Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology

ISBN-13: 9781848720503 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 320 str.

Peter Mitchell; Fenja Ziegler

Opis

This title addresses a number of questions within developmental psychology, including: are children born good or bad? What do children understand about the mind? What roles do nature and nurture play in child development? It follows a thematic approach and outlines the main areas of developmental psychology.

Spis treści

1. Themes and Perspectives in Developmental Psychology. 2. Methodological Approaches. 3. The Development of Thinking. 4. Does Piaget’s theory stand up to examination? 5. What children understand about the mind. 6. Developmental disorders. 7. Autism. 8. Numerical development: What do young children understand about the world of numbers? 9. Developing an ability to see the world. 10. Developing an ability to draw. 11. The role of heredity and environment in intelligence. 12. Language development. 13. Developing an ability to communicate. 14. Parenting and the development of love and attachment. 15. Moral development. 16. Development of anti-social behaviour. 17. Freud’s theory of personality development. 18. References. 19. Glossary