1st Edition

Child Psychology in Retrospect and Prospect in Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the institute of Child Development

Edited By Willard W. Hartup, Richard A. Weinberg Copyright 2002
290 Pages
by Psychology Press

290 Pages
by Psychology Press

296 Pages
by Psychology Press

This 32nd volume of the Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology celebrates the 75th anniversary of the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development. All eight essays are devoted to developmental science, its history, and current status. Taken together, the chapters in this book show how the history of science connects past and future, how it gives the individual investigator an... Read more
Contents: Preface. G. Gottlieb, Origin of Species: The Potential Significance of Early Experience for Evolution. D. Cicchetti, How a Child Builds a Brain: Insights From Normality and Psychopathology. J.S. DeLoache, The Symbol-Mindedness of Young Children. A. Fernald, Understanding Understanding: Historical Origins of Current Questions About the Early Development of Receptive Language Competence. N. Eisenberg, Emotion-Related Regulation and Its Relation to Quality of Social Functioning. J. Modell, G.H. Elder, Jr., Children Develop in History: So What's New? S.H. White, Notes Toward a Philosophy of Science for Developmental Science. W.W. Hartup, A. Johnson, R.A. Weinberg, The Institute of Child Development: Pioneering in Science and Application.

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Willard W. Hartup, Richard A. Weinberg