Psychology Library Editions: Child Development
About the Book Series
Psychology Library Editions: Child Development (20 Volume set) brings together a diverse number of titles across many areas of developmental psychology, from children’s play to language development. The series of previously out-of-print titles, originally published between 1930 and 1993, with the majority from the 70s and 80s, includes contributions from many respected authors in the field and charts the progression of the field over this time.
Psychological Development From Infancy: Image to Intention
1st Edition
Edited
By Marc H. Bornstein, William Kessen
November 08, 2019
Originally published in 1979, this volume represented a unique attempt to connect the usually separated fields of infancy studies and studies of older children. In each chapter, eminent research workers attempt to cross the theoretical, empirical, and methodological barriers that had traditionally ...
Psychological Development of High Risk Multiple Birth Children
1st Edition
By Vita Krall, Sherman Feinstein
November 08, 2019
Originally published in 1991, this monograph presents pioneering work on the growth and development of triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. Twelve years were spent researching the effects of multiple caregiving, low birthweight and intra-uterine conditions on the personality development of ...
Psychology of Early Childhood: Up to the Sixth Year of Age
1st Edition
By William Stern
November 08, 2019
Originally published in 1924, this sixth edition published in 1930 is thoroughly revised and updated to take account of the important advances in the field of child psychology at the time. In this new edition the personal standpoint is emphasized, while at the same time other psychological theories...
Regressions in Mental Development: Basic Phenomena and Theories
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas G. Bever
November 08, 2019
Science depends on noticing that things which seem identical are different, and conversely. In psychology, one cannot assume that apparently identical behaviours are due to identical mechanisms. The work reported in this book involves the problem of classifying the true nature of behaviour as it ...
Research Issues in Child Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Pratt, Alison F. Garton, William E. Tunmer, Andrew R. Nesdale
November 08, 2019
First published in 1986, this authoritative book contains a selection of original, research based, reports of studies conducted in Australia and New Zealand in the field of Child Development. The topics have been arranged into four major sections – cognitive issues in development, language and ...
Seven Years Old in the Home Environment
1st Edition
By John Newson, Elizabeth Newson
November 08, 2019
John and Elizabeth Newson’s long-term investigation of child up-bringing attracted intense interest from its earliest beginnings: ‘pathbreaking’ and ‘seminal’ were adjectives that greeted their first report. The study is now established as one of the major projects of the seventies. This third ...
The Biologising of Childhood: Developmental Psychology and the Darwinian Myth
1st Edition
By John R. Morss
November 08, 2019
Originally published in 1990, this book looks at the history of developmental psychology in order to locate and evaluate the role played by biology in its most influential formulations. First Charles Darwin’s own writings on child development are examined. It is shown that Darwin endorsed such ...
Toys and Playthings: In Development and Remediation
1st Edition
By John Newson, Elizabeth Newson
November 08, 2019
John and Elizabeth Newson were well known for their studies of child rearing, which have combined a rigorous research methodology with sympathetic insights into family life and a lively approach to scientific reporting. ‘Path-breaking’, ‘brilliant’, ‘seminal’, ‘outstanding’, ‘fascinating’, ‘...
Psychology Library Editions: Child Development: 20 Volume Set
1st Edition
By Various
December 06, 2017
Psychology Library Editions: Child Development (20 Volume set) brings together a diverse number of titles across many areas of developmental psychology, from children’s play to language development. The series of previously out-of-print titles, originally published between 1930 and 1993, with the ...