Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Developmental - General

Drawing on theories and research from across the social sciences, Bridging...

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Motor Learning in Practice explores the fundamental processes of motor learning and skill acquisition in sport, and explains how a constraints-led approach can be used to design more effective learning environments for sports practice and performance. Drawing on ecological psychology, the book examines the interaction of personal, environmental and task-specific constraints in the development of motor skills, and then demonstrates how an understanding of those constraints can be applied in a wide range of specific sports and physical activities.

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Organized around extended case illustrations--and grounded in cutting-edge theory and research--this highly regarded book shows how an attachment perspective can inform psychotherapeutic practice with patients of all ages. Karl Heinz Brisch explores the links between early experiences of separation, loss, and trauma and a range of psychological, behavioral, and psychosomatic problems. He demonstrates the basic techniques of attachment-based assessment and intervention, emphasizing the healing power of the therapeutic relationship. With a primary focus on treating infants and young children...

In psichiatria dell infanzia e dell adolescenza il primo contatto con il paziente riveste una grande importanza clinica e puo far risparmiare tempo e risorse. Una consultazione ambulatoriale ben condotta permette di giungere a un ipotesi diagnostica rigorosa, orientando invii per approfondimenti e presa in carico; in alcuni casi, puo acquisire carattere terapeutico.

Questo volume guida il clinico, anche quando lavora da solo, verso una formulazione diagnostica il piu possibile precisa ed esauriente. Il libro illustra uno schema di procedura clinica che integra le diverse prospettive...

Human development from birth through adulthood is a complex interplay of many interacting forces. Children's internal processes are manifest in behaviors that are sculpted by their experiences, most notably with primary caregivers. Because the discipline of psychology explores human behavior and cognition, the techniques employed for developmental analysis must be able to describe, depict, and quantify these complex processes.

State Space Grids provides the framework, basic method, rationale, and advanced techniques for translating the behavior of children, adolescents, and...

This vital addition to Springer's 'Educating the Young Child' series addresses gaps in the literature on father involvement in the lives of young children, a topic with a fast-rising profile in today's world of female breadwinners and single-parent households. While the significant body of theoretical understanding and empirical data accumulated in recent decades has done much to characterize the fluidity of evolving notions of fatherhood, the impact of this understanding on policy and legal frameworks has been uneven at an international level. In a field where groups of fathers were until...