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Child Development in a Life-Span Perspective E. Mavis Hetherington

Child Development in a Life-Span Perspective By E. Mavis Hetherington

Child Development in a Life-Span Perspective by E. Mavis Hetherington


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Child Development in a Life-Span Perspective Summary

Child Development in a Life-Span Perspective by E. Mavis Hetherington

Comprised of papers written by members of the Social Science Research Council Subcommittee on Child Development in Life-Span Perspective, this book provides a representation of the current status of the relation between child development and the life- span. It suggests the possible synthesis of these two fields from both conceptual and empirical evidence. Theories and methods concerning the social, psychological, and anatomical influences on children's cognitive development through adolescence are highlighted.

Child Development in a Life-Span Perspective Reviews

Contributors together with the editors, explore their respective fields in a manner that is both illuminating and carefully designed for rapid reading.
-Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics

This volume well deserves a place on library shelves; between its covers, students will find brought together a variety of viewpoints that characterize contemporary developmental psychology and anticipate the future of the field.
-Contemporary Psychology

About E. Mavis Hetherington

Marion Perlmutter, E. Mavis Hetherington, Richard M. Lerner

Table of Contents

Contents: E.M. Hetherington, P.B. Baltes, Child Psychology and Life-Span Development. R.M. Lerner, Personality and Development: A Life-Span Perspective. J.W. Meyer, The Social Construction of the Psychology of Childhood: Some Contemporary Processes. D.L. Featherman, K.I. Spenner, N. Tsunematsu, Class and the Socialization of Children: Constancy, Change, or Irrelevance? M.E.P. Seligman, L.P. Kamen, S. Nolen-Hoeksema, Explanatory Style Across the Life Span: Achievement and Health. A. Caspi, G.H. Elder Jr, Childhood Precursors of the Life Course: Early Personality and Life Disorganization. J. Dunn, L. Sherrod, Changes in Children's Social Lives and the Development of Social Understanding. R.D. Parke, Families in Life-Span Perspective: A Multilevel Developmental Approach. M. Perlmutter, Cognitive Development in Life-Span Perspective: From Description of Difference to Explanation of Changes. F.E. Weinert, A. Helmke, Individual Differences in Cognitive Development: Does Instruction Make a Difference? H.W. Stevenson, Culture and Schooling: Influences on Cognitive Development. R.J. Sternberg, Lessons from the Life-Span: What Theorists of Intellectual Development Among Children Can Learn from Their Counterparts Studying Adults. O.G. Brim Jr., D.A. Phillips, The Life Span Intervention Cube.

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NLS9780805801903
9780805801903
0805801901
Child Development in a Life-Span Perspective by E. Mavis Hetherington
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Inc
1988-06-01
332
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