Understanding Human Development: Biological, Social and Psychological Processes from Conception to Adult Life

ISBN-13: 9781403933065 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 688 str.

Stephanie Thornton

Opis

This book is an introduction to developmental psychology that considers the biological and social processes of human development within a chronological framework that is both engaging and accessible for students.

Spis treści

Studying Human Development.- PART A: THE BEGINNING OF LIFE Bodies and Brains.- Infant Minds: Perception, Inference and Understanding in the First 18 Months.- Growing Emotions: Social and Personal Development in the First 18 Months.- PART B: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD Language.- Reasoning and Conceptual Understanding.- Memory, Problem-Solving and Mechanisms of Cognitive Development.- Individual Differences in Cognition.- PART C: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD Overview.- Understanding Other People.- Personality and Identity.- Social Relationships.- Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviour.- A FINAL COMMENT .- Toward a New View of Development.

O autorze

STEPHANIE THORNTON, formerly Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sussex, UK, has researched and taught on developmental psychology for over 25 years. Her research has covered a broad range of topics in social and cognitive development, with a particular focus on the mechanism through which new ideas and new understanding develop in children's minds. She is the author of Children Solving Problems (Harvard 1995) and Growing Minds (Palgrave 2002).

Blurb

How does a fertilized egg become a person? How do the processes which shape the common features of human development also produce the rich variety of individual diversity? Understanding Human Development explores these questions in a lively and wide-ranging survey of the subject, offering both a topical and a chronological view of development.
 

The author critically reviews research on human development from the earliest studies to the theories and issues of the 21st century, including recent breakthroughs in neuropsychology, cross-cultural psychology and in the application of dynamic systems theory. Coverage of methodology and ethics combined with thorough revision summaries in each chapter make this an invaluable introduction for students of developmental psychology.
 
 
STUDENT SUPPLEMENTS
 
* Companion Website at www.palgrave.com/psychology/thornton: Offers a range of study tools such as Chapter Summaries, Study Skills FAQ with links to useful websites, and an interview with the author.
 
 
LECTURER SUPPLEMENTS
 
* Companion Website at www.palgrave.com/psychology/thornton: Includes notes on how to use this book in your course, a complete bibliography as a resource for reading list construction, Teaching Aids section with links to other useful websites, Research Updates section, and access to all student resources.