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Culture Evolves
ISBN: 9780199608966 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Culture - broadly defined as all we learn from others that endures for long enough to generate customs and traditions - shapes vast swathes of our lives and has allowed the human species to dominate the planet in an evolutionarily unique way. Culture and cultural evolution are uniquely significant phenomena in evolutionary biology: they are products of biological evolution, yet they supplement genetic transmission with social transmission, thus achieving a certain independence from natural selection. However, cultural evolution nevertheless expresses key Darwinian processes itself and also...
Culture - broadly defined as all we learn from others that endures for long enough to generate customs and traditions - shapes vast swathes of our liv...
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Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives from Developmental Social Neuroscience
ISBN: 9780199692972 / Angielski / Miękka / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over its previous two editions, Understanding Other Minds has established itself as a classic text on autism and theory of mind. In the 15 years since the last edition was prepared, the neuroimaging literature on 'theory of mind' has expanded significantly, revealing new brain regions and their role in regard to 'theory of mind'. Other major changes include developments in the study of infants and in the fields of hormones and genetics. Such studies have revealed evidence of both heritability (from twin studies), some molecular genetic associations, and a specific role for both sex steroid...
Over its previous two editions, Understanding Other Minds has established itself as a classic text on autism and theory of mind. In the 15 years since...
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The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology, Vol. 1
ISBN: 9780199958450 / Angielski / Twarda / 1056 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Research in developmental psychology--which examines the history, origins, and causes of behavior and age-related changes in behavior--seeks to construct a complex, multi-level characterization of behavior as it unfolds in time across a range of time scales, from the milliseconds of reaction time to the days and weeks of childhood, the decades of the human lifespan, and even beyond, to multiple generations. Behavior, in this view, is embedded within what is essentially a dynamic system of relations extending deep within individuals. Thorough and engaging, this handbook explores the impact...
Research in developmental psychology--which examines the history, origins, and causes of behavior and age-related changes in behavior--seeks to constr...
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The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology, Vol. 2: Self and Other
ISBN: 9780199958474 / Angielski / Twarda / 646 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Research in developmental psychology--which examines the history, origins, and causes of behavior and age-related changes in behavior--seeks to construct a complex, multi-level characterization of behavior as it unfolds in time across a range of time scales, from the milliseconds of reaction time to the days and weeks of childhood, the decades of the human lifespan, and even beyond, to multiple generations. Behavior, in this view, is embedded within what is essentially a dynamic system of relations extending deep within individuals. Thorough and engaging, this handbook explores the impact...
Research in developmental psychology--which examines the history, origins, and causes of behavior and age-related changes in behavior--seeks to constr...
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Theories of Development: Concepts and Applications, Coursesmart Solutions Etextbook for Warner Pacific
ISBN: 9780205008629 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The result of extensive scholarship and consultation with leading scholars, this classic text introduces students to twenty-four theorists and compares and contrasts their theories on how we develop as individuals. Emphasizing the theories that build upon the developmental tradition established by Rousseau, this text also covers theories in the environmental/learning tradition. New to this Edition:
The result of extensive scholarship and consultation with leading scholars, this classic text introduces students to twenty-four theorists and comp... |
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Culture and Psychological Development
ISBN: 9780230008885 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An enlightening introduction to the impact of social and cultural factors on human development. The authors consider the theoretical perspectives on how the family, school and wider community influence development of behaviour, encouraging the reader to evaluate psychological theories in the light of cross-cultural evidence. An enlightening introduction to the impact of social and cultural factors on human development. The authors consider the theoretical perspectives ... |
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Psychological Change : A Practical Introduction
ISBN: 9780333654316 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Psychologists have long sought to understand and explain human change and development. In applied psychology there are three dominant approaches which have been particularly influential - humanistic, psychodynamic and behaviourist. Psychological Change introduces these models and, through the use of examples and case-studies, demonstrates how the theory can be related effectively to practice. It will appeal to students studying applied psychology within health studies, nursing, social work and psychology courses as well as to a wide range of practitioners working in the caring...
Psychologists have long sought to understand and explain human change and development. In applied psychology there are three dominant approaches which...
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The Psychology of High Abilities
ISBN: 9780333750971 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. People's capabilities form the most crucial of all mankind's resources. High abilities help their possessors to enjoy productive and fruitful lives, and the expertise gained by competent men and women makes wider contributions to human progress. The Psychology of High Abilities reveals the causes of impressive accomplishments, discovering how and why people differ in their capabilities. Topics covered include prodigies, geniuses, the acceleration of development in young people, and the influences of family backgrounds on young people.
People's capabilities form the most crucial of all mankind's resources. High abilities help their possessors to enjoy productive and fruitful lives, a...
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Complete Psychology
ISBN: 9780340967553 / Angielski / Miękka / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The new edition of Complete Psychology is the definitive undergraduate textbook. It not only fits exactly with the very latest BPS curriculum and offers integrated web support for students and lecturers, but it also includes guidance on on study skills, research methods, statistics and careers. Complete Psychology provides excellent coverage of the major areas of study . Each chapter has been fully updated to reflect changes in the field and to include examples of psychology in applies settings, and further reading sections have been expanded. The companion website,...
The new edition of Complete Psychology is the definitive undergraduate textbook. It not only fits exactly with the very latest BPS curriculum and offe...
