`This is an impressive work… and will provide the advanced reader with a rich source of theory and evidence. There is a huge amount to be got from the book and I suspect it will become a key work′ –
J Gavin Bremner, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University
The Handbook of Developmental Psychology is a comprehensive, authoritative yet frontier-pushing overview of the study of human development presented in a single-volume format. It is ideal for experienced individuals wishing for an up-to-date survey of the central themes prevalent to developmental psychology, both past and present, and for those seeking a reference work to help appreciate the subject for the first time.
The insightful contributions from world-leading developmental psychologists successfully and usefully integrate different perspectives to studying the subject, following a systematic life-span structure, from pre-natal development through to old age in human beings. The Handbook then concludes with a substantive section on the methodological approaches to the study of development, focusing on both qualitative and quantitative techniques.
This unique reference work will be hugely influential for anyone needing or wishing for a broad, yet enriched understanding of this fascinating subject. It will be a particularly invaluable resource for academics and researchers in the fields of developmental psychology, education, parenting, cultural and biological psychology and anthropology.
Table of Content
Introduction – Jaan Valsiner and Kevin J Connolly
The Nature of Development
The Continuing Dialogue of Processes and Outcomes
PART ONE: FUNDAMENTAL APPROACHES AND PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT
Probabilistic Epigenesis of Development – Gilbert Gottlieb
Genetics and the Development of Brain and Behavior – Douglas Wahlsten
Developmental Psychology and the Neurosciences – Sidney J Segalowitz and Louis A Schmidt
Historical Contexts for Development – Hideo Kojima
PART TWO: PRENATAL AND INFANT DEVELOPMENT
Prenatal Psychological and Behavioral Development – Peter Hepper
On the Development of Perception and Action – Claes von Hofsten
Early Cognitive Development – Jonas Langer et al
Ontogeny and Phylogeny
Tool Use and Tool Making – Ad W Smitsman and Raoul M Bongers
A Developmental Action Perspective
Social Relations and Affective Development in the First Two Years in Family Contexts – Kurt Kreppner
PART THREE: DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
The Role of Language in Human Development – Nancy Budwig
Social Development in Cultural Contexts – Angela Branco
Cooperative and Competitive Interation Patterns in Peer Relations
Strengths and Weaknesses of Cognition over Preschool Years – Eduardo Mart[ac]i
Development of Play – Anthony D Pellegrini and Peter Smith
Developmental Disorders – Brian Hopkins
An Action-Based Account
PART FOUR: DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
Contemporary Families as Context for Development – Peter Stratton
Schooling and the Development of Literacy – David Olson and Janette Pelletier
Memory and Knowledge Development – Wolfgang Schneider and David Bjorklund
PART FIVE: DEVELOPMENT IN PRE-ADOLESCENCE AND ADOLESCENCE
Children′s Relationships and Development of Person-Context Relations – Thomas Kindermann
Morality and Context – Usha Menon
A Study of Hindu Understandings
From Early Attachment Relations to Adolescent and Adult Organization of Self – Harke Bosma and Coby Gerlsma
PART SIX: DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD
Adult Cognitive Development – Kurt Fischer, Zheng Yan and Jeffrey Stewart
Dynamics in the Development Web
Goal-Directed Activities and Life-Span Development – Jeanette A Lawrence and Agnes E Dodds
Dialogical Processes and Development of the Self – Hubert J Hermans and Els Hermans-Jansen
Cognitive Processes in Ageing – Patrick Rabbitt et al
Wisdom – Ursula M Staudinger and Ines Werner
Its Social Nature and Lifespan Development
PART SEVEN: METHODOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT
Qualitative Methodology – Jonathan Smith and Fraser Dunworth
Quantitative Models for Developmental Processes – John R Nesselroade and Peter C M Molenaar
Dynamic Systems Approaches and Modeling of Developmental Processes – Paul van Geert
About the author
Jaan Valsiner is Niels Bohr Professor of Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the founding editor (1995) of the Sage journal, Culture & Psychology. And of The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology (2012). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Sciences (Springer, from 2007). In 1995 he was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Prize in Germany for his interdisciplinary work on human development, and Senior Fulbright Lecturing Award in Brazil 1995-1997. He has been a visiting professor in Brazil, Japan, Australia, Estonia. Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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