Volume 37 of the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series includes 8 chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in developmental and educational psychology. A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including the role of dyadic communication in infant social-cognitive development; space, number and the atypically developing brain; development from a behavioral genetics perspective; nonhuman primate studies of individual differences in pathways of lifespan development; the development of autobiographical memory: origins and consequences; the maturation of cognitive control and the adolescent brain; the developmental origin of naïve psychology; and children's reasoning about traits. Each chapter provides in-depth discussions of various developmental psychology specializations. This volume serves as an invaluable resource for psychology researchers and advanced psychology students. - Goes in depth to address 10 different developmental and educational psychology topics - A necessary resource for both psychology researchers and students
Klappentext
Volume 37 of the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series includes 8 chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in developmental and educational psychology.
A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including the role of dyadic communication in infant social-cognitive development; space, number and the atypically developing brain; development from a behavioral genetics perspective; nonhuman primate studies of individual differences in pathways of lifespan development; the development of autobiographical memory: origins and consequences; the maturation of cognitive control and the adolescent brain; the developmental origin of naïve psychology; and children's reasoning about traits. Each chapter provides in-depth discussions of various developmental psychology specializations. This volume serves as an invaluable resource for psychology researchers and advanced psychology students.
*Goes in depth to address 10 different developmental and educational psychology topics
*A necessary resource for both psychology researchers and students
Inhalt
1. The role of dyadic communication in infant social-cognitive development
2. Space, Number and the Atypically Developing Brain: Insights From Studying Parietal Lobe Function in Fragile X and Autism
3. Development from a Behavioral Genetics Perspective
4. Nonhuman Primate Studies of Individual Differences in Pathways of Lifespan Development
5. The Development of Autobiographical Memory: Origins and Consequences
6. The Maturation of Cognitive Control and the Adolescent Brain
7. The Developmental Origin of Naïve Psychology
8. Children's Reasoning About Traits