Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Developmental - Child

This book, published originally in 1980, addressed the needs for a profile of televised violence which considered the advantages and disadvantages of various measures and for a furthering of research directions beyond the then-popular emphasis on children. The Committee on Television and Social Behavior was formed in1972 and stimulated new research in order to provide a multidimensional profile of the social effects of television programming. Chapters here look at the effect of television on adults as well as children, particularly special audiences such as the elderly and minority groups....

Dieses praxisrelevante Lehrbuch bietet eine wertvolle Hilfestellung fur den Unterricht in Schulklassen, in denen immer haufiger Kinder und Jugendliche mit geringer Motivation, ineffizientem Lernen sowie emotionalen und verhaltensbezogenen Auffalligkeiten vorzufinden sind. Dieser Leitfaden beschreibt theoretisch und empirisch fundiertes Wissen, welches in der konkreten Arbeit zu einem professionellen Umgang mit diesen Problemen verhelfen kann.

Nach einer Einfuhrung in die (allgemein-)psychologischen Schulen/Psychotherapietheorien wird Grundlagenforschung zu Motivation und Lernen und...

The testimonies of individuals who survived the Holocaust as children pose distinct emotional and intellectual challenges for researchers: as now-adult interviewees recall profound childhood experiences of suffering and persecution, they also invoke their own historical awareness and memories of their postwar lives, requiring readers to follow simultaneous, disparate narratives. This interdisciplinary volume brings together historians, psychologists, and other scholars to explore child survivors' accounts. With a central focus on the Kestenberg Holocaust Child Survivor Archive's over 1,500...

This insightful volume integrates criminological theories, prevention science, and empirical findings to create an up-to-date survey of crime prevention research and strategies. Its interdisciplinary perspective expands on our knowledge of risk factors to isolate the malleable mechanisms that produce criminal outcomes, and can therefore be targeted for intervention. In addition, the text identifies developmental, lifespan, and social areas for effective intervention. Reviews of family-, community-, and criminal justice-based crime prevention approaches not only detail a wide gamut of...

Using psychological theory as a basis, Socializing Children through Language examines naturally occurring conversations between mothers and children in the context of achievement, self-regulation, food consumption, and television watching to illustrate how families of different socioeconomic means interact and discuss a variety of topics in the home. Specifically, the chapters in this book draw on enhanced audio recordings of over 40 families across a range of education and income levels to investigate how mothers' language relates to child behaviors over time. The unique pairing of...

About the Author

Jeanne graduated many moons ago with an MFA in Acting and Directing. She landed on the west coast and eventually had two beautiful sons. While some earlier ambitions flew away, shes spent the last decade collaborating...

It's never been more important to teach your children well.

What America needs today are parents w ho don't just s ay they value these virtues but who live them and passionately and boldly teach them to their children. It's up to me and you and every parent in America to make the necessary changes to give our children the opportunity to change the world. We do that by instilling good character traits in them so that they will be capable of being the adults our world needs.

--Korie Robertson

Many parents want to see positive character...

The rates are on the decline worldwide. But adolescent pregnancies still occur, placing millions of girls each year at risk for medical complications and social isolation, and their babies for severe health problems--especially when prenatal care is inadequate or nonexistent.

But as the opportunity for young women and girls increases around the world, adolescent pregnancy will continue to decline. Featuring reports from countries across the developed and developing worlds, the International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy analyzes the scope of the problem and...

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