Child and Adolescent Development

This advanced text for psychology, human development, and education provides students with state-of-the-art overviews of the discipline in an accessible, affordable format.Unique both in the depth of its coverage and in the timeliness of the research that it presents, this comprehensive text conveys the field of child and adolescent development through the voices of scientists who themselves are now shaping the field.

Part I: Introduction.1. The Scientific Study of Child and Adolescent Development:Forefront Issues in the Field Today (William Damon and Richard M.Lerner).Part II: Biological Foundations.2. Neural Bases of Cognitive Development (Charles A. Nelson III,Kathleen M. Thomas, and Michelle de Haan).3. Temperament (Mary K. Rothbart and John E. Bates).Part III: Parental and Peer Relations.4. Socialization in the Family (Ross D. Parke and RaymondBuriel).Part IV: Personality, Self, and Self-Concept.5. Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups (Kenneth H.Rubin, William M. Bukowski, Jeffrey G. Parker and Julie C.Bowker).6. Personality Development (Rebecca L. Shiner and AvshalomCaspi).7. The Self (Susan Harter).Part V: Language and Thought.8. Acquiring Linguistic Constructions (Michael Tomasello).9. Conceptual Development (Susan A. Gelman and Charles W.Kalish).10. Development in the Arts: Drawing and Music (EllenWinner).Part VI: Emotion and Motivation.11. Emotional Development: Action, Communication, andUnderstanding(Carolyn Saarni, Joseph J. Campos, Linda A. Camras, and DavidWitherington).12. Development of Achievement Motivation (Allan Wigfield,Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Robert Roeser, and Ulrich Schiefele).Part VII: Prosocial Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, andMoral Development.13. Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Youth (Kenneth A.Dodge, John D. Coie, and Donald Lynam).14. The Development of Morality (Elliot Turiel).Part VIII: Adolescence.15. The Second Decade: What Develops and How (Deanna Kuhn andSam Franklin).16. Adolescent Development in Interpersonal Context (W. AndrewCollins and Laurence Steinberg).Part IX: Diversity in Development.17. Cultural and Cognitive Development (Michael Cole).18. Gender Development (Sheri A. Berenbaum, Carol Lynn Martin,and Diane N. Ruble).19. Phenomenology and Ecological Systems Theory: Development ofDiverse Groups (Margaret Beale Spencer).