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Drawing from extensive developmental research, this book highlights the significance of meaning in shaping individual worldviews within relationships, from infancy onwards. By focusing on behavior and experience, it reshapes our understanding of...

From infancy through to school age and beyond, most children are in constant contact with an array of social influences. Home life, education, community and the media all have some part to play in a child's development. In this absorbing book, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997238877Author Craig R Vander MaasFormat HardbackPage Count 330Imprint Integral Growth PublishingPublisher Integral Growth PublishingWeight(grams) 594g

How can we promote the mental health of adolescents? Although there have been decades of work focusing on eliminating or reducing psychological problems in children and adolescents through psychopathology, clinical psychology, and psychiatry, isn't the...

This volume attempts to bring together a collection of current approaches to, and related empirical investigations on, the development of coordination in the first two years of life. It will be of interest to scientists and students in, for example,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987650813Author Janet LawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Autistry PressPublisher Autistry PressWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781891396250Author Sigmund FreudFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Martino Fine BooksPublisher Martino Fine BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

There has been a major shift in the way we conceptualize and provide services to children and adolescents with mental health needs. We are moving away from the traditional disorder-oriented model of treatment to a child-centered, family-focused service...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798890614070Author Dr Sarah K Gardner Psyd NccFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Newman SpringsPublisher Newman SpringsWeight(grams) 290g

This textbook introduces the incredible journey we take from birth to adolescence. Covering some of the most significant aspects of becoming human – language, morality, play, empathy, creativity, learning, cooperation – it describes how these skills...

Originally published in 1975, this book aimed to throw light on the practical use of psychology in children's education, for the benefit of students, practising teachers, parents, or anyone concerned with education. Both educators and educated are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781138193468Format PaperbackImprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

A campus shooting. A gang assault. A school bus ambush. With each successive event, fingers are pointed at the usual suspects: violent films, bloody video games, explicit web sites. But to what extent can-or should-the media be implicated in youth crime?...

For people with severe/profound and multiple disabilities, managing the basic necessities of daily life often poses myriad challenges. Despite great odds, advances in assistive technology are making a difference in these individuals' lives. Advances in...

Combining the study of animal minds, artificial minds, and human evolution, this book examine the advances made by comparative psychologists in explaining the intelligent behaviour of primates, the design of artificial autonomous systems and the...

The toughness model proposed in this book incorporates psychological research and neuroscience to explain how a variety of toughening activities - ranging from confronting mental and physical challenges to meditation - sustain our brains and bodies, and...

Drawing on research evidence and media coverage, this book explores a number of key debates surrounding cyberbullying. The increasing digitization of society affords many benefits; however, some of these benefits are offset by more adverse consequences...

The year 2004 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: A Journal of Developmental Psychology, providing an occasion to celebrate the journal's heritage and its long history of scholarly contributions to its field. This volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887306292Author Pablo FossaFormat HardbackPage Count 364Imprint Information Age PublishingPublisher Information Age PublishingWeight(grams) 685g

Frontiers in Developmental and Life-Course Criminology advances the field of developmental and life-course criminology (DLC) by highlighting some recent methodological innovations, and exploring the ways in which DLC criminologists are helping to bridge...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087863085Author Marc LeighFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Lee Digital Ltd. Liability CompanyPublisher Lee Digital Ltd. Liability...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765120873Author Mark CarrierFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440851780Author Mark CarrierFormat HardbackPage Count 278Imprint Greenwood Publishing Group IncPublisher Greenwood Publishing Group Inc

The well-being and productivity of immigrant youth has become one of the most important global issues of our times as a result of mass migration and resettlement. In this unique volume, leading scholars from multiple nations and disciplines provide a...

This textbook introduces the incredible journey we take from birth to adolescence. Covering some of the most significant aspects of becoming human – language, morality, play, empathy, creativity, learning, cooperation – it describes how these skills...

cViews of children's psychological development have varied widely over the course of history, and still vary across cultures and political regimes. Having started from a philosophical perspective, with Locke's notion of a 'tabula rasa' and Rousseau's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887306285Author Pablo FossaFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Information Age PublishingPublisher Information Age PublishingWeight(grams) 508g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319187743Author Janet BelskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.Publisher Macmillan Learning

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668012307Author Meg JayFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789367149683Author George MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Double 9 BooksPublisher Double 9 BooksWeight(grams) 168g

Measurement burst designs, in which assessments of a set of constructs are made at two or more times in quick succession (e.g., within days), can be used as a novel method to improve the stability of basic measures typically used in longitudinal peer...

This book explores humanising practice within higher education (HE). It provides a fresh perspective by bringing together expert voices with empirical experience of humanising theory and practice in various areas of higher education, in order to...

Self-concept and coping behaviour are important aspects of development in adolescence. Despite their developmental significance, however, the two areas have rarely been considered in relation to each other. This book is the first in which the two areas...

This volume advocates an optimistic new conceptual and practical approach to adulthood, aging, and education for individuals with intellectual disability (ID) across the lifespan. The compensation age theory (CAT) at the heart of this book suggests that...

Inhelder in her introduction. The reason for this unity is that explanatory adequacy can be attained only by exploring the formative and constructive aspects of development. To explain a psychologic reaction or a cognitive mechanism (at all levels,...

As the foundational theory of modern psychological practice, psychoanalysis and its attendant assumptions predominated well through most of the twentieth century. The influence of psychoanalytic theories of development was profound and still resonates in...

This book examines the implications of rural residence for adolescents and families in the United States, addressing both the developmental and mental health difficulties they face. Special attention is given to the unique circumstances of minority...

This book, the first in a series of collected works, traces the evolution of Problem Behavior Theory from its inception to its current status as a widely used framework for understanding and addressing risky behavior in youth and young adults. The theory...

This volume advocates an optimistic new conceptual and practical approach to adulthood, aging, and education for individuals with intellectual disability (ID) across the lifespan. The compensation age theory (CAT) at the heart of this book suggests that...

This book provides an integrative interdisciplinary view of how intellectual and moral virtues are understood in two separate practices, science and music. The authors engage with philosophical and psychological accounts of virtue to understand...