversity, and how in reality college students who are not part of the racial/cultural majority must contend with the normative identity challenges of late adolescence while carrying the extra burden of "two-ness". Featuring an introduction by Chante Mouton Kinyon, this anthology examines crucial topics including classroom experience; intellectual stimulation and learning environment; interactions with African American and African students; friendships that crossed the lines of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual orientation, and how collegiate life affects issues related to personal and racial identities. The rich narratives in Black Matters provide vital insight into the relationship between collegiate experiences and racial identities. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of psychology, education, cultural anthropology, sociology and creative writing, as well as for those responsible for campus climate and student experience.
Understanding Autistic Relationship Across the Lifespan is an accessible overview of autistic relationships from the early years through to old age. This much-needed book combines the latest research findings with first-hand accounts to offer insight into the relationships of autistic people and how they differ to those of non-autistic people in a range of ways. Felicity Sedgewick and Sarah Douglas delve into life's stages and their challenges, revealing how navigating relationships can lead to misunderstandings, rejection, and trauma - but also to genuine connection, support, and joy. Illustrated throughout with extracts from interviews, and with extended narratives from Sarah, it explores key topics including: Relationships in the early years, childhood friendships, teenage friendships and romance, adult romantic and sexual relationships, LGBTQ+ relationships, finding community, family relationships, and issues in the later stages of life. The authors explore a wide range of emotions and life situations, examining the social world of autistic people and the strategies they use to navigate it. Understanding Autistic Relationship Across the Lifespan offers practical recommendations for both autistic and non-autistic people on how to have the healthiest and most satisfying relationships possible. It is essential reading for all those working with autistic people and studying autism, as well as autistic individuals and those close to them.
The perfect guide for students who need to get to grips with learning theories and how they relate to the early years, this book covers Early and Modern theorists and their theories, and how they apply today. Bursting with full colour photographs, case studies, activities and discussion points, each chapter explores the theorist and the theory; what the theory looks like in practice; the strengths and weaknesses of each theory; and its links to other theorists. This new edition includes: Three new chapters on Bowlby, Dweck and Claxton New reflective activities New critical questions following the case studies |
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