Developmental Science An Advanced Textbook

PART I

1 Concepts and Theories of Human Development

2 Culture in Development

3 Design, Measurement, and Analysis in Developmental Research

4 Developmental Psychopathology and Atypical Development

PART II

5 Developmental Neuroscience, Psychophysiology, and Genetics

6 Motor Development

7 Perceptual Development

8 The Development of Cognitive Abilities

9 Language Development

10 Temperament, Emotion, and Self

11 The Development of Diversity in Gender/Sexual Identity and Expression

12 Understanding the Social World: From Infancy to Late Adulthood

13 The Role of Parent–Child Relationships in Development

14 Peer Relationships

Julie C. Bowker, Kenneth H. Rubin, Kristina L. McDonald, Kelly Lynn Mulvey, Berna Güroğlu, Adrienne Nishina, and Xinyin Chen

15 School Influences on Child and Adolescent Development

Biography

Marc H. Bornstein holds positions in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and UNICEF.

Michael E. Lamb is Professor of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.

"This 8^th edition of Developmental Science by Bornstein and Lamb continues to be the most up-to-date coverage of this interdisciplinary field available for teaching upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses. The coverage of the field is excellent, including chapters ranging from culture to neuroscience and genetics, motor development to school influences. This book belongs on the shelf of every professor who teaches courses on human development and it belongs in the hands of all students, undergraduate and graduate, who need a grounding in the field of developmental science."

Megan R. Gunnar

, Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota, US

"Developmental Science presents brilliant "state-of-the-art" and comprehensive coverage of many of the most important areas of developmental science, with each of the highly engaging and accessible chapters authored by leading scholars. Topics include foundations of developmental science, neuroscience, genetics, culture, language, and the multiple social contexts of development, including parent-child, school, and peer relationships. There is no comparable volume available on lifespan developmental science, notable also for being readable, up-to-date and expert in its coverage. The volume promises to be valuable for developmentalists at multiple levels of expertise and background."

E. Mark Cummings

, William J. Shaw Center for Children and　Families　Professor of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, US

"A superb updating of material in a collection that has become a mainstay in the field. The coverage of key topics in developmental science is broad and insightful, with attention to key limitations in current knowledge. Students and academicians should find the content highly useful in guiding new research on children and families from diverse backgrounds."

Robert Bradley

, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University, US

"Creatively challenging and thought-provoking insights, from micro-moments to meta theory—from the earliest scholars to today’s neuroscience.

In developmental science even time is not a constant—but fused layers of context. We are taken through the dynamic inter-connections of relational ecosystems which are permanented by social injustices and misunderstood diversity of contexts, family structures and varied neurocognitive individual lenses. As developmental scholars we are best placed to address such complexities. A must read."

Rebecca Pearson

, Developmental Psychologist and Epidemiologist, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK