432 Pages
by Psychology Press

432 Pages
by Psychology Press

Research in the field of human social development is moving at an astonishing pace. Within psychology, children's social behaviour has attracted interest from cognitive, social, clinical, and educational psychologists employing a wide variety of techniques that range from conversational analysis to experimental designs. Contributions have also come from beyond the domain of traditional psychology... Read more
Something happened - fission and fusion in developmental psychology, S. Muncer, A. Campbell; evolution and development, K. MacDonald; genes, environment and psychological development, D. Rowe; cultural influences on development, G. Jahoda; families and social development - towards the 21st century, M. McGurk, G. Soriano; the company they keep - friendships and their developmental significance, W. Hartup; social life in the primary school, P. Kutnick, Ian Mason; technology, media and social development, C. Crook; the developmental origins of social understanding, D.F. Hay, H. Demetrious; Children's Perspective And The Emotional process, M. Meerum Terwogt, H. Stegge; agency and identity - a relational approach, J. Shotter; socio-moral understanding, N. Emler; gender and the development of interpersonal orientation, A. Campbell; youth crime and antisocial behaviour, D.P. Farrington.

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Anne Campbell (Edited by) , Steve Muncer (Edited by)

'[T]he text does give to the reader a diverse range of fascinating and well-presented arguments and literature reviews and will be of great interest to students and professionals.' - Review in Infant and Child Development, Vol 8, 1999, by Robin Banjeree, University of Sussex.