Growing Points in Developmental Science: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781841693118 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 384 str.

Willard W. Hartup; Rainer Silbereisen

Opis

What have been the most important issues in developmental science over the past century? What is in store for developmental science in the near future? In order to tackle these questions, experts in the field of developmental science were asked to write about their views concerning trends in theoretical concepts, methodologies and substantive insights. Growing Points in Developmental Science is an ISSBD publication based on the millennium symposia papers published in the International Journal of Behavioural Development in 2000. The collection of overview chapters summarizes the state-of-the-art and the way forward for this discipline.

Spis treści

Preface. E. Thelen, Motor Development as Foundation and Future of Developmental Psychology. H.R. Schaffer, The Early Experience Assumption: Past, Present and Future. R. Plomin, Behavioural Genetics in the 21st Century. T.D. Wachs, Nutritional Deficiencies as a Biological Context for Development. E.C. Melhuish, Prospects for Research on the Quality of Pre-School Experience. J. Flavell, Development of Children's Knowledge about the Mental World. G. Hatano, Domain-Specific Constraints of Conceptual Development. W. Schneider, Research on Memory Development: Past and Present. J.F. Dunn, Mindreading, Emotion Understanding, and Relationships. C. van Lieshout, Life-span Personality Development: Individual Differences among Goal-oriented Agents and Developmental Outcome. E.E. Maccoby, Perspectives on Gender Development. T.D. Little, Agency in Development. R.E. Tremblay, The Development of Aggressive Behaviour during Childhood. P. Dasen, Cross-cultural Views on Human Development in the Third Millennium. N. Galambos, Transitions in Adolescent Research. K.W. Schaie, The Impact of Longitudinal Studies on Understanding Development from Young Adulthood to Old Age. W. Hartup, Growing Points in Developmental Science: A Summing Up.

O autorze

Willard W. Hartup is Professor Emeritus in the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, where he taught for many years. He has also been the Institute's Director and President of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development and the Society for Research in Child Development.

Rainer K. Silbereisen is Professor and Chair of Developmental Psychology at the University of Jena, and Adjunct Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He is President of the German Psychological Association and the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Develoment as well as a member of the Academia Europaea and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.