Developmental Psychopathology, Second Edition, Three Volume Set contains in three volumes the most complete and current research on every aspect of developmental psychopathology. This seminal reference work features contributions from international expert researchers and clinicians who bring together an array of interdisciplinary work to ascertain how multiple levels of analysis may influence individual differences, the continuity or discontinuity of patterns and the pathways by which the same developmental outcomes may be achieved. Individual Volumes: Developmental Psychopathology, Volume 1, Theory and Method Developmental Psychopathology, Volume 2, Developmental Neuroscience Developmental Psychopathology, Volume 3, Risk, Disorder, and Adaptation
Until now, evolutionary psychologists have focused largely on understanding adult behavior, giving little sustained attention to childhood. Developmental psychologists, for their part, have been wary of the perceived genetic determinism of evolutionary thinking. This important volume brings together an array of prominent developmental scientists whose work is explicitly driven by evolutionary concerns. Presenting sophisticated new models for understanding gene-environment interactions, the authors demonstrate how evolutionary knowledge can enhance our understanding of key aspects of cognitive, social, and personality development. Tightly edited chapters examine how different developmental mechanisms have evolved and what role they play in children's functioning and their adaptation to adult life. Essential topics covered include parent-child relationships, aggression, puberty, infant perception and cognition, memory, language, and more.
Child Development and Teaching the Pupil with Special Educational Needs
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All teachers and professionals dealing with children with special educational needs must have an understanding of child development in order to make judgments, against some notions of normality, about children's behavior in terms of delay, disorder and diversity. Written in accessible language for practitioners and students alike, this book helps keep track of children's developmental progress and provides a framework for understanding the child.
How do infants and young children coordinate information in real time to arrive at sentence meaning from the words and structure of the sentence and from the nonlinguistic context? This volume introduces readers to an emerging field of research, experimental developmental psycholinguistics, and to the four predominant methodologies used to study on-line language processing in children. Authored by key figures in psycholinguistics, neuroscience and developmental psychology, the chapters cover event-related brain potentials, free-viewing eyetracking, looking-while-listening, and reaction-time techniques, also providing a historical backdrop for this line of research.
The field of evolutionary biology arose from the desire to understand the origin and diversity of biological forms. Drawing on work from developmental biology, paleontology, developmental and population genetics, cancer research, physics and theoretical biology, this book explores the multiple factors responsible for the origination of biological form.
