Death by Despair (American University Studies, #245)
by Ramon Martinez De Pison
While both positive and negative peer interactions have long been a focus of scientific interest, much less attention has been given to children who tend to refrain from interacting with peers. This volume brings together leading authorities to review progress in understanding the development, causes, and consequences of shyness and social withdrawal. Compelling topics include: *The interplay of biological, psychological, family, and interpersonal processes in shyness and social withdrawal...
The Developing Person Through the Life Span plus LaunchPad (Pack)
by Kathleen Stassen Berger
Kathleen Berger's acclaimed survey of developmental psychology across the life span is always up to date, always inclusive of cultures from every corner of the globe, and always compelling in the way it shows students the everyday relevance of field's theories, ideas, and discoveries. With its new edition, the text becomes a more deeply integrated text/media resource than ever, with the book and its dedicated version of LaunchPad combining seamlessly to enhance the learning experience. But drivi...
Assisted reproduction challenges and reinforces traditional understandings of family, kinship and identity. Sperm, egg and embryo donation and surrogacy raise questions about relatedness for parents, children and others involved in creating and raising a child. How socially, morally or psychologically significant is a genetic link between a donor-conceived child and their donor? What should children born through assisted reproduction be told about their origins? Does it matter if a parent is gen...
Volume 44 of Advances in Child Development and Behavior includes chapters that highlight some the most recent research in the area of embodiment and epigenesis. A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including cytoplasmic inheritance redux, emergence, self organization and developmental science, and the evolution of intelligent developmental systems. Each chapter provides in-depth discussions, and this volume serves as an invaluable resource for developmental or educational psychol...
A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development W/Connect+ AC
by John Santrock
Promotional Tips and Successful Techniques for Mobile Marketing
by Mark Crossb
Solihull Approach Resource Pack: School Years
Altern ALS Zukunft - Eine Studie Der Volkswagenstiftung
by Frieder Lang, Stephan Lessenich, and Klaus Rothermund
The challenges of providing mental health services to school children are numerous and diverse, ranging from staffing shortages to insufficient funding to family resistance to administrative indifference. Yet with the U.S. Surgeon General estimating that approximately 20% of young people display signs of psychological problems, the need for such services - particularly for interventions that not only address mental health issues but also reinforce protective factors - is considerable. Evidence-...
Mediated Learning and Cognitive Modifiability (Social Interaction in Learning and Development)
by David Tzuriel
This book portrays an extensive and intensive discussion of theories and research that refer to Vygotsky’s and Feuerstein’s theories of mediated learning and their effects on learning potential and cognitive modifiability. Most topics are discussed in relation to a broad spectrum of developmental and cognitive research that are under the conceptual umbrella of mediated learning and cognitive modifiability. Some topics such as neural plasticity, executive functions, mental rotation, and cognitive...
Online Course Pack: Children's Thinking: (United States Edition) with Research Navigator Access Card
by Robert S Siegler and Martha W. Alibali
This online course pack consists of Children's Thinking: with Research Navigator Access Card.
Zeitwende Im Alter (Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie, #251)
by Hanne Isabell Schaffer
Angesichts der Fulle weitgehend unstrukturierter Stunden, die die Altersphase den Menschen aus modernen Industriegesellschaften beschert, gerat der Alltag im Alter leicht zur -moralischen Grauzone-. Die fallige Neukonzeption eines Alltags wird zur individuellen Verhaltensaufgabe und erweist sich fur wenig zeitkompetente Menschen als geradezu tragisches Geschenk. Vormals gelebte Selbstverstandlichkeiten mussen durch neue Routinen ersetzt werden. Von der individuell gelungenen Installierung eines...
Originally published in 1930, this title looks at the education of children. Adler believes the problems from a psychological point of view are the same as for adults, that of self-knowledge and rational self-direction. However, the difference being that due to the `immaturity of children, the question of guidance - never wholly absent in the case of adults - takes on supreme importance.' The title starts by presenting the Individual Psychology viewpoint as a whole, with the later chapters under...