Cognitive Development

Explores the psychology of children with updated, revised and expanded coverage of the field. Providing you with the latest research findings and opinions of distinguished authorities, it covers four areas: history, theory and methods; infancy and developmental psychobiology; cognitive development; and socialization, personality and social development. Included are integrative summaries, new perspectives and insights, critical analyses and explications of deficiencies in existing data and theoretical orientations. Going beyond merely a simple encyclopedic review of accumulated knowledge--the author offers a source book that encourages sophisticated thinking about fundamental issues, the formulation of questions and hypotheses and, in the long run, more good research.

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Miller, Scott A.

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Flavell, John H.

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This overview of developmental research methods prepares students to carry out, report, and evaluate research.

Developmental Research Methods

Pearson College Div

This book provides an overview of developmental research methods and is designed to prepare readers to carry out, report, and evaluate research. Developmental Research Methods explores every step in the research process, from initial concept to final written product. It covers issues in experimental design as well as the procedural skills necessary to translate design into research. Combining challenging material with an accessible presentation, this book also balances coverage of general research principles and specific research topics in developmental psychology. The second edition of Developmental Research Methods has been updated to provide up- to-date discussions of the most currently active and important research areas in developmental psychology. Opening chapters have been reorganized for a more effective grouping and sequence of topics. Discussions of design and measurement are now unified in new chapters devoted to those topics. MARKETS: A valuable book for any professional who wants or needs a greater understanding of the methods for designing, implementing, and writing developmental research projects or proposals.

Developmental Research Methods (2nd Edition)

Cutting-edge and "big-picture" in perspective, this popular introduction to cognitive development focuses on both the fascinating nature of children's thinking and the excitement and change in work in this area. Using an integrated topical approach, it explores the developmental aspects of social cognition, perception, memory, and language. Theoretically balanced, it considers the full spectrum of approaches--from Piaget's developmental stages, to information-processing (including connectionism), dynamic systems, contextual, theory-change, neo-Piagetian, evolutionary, neuroscience, and constraint approaches. Infant Perception. Infant Cognition. Representation and Concepts. Reasoning and Problem Solving. Social Cognition/Theory of Mind. Memory. Language. For anyone interested in child development, including parents, students, and those in psychology, social work, education, etc.

Cognitive Development (4th Edition)

Pearson

Parenting and Theory of Mind represents the conjunction of two major research literatures in child psychology. One is longstanding. The question of how best to rear children has been a central topic for psychology ever since psychology began to develop as a science. The other research literature is a good deal younger, though quickly expanding. Theory of mind (ToM) has to do with understanding of the mental world-what people (children in particular) