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Developmental Psychology: A Student's Handbook is a major new textbook that provides an up-to-date account of theory and research in the rapidly-changing field of child development. Margaret Harris and George Butterworth have produced an outstanding volume that includes recent research from Britain, Europe, and the USA. The text is designed for undergraduate students who have little or no prior knowledge of developmental psychology. Key features include: * Specially designed textbook features, such as key term definitions, chapter summaries, and annotated further reading sections. * Over 95 figures and tables, to illustrate principles described in the text. * Additional boxed material, to add further insight and aid understanding. * Clear, user-friendly layout, to make topics easy to locate. The book places developmental psychology in its historical context, tracing the emergence of the field as an independent discipline at the end of the 19th century, and following the radical changes that have occurred in our understanding of children's development since then. The development of the child is covered in sequence: through conception, pre-natal development, birth, infancy, and the pre-school years, to the achievements of the school years, and the changes that occur during adolescence. Each period is addressed in terms of cognitive, social, and linguistic development, including discussion of reading, spelling, and mathematical development. There is also consideration of comparative research concerning the development of cognitive abilities in other primates. Developmental Psychology: A Student's Handbook is essential reading for all undergraduate students of developmental psychology. It will also be of interest to those in education and healthcare studying child development.
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In Middlemarch, George Eliot famously warns readers not to see
themselves as the centre of their own world, which produces a
'flattering illusion of concentric arrangement'. The scholarly
contributors to Antipodean George Eliot resist this form of
centrism. Hailing from four continents and six countries, they
consider Eliot from a variety of de-centred vantage points,
exploring how the obscure and marginal in Eliot's life and work
sheds surprising light on the central and familiar. With essays
that span the full range of Eliot's career-from her early
journalism, to her major novels, to eccentric late works such as
Impressions of Theophrastus Such-Antipodean George Eliot is
committed to challenging orthodoxies about Eliot's development as a
writer, overturning received ideas about her moral and political
thought, and unveiling new contexts for appreciating her
unparalleled significance in nineteenth-century letters.
In Middlemarch, George Eliot famously warns readers not to see
themselves as the centre of their own world, which produces a
'flattering illusion of concentric arrangement'. The scholarly
contributors to Antipodean George Eliot resist this form of
centrism. Hailing from four continents and six countries, they
consider Eliot from a variety of de-centred vantage points,
exploring how the obscure and marginal in Eliot's life and work
sheds surprising light on the central and familiar. With essays
that span the full range of Eliot's career-from her early
journalism, to her major novels, to eccentric late works such as
Impressions of Theophrastus Such-Antipodean George Eliot is
committed to challenging orthodoxies about Eliot's development as a
writer, overturning received ideas about her moral and political
thought, and unveiling new contexts for appreciating her
unparalleled significance in nineteenth-century letters.
Addresses one debate in language development, namely the
relationship between children's language development and their
language experience.
Lo scopo della psicologia dello sviluppo e descrivere e spiegare i
cambiamenti nel comportamento e nelle attivita psicologiche dal
periodo prenatale fino alla vecchiaia. Il volume affronta in modo
approfondito i principali temi della psicologia dello sviluppo dal
periodo prenatale fino alla vecchiaia, esaminandone sia gli aspetti
biologici che quelli culturali. Nel testo sono presentate le piu
importanti teorie dello sviluppo in una prospettiva storica e, in
particolare, quelle di Piaget, Vygotskij e Bowlby, che permettono
di comprendere gli orientamenti della ricerca contemporanea e
forniscono una sintesi moderna rispetto alle radicali posizioni
innatiste e ambientaliste. Il testo presenta inoltre recenti
ipotesi, sostenute da evidenze sperimentali, che hanno portato a
parziali revisioni di queste teorie. Il volume fornisce in tal modo
una visione complessiva e aggiornata delle questioni teoriche e
metodologiche piu rilevanti della psicologia dello sviluppo ed e
consigliato per studenti universitari, insegnanti, operatori del
settore, genitori e per tutti coloro che sono interessati a questa
disciplina. l curatore di questa edizione ha inoltre apportato
integrazioni e adattamenti specifici per il pubblico italiano. A
tal fine, sono state anche illustrate recenti ricerche italiane
rilevanti per i temi trattati nel testo.
This major new undergraduate textbook provides students with
everything they need when studying developmental psychology.
Guiding students through the key topics, the book provides both
an overview of traditional research and theory as well as an
insight into the latest research findings and techniques. Taking a
chronological approach, the key milestones from birth to
adolescence are highlighted and clear links between changes in
behaviour and developments in brain activity are made. Each chapter
also highlights both typical and atypical developments, as well as
discussing and contrasting the effects of genetic and environmental
factors.
The book contains a wealth of pedagogical features to help
students engage with the material, including:
- Learning objectives for every chapter
- Key term definitions
- Over 100 colour illustrations
- Chapter summaries
- Further reading
- Suggested essay questions.
"
A Student s Guide to Developmental Psychology" is supported by a
companion website, featuring a range of helpful supplementary
resources including exclusive video clips to illustrate key
developmental concepts.
This book is essential reading for all undergraduate students of
developmental psychology. It will also be of interest to those in
education, healthcare and other subjects requiring an up-to-date
and accessible overview of child development."
This major new undergraduate textbook provides students with
everything they need when studying developmental psychology.
Guiding students through the key topics, the book provides both an
overview of traditional research and theory as well as an insight
into the latest research findings and techniques. Taking a
chronological approach, the key milestones from birth to
adolescence are highlighted and clear links between changes in
behaviour and developments in brain activity are made. Each chapter
also highlights both typical and atypical developments, as well as
discussing and contrasting the effects of genetic and environmental
factors. The book contains a wealth of pedagogical features to help
students engage with the material, including: Learning objectives
for every chapter Key term definitions Over 100 colour
illustrations Chapter summaries Further reading Suggested essay
questions. A Student's Guide to Developmental Psychology is
supported by a companion website, featuring a range of helpful
supplementary resources including exclusive video clips to
illustrate key developmental concepts. This book is essential
reading for all undergraduate students of developmental psychology.
It will also be of interest to those in education, healthcare and
other subjects requiring an up-to-date and accessible overview of
child development.
Lo scopo della psicologia dello sviluppo e descrivere e spiegare i
cambiamenti nel comportamento e nelle attivita psicologiche dal
periodo prenatale fino alla vecchiaia. Il volume affronta in modo
approfondito i principali temi della psicologia dello sviluppo dal
periodo prenatale fino alla vecchiaia, esaminandone sia gli aspetti
biologici che quelli culturali. Nel testo sono presentate le piu
importanti teorie dello sviluppo in una prospettiva storica e, in
particolare, quelle di Piaget, Vygotskij e Bowlby, che permettono
di comprendere gli orientamenti della ricerca contemporanea e
forniscono una sintesi moderna rispetto alle radicali posizioni
innatiste e ambientaliste. Il testo presenta inoltre recenti
ipotesi, sostenute da evidenze sperimentali, che hanno portato a
parziali revisioni di queste teorie. Il volume fornisce in tal modo
una visione complessiva e aggiornata delle questioni teoriche e
metodologiche piu rilevanti della psicologia dello sviluppo ed e
consigliato per studenti universitari, insegnanti, operatori del
settore, genitori e per tutti coloro che sono interessati a questa
disciplina. l curatore di questa edizione ha inoltre apportato
integrazioni e adattamenti specifici per il pubblico italiano. A
tal fine, sono state anche illustrate recenti ricerche italiane
rilevanti per i temi trattati nel testo.
This book is about one of the most fundamental debates in language
development, namely the relationship between children's language
development and their language experience. This issue is not only
of theoretical interest; understanding how a child's language
development is giving cause for concern. If there are no
environmental influences on early development then little can be
done to help the child whose first steps into language are
faltering. But, if the speed with which children develop language
is subject to some external influence, then there are likely to be
opportunities for successful intervention and grounds for optimism
rather than pessimism in this area. This book argues that there are
grounds for optimism.
Developmental Psychology: A Student's Handbook is a major new textbook that provides an up-to-date account of theory and research in the rapidly-changing field of child development. Margaret Harris and George Butterworth have produced an outstanding volume that includes recent research from Britain, Europe, and the USA. The text is designed for undergraduate students who have little or no prior knowledge of developmental psychology. Key features include: * Specially designed textbook features, such as key term definitions, chapter summaries, and annotated further reading sections. * Over 95 figures and tables, to illustrate principles described in the text. * Additional boxed material, to add further insight and aid understanding. * Clear, user-friendly layout, to make topics easy to locate. The book places developmental psychology in its historical context, tracing the emergence of the field as an independent discipline at the end of the 19th century, and following the radical changes that have occurred in our understanding of children's development since then. The development of the child is covered in sequence: through conception, pre-natal development, birth, infancy, and the pre-school years, to the achievements of the school years, and the changes that occur during adolescence. Each period is addressed in terms of cognitive, social, and linguistic development, including discussion of reading, spelling, and mathematical development. There is also consideration of comparative research concerning the development of cognitive abilities in other primates. Developmental Psychology: A Student's Handbook is essential reading for all undergraduate students of developmental psychology. It will also be of interest to those in education and healthcare studying child development.
Related link: http://www.psypress.co.uk/harrisbutterwor th Related link: Free Email Alerting Related link: Available for Inspection
Good writing begins with good reading. This book is written on the
premise that students must embrace reading as a part of the full
process of good writing. It may be used by classroom teachers
(Grades 6-12) individually or collectively as members of a
professional learning community, by pre-service teachers in a
literacy course, or by other educators working to support literacy
in the classroom. Interdisciplinary discussions relate to all types
or genres of reading and writing. This book offers practical
lessons and ideas for teaching and motivating all learners using
Universal Design for Learning principles. Formatting provides
additional ideas for challenged students, including students with
special needs, accelerated learners, and English Language Learners,
and is aligned with Common Core State Standards for content
subjects as well as for language arts. It takes ideas that were
formerly reserved for the upper echelon of students in English
language arts and reformulates teaching approaches to reach
students across the learning spectrum and in all disciplines. All
teachers need to be involved in raising the literacy bar, and this
book provides activities and strategies for use in the classroom
that can promote success for all learners.
Title: The Maid of Switzerland, a romantic drama, in one act and in
prose].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Harries, Margaret;
1834?]. pp. 269]-280.; 8 . RB.23.a.17120.(19.)
Title: The Petticoat Colonel; or, all right at last. A comic
interlude. (Adapted from the French.) With original
songs.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Harries, Margaret;
Daniel, George; 1831. 8 . 11779.bb.53.
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Title: Poems.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and
changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry
to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important
dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover
of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Harries,
Margaret; 1831. 12 . 994.i.29.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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`This is a beautifully written account of the most important ways
in which developmental psychologists go about their business,
illustrated with carefully chosen articles which are carefully
described in order to make the designs, methodologies, analysis and
interpretation of the results readily accessible to a non-expert
readership. This will become the preferred textbook for those who
want an up-to-date, interesting and accessible introduction to
developmental psychology research' - Alan Slater, University of
Exeter A wide range of techniques is used to investigate children's
development. This book, which is aimed at advanced undergraduates
and postgraduate students in psychology and related areas, provides
a guide to key theories and methods used by researchers. Carefully
chosen articles are accompanied by a commentary from the author
that, among other things, helps students to understand the
rationale for a study, the choice of design and assessment
measures, use of statistics and the interpretation of results. A
wide range of recent research papers is included to cover
observational and experimental methods from infancy to adolescence.
The research papers are introduced by two chapters that consider
the relationship between theory and methods, explaining how models
of development differ from one another and how they can be tested
through experimental studies.
`This is a beautifully written account of the most important ways
in which developmental psychologists go about their business,
illustrated with carefully chosen articles which are carefully
described in order to make the designs, methodologies, analysis and
interpretation of the results readily accessible to a non-expert
readership. This will become the preferred textbook for those who
want an up-to-date, interesting and accessible introduction to
developmental psychology research' - Alan Slater, University of
Exeter A wide range of techniques is used to investigate children's
development. This book, which is aimed at advanced undergraduates
and postgraduate students in psychology and related areas, provides
a guide to key theories and methods used by researchers. Carefully
chosen articles are accompanied by a commentary from the author
that, among other things, helps students to understand the
rationale for a study, the choice of design and assessment
measures, use of statistics and the interpretation of results. A
wide range of recent research papers is included to cover
observational and experimental methods from infancy to adolescence.
The research papers are introduced by two chapters that consider
the relationship between theory and methods, explaining how models
of development differ from one another and how they can be tested
through experimental studies.
This volume makes available for the first time the entire surviving journals and diaries of the great Victorian novelist, George Eliot, and constitutes a new text by her--the closest she came to autobiography. The journals span her life from 1854, when she entered into a common-law union with George Henry Lewes, to her death in 1880, revealing the professional writer George Eliot as well as the remarkable private woman, Marian Evans. The edition includes a chronology, introduction, headnotes to each diary, and an annotated index supplying valuable contextual and explanatory information.
Good writing begins with good reading. This book is written on the
premise that students must embrace reading as a part of the full
process of good writing. It may be used by classroom teachers
(Grades 6-12) individually or collectively as members of a
professional learning community, by pre-service teachers in a
literacy course, or by other educators working to support literacy
in the classroom. Interdisciplinary discussions relate to all types
or genres of reading and writing. This book offers practical
lessons and ideas for teaching and motivating all learners using
Universal Design for Learning principles. Formatting provides
additional ideas for challenged students, including students with
special needs, accelerated learners, and English Language Learners,
and is aligned with Common Core State Standards for content
subjects as well as for language arts. It takes ideas that were
formerly reserved for the upper echelon of students in English
language arts and reformulates teaching approaches to reach
students across the learning spectrum and in all disciplines. All
teachers need to be involved in raising the literacy bar, and this
book provides activities and strategies for use in the classroom
that can promote success for all learners.
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