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Social Development as Preference Management
ISBN: 9780521135306 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This engaging book presents social development in children through the language of preference management. Conversational excerpts garnered from around the world trace how parents talk about preferences, how infants and children s emergent language conveys their preferences, how children themselves are impacted by others preferences, and how they in turn influence the preferences of adults and peers. The language of preferences is used to crack into altruism, aggression, and morality, which are ways of coming to terms with other people s preferences. Behind the scenes is a cognitive engine...
This engaging book presents social development in children through the language of preference management. Conversational excerpts garnered from around...
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Cultural Foundations of Learning: East and West
ISBN: 9780521160629 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Western and East Asian people hold fundamentally different beliefs about learning that influence how they approach child rearing and education. Reviewing decades of research, Dr. Jin Li presents an important conceptual distinction between the Western mind model and the East Asian virtue model of learning. The former aims to cultivate the mind to understand the world, whereas the latter prioritizes the self to be perfected morally and socially. Tracing the cultural origins of the two large intellectual traditions, Li details how each model manifests itself in the psychology of the learning...
Western and East Asian people hold fundamentally different beliefs about learning that influence how they approach child rearing and education. Review...
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Developmental Contexts in Middle Childhood: Bridges to Adolescence and Adulthood
ISBN: 9780521175548 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During middle childhood, the period between ages 5 and 12, children gain the basic tools, skills, and motivations to become productive members of their society. Failure to acquire these basic tools can lead to long-term consequences for children s future education, work, and family life. In this book the editors assemble contributions from fifteen longitudinal studies representing diverse groups in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to learn what developmental patterns and experiences in middle childhood contexts forecast the directions children take when they...
During middle childhood, the period between ages 5 and 12, children gain the basic tools, skills, and motivations to become productive members of thei...
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After-School Centers and Youth Development
ISBN: 9780521191197 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines after-school programs in light of their explosive growth in recent years. In the rush to mount programs, there is a danger of promoting weak ones of little value and failing to implement strong ones adequately. But what is quality and how can it be achieved? This book presents findings from an intensive study of three after-school centers that differed dramatically in quality. Drawing from 233 site visits, the authors examine how and why young people thrive in good programs and suffer in weak ones. The book features engaging, in-depth case studies of each of the three...
This book examines after-school programs in light of their explosive growth in recent years. In the rush to mount programs, there is a danger of promo...
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Developmental Psychology and Social Change: Research, History and Policy
ISBN: 9780521533607 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the unique mission of developmental psychology? How has it evolved historically? What are its current challenges? The chapters in this collection present the view that research, history and policy are essential and interlocking components of a mature developmental psychology. In sharp contrast with the view that science is value-neutral, developmental psychologists have from the outset pursued the betterment of children and families through educational, childcare and health initiatives.
What is the unique mission of developmental psychology? How has it evolved historically? What are its current challenges? The chapters in this collect...
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Early Development of Body Representations
ISBN: 9780521763820 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique book presents current research on how young children perceive and think about their own and others' bodies.
This unique book presents current research on how young children perceive and think about their own and others' bodies.
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Human Development in the Life Course: Melodies of Living
ISBN: 9780521769389 / Angielski / Twarda / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the study of unique individual life courses in their social and cultural environment, combining the perspectives of developmental and sociocultural psychology, psychotherapy, learning sciences and geronto-psychology. In particular, the book highlights semiotic processes, specific to human development, that allow us to draw upon past experiences, to choose among alternatives and to plan our futures. Imagination is an...
Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the l...
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The Cambridge Handbook of Environment in Human Development
ISBN: 9780521868822 / Angielski / Twarda / 744 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Families, communities, and societies influence children's learning and development in many ways. This is the first handbook devoted to the understanding of the nature of environments in child development. Utilizing Urie Bronfenbrenner's idea of embedded environments, this volume looks at environments from the immediate environment of the family (including fathers, siblings, grandparents, and day-care personnel) to the larger environment including schools, neighborhoods, geographic regions, countries, and cultures. Understanding these embedded environments and the ways in which they interact...
Families, communities, and societies influence children's learning and development in many ways. This is the first handbook devoted to the understandi...
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Interpersonal Trust During Childhood and Adolescence
ISBN: 9780521887991 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the beginnings of psychology as a discipline, interpersonal trust has been regarded as a crucial aspect of human functioning. Basic levels of interpersonal trust amongst people were believed to be necessary for the survival of society and the development of successful psychosocial functioning. Some research has shown that interpersonal trust is linked to physical health, cognitive functioning, and social functioning (including close relationships) across development. This book presents the current research in the growing field of interpersonal trust during childhood and adolescence (up...
Since the beginnings of psychology as a discipline, interpersonal trust has been regarded as a crucial aspect of human functioning. Basic levels of in...
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Developmental Psychology and You
ISBN: 9780631233909 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developmental Psychology and Youis a lively and accessible introduction to the psychology of human development. The authors, who all have extensive experience in teaching and research, have selected topics that will appeal to new students of this subject and have presented them in a way that demonstrates their relevance to everyday life. The fully revised second edition includes a new chapter on gender development and gender differences, while the material on adult life and growing older has been expanded. Key concepts are highlighted throughout, and each chapter contains... Developmental Psychology and Youis a lively and accessible introduction to the psychology of human development. The authors, who all have ex... |
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Key Concepts in Developmental Psychology
ISBN: 9780761943464 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers an overview of the place of various concepts in Developmental Psychology under three headings, namely its meaning, origins and current usage. This book is suitable for undergraduate students who need to learn the language used by developmental psychologists in describing their studies.
Offers an overview of the place of various concepts in Developmental Psychology under three headings, namely its meaning, origins and current usage. T...
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