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Developmental Psychology and Social Change: Research, History and Policy
ISBN: 9780521826181 / Angielski / Twarda / 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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288,18 zł |
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Human Development Across Lives and Generations: The Potential for Change
ISBN: 9780521828840 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How much change is possible over a lifetime and across generations? What is realistic in what we can do to promote healthy human development in our world? A group of leading international scholars in the fields of psychology and psychiatry, economics, and sociology address these important questions. Contributions cover marriage, divorce, and "living together"; poverty or economic disadvantage; and psychological traits and health, and how these affect parents and their children. Each section also has a chapter on interventions to improve lives.
How much change is possible over a lifetime and across generations? What is realistic in what we can do to promote healthy human development in our wo...
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348,25 zł |
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Parenting Representations: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications
ISBN: 9780521828871 / Angielski / Twarda / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study of parents from their own perspective not just as socializing agents of their children has been long neglected. This book summarizes and presents the new and surging literature on parenting representations namely parents' views, emotions and internal world regarding their parenting. Within this area, several prominent researchers typically coming from the attachment tradition suggested various ways of assessing parenting representations, mostly by way of semi-structured interviews. This book presents their conceptualizations and includes detailed descriptions of their interviews and...
The study of parents from their own perspective not just as socializing agents of their children has been long neglected. This book summarizes and pre...
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607,04 zł |
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Socioemotional Development and Health from Adolescence to Adulthood
ISBN: 9780521846318 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This 2006 book is based on two longitudinal studies of behavior development, both conducted in Finland, a living laboratory setting for longitudinal research. Much of the book reports results from a longitudinal study begun in Jyvaskyla, Finland, in 1968, when its participants were school children. This longitudinal study is complemented by two Finnish twin-family studies, with parallel measures and overlapping aims, to yield insights into genetic and environmental sources of variation in early development and later outcomes. An array of findings from the two sets of longitudinal studies are...
This 2006 book is based on two longitudinal studies of behavior development, both conducted in Finland, a living laboratory setting for longitudinal r...
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514,62 zł |
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The Myth of Women's Masochism: With a New Preface by the Author
ISBN: 9780595357505 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Finally, a definitive study that debunks one of Freud's most damaging myths--that women are inherently masochistic--...offers healthier ways...to view female behavior." "MS. Magazine" "Concrete, convincing...sensible...revolutionary, calling for nothing short of a revision in our thinking about women..." "Philadelphia Inquirer" ..".not a quick-fix pop psychology do-it-yourselfer but a thoughtful examination of a persistent, self-defeating myth." "Chicago Tribune" ..".outstanding scholarly debunking of an] extremely damaging cultural belief...it contains valuable lessons for...the mental...
"Finally, a definitive study that debunks one of Freud's most damaging myths--that women are inherently masochistic--...offers healthier ways...to vie...
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84,36 zł |
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We Cry Out: Living with Developmental Disabilities
ISBN: 9780595387335 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How does a developmental disability affect an individual throughout the course of life? What impact does the disability have on the individual's family? What strengths do families use to cope with these disabilities? What do they do that works? And, what doesn't work? These are the kinds of questions we have been asking individuals and families in our research over the past 15 years. This book was written to report their stories, and to honor these people who have shared their lives and their cries from the heart with us. It is both a positive book and a realistic book: full of love and grief...
How does a developmental disability affect an individual throughout the course of life? What impact does the disability have on the individual's famil...
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80,51 zł |
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Anatomy of Attitudes
ISBN: 9780595461097 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,14 zł |
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The Vygotsky Reader
ISBN: 9780631188971 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Until quite recently, Vygotsky's work was known only to a small circle of Western psychologists, but he has rapidly emerged as one of the major theorists of the twentieth century. This new volume aims to provide students and scholars alike with a lively introduction to Vygotsky's work based on authoritative translations of the original sources.
The volume covers the various areas in which Vygotsky worked, including education, psychology, paedology, psychiatry and defectology. Papers have been selected to give a representative overview of Vygotsky's multifaceted work during... Until quite recently, Vygotsky's work was known only to a small circle of Western psychologists, but he has rapidly emerged as one of the major theori...
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179,46 zł |
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Development Psychology
ISBN: 9780631207191 / Angielski / Miękka / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developmental psychology is one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of scientific enquiry to be found.
Developmental psychology is one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of scientific enquiry to be found.
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230,80 zł |
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Brain Development and Cognition: A Reader
ISBN: 9780631217367 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first edition of this successful reader brought together key readings in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience for students. Now updated in order to keep up with this fast moving field, the volume includes new readings illustrating recent developments along with updated versions of previous contributions.
The first edition of this successful reader brought together key readings in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience for students. Now update...
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723,71 zł |
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Brain Development and Cognition: A Reader
ISBN: 9780631217374 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first edition of this successful reader brought together key readings in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience for students. Now updated in order to keep up with this fast moving field, the volume includes new readings illustrating recent developments along with updated versions of previous contributions.
The first edition of this successful reader brought together key readings in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience for students. Now update...
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307,82 zł |
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The Nature-Nurture Debate: The Essential Readings
ISBN: 9780631217398 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Nature/Nurture Debate: The Essential Readings provides students with a selection of some of the key articles by key researchers in this core area of developmental psychology.
The Nature/Nurture Debate: The Essential Readings provides students with a selection of some of the key articles by key researchers in this cor...
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230,80 zł |
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Architecture and Dynamics of Developing Mind: Experiential Structuralism as a Frame for Unifying Cognitive Development Theories
ISBN: 9780631224419 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This monograph presents a theory of cognitive development. The theory argues that the mind develops across three fronts. The first refers to a general processing system that defines the general potentials of mind to develop cognitive strategies and skills. The second refers to a hypercognitive system that governs self-understanding and self- regulation. The third involves a set of specialized structural systems that are responsible for the representation and processing of different reality domains.
This monograph presents a theory of cognitive development. The theory argues that the mind develops across three fronts. The first refers to a general...
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230,80 zł |
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Vocabulary Development
ISBN: 9780631224433 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This monograph studies research conducted for the purpose of investigating the relationship between vocabulary recognition and morphological knowledge during the early and middle elementary school years. The findings suggest that lexical development can be characterized in terms of increasing morphological complexity, and as a child ages, the proportion of known complex words that the child figured out by analyzing their morphological structure increased.
This monograph studies research conducted for the purpose of investigating the relationship between vocabulary recognition and morphological knowledge...
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241,07 zł |
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Caregiving Cultural and Cognitive
ISBN: 9780631224495 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The attachment bond that develops between infant and mother is the first of many intimate relationships we form throughout life, and as such it has been the focus of much research.
The attachment bond that develops between infant and mother is the first of many intimate relationships we form throughout life, and as such it has be...
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229,02 zł |
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Role of Central Conceptual Structures
ISBN: 9780631224518 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new model of child cognition and learning The Role of Central Conceptual Structures in the Development of Children's Thought explores child cognition and conceptual development to present the novel "Central Conceptual Structure" theory. The culmination of a six-year instructional research program, this study examines the idea of "core knowledge" that can be applied to any task, and shows how transforming this core knowledge affects future learning. This book explores this theory in depth, providing extensive support and analysis that will interest anyone involved in... A new model of child cognition and learning The Role of Central Conceptual Structures in the Development of Children's Thought... |
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241,07 zł |
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Developmental Psychology and You
ISBN: 9780631233893 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 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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672,37 zł |
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Three Seductive Ideas
ISBN: 9780674001978 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do the first two years of life really determine a child's future development? Are human beings, like other primates, only motivated by pleasure? And do people actually have stable traits, like intelligence, fear, anxiety, and temperament? This text takes on the assumptions behind these questions, in an attempt to prove them mistaken.
Do the first two years of life really determine a child's future development? Are human beings, like other primates, only motivated by pleasure? And d...
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137,73 zł |
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Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse
ISBN: 9780674068063 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book lays bare the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory explaining this phenomenon shows how psychogenic amnesia not only happens but, if the abuse occurred at the hands of a parent or caregiver, is often necessary for survival. Freyd's book will give embattled professionals, beleaguered abuse survivors, and the confused public a new, clear understanding of the lifelong effects and treatment of child abuse.
This book lays bare the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory explaining this phenomenon shows how psychogenic a...
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169,19 zł |
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The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us about the Mind
ISBN: 9780688177881 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This exciting book by three pioneers in the new field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children know and learn, and how much parents naturally teach them. It argues that evolution designed us both to teach and learn, and that the drive to learn is our most important instinct. It also reveals as fascinating insights about our adult capacities and how even young children -- as well as adults -- use some of the same methods that allow scientists to learn so much about the world. Filled with surprise at every turn, this vivid, lucid, and... This exciting book by three pioneers in the new field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children... |
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65,29 zł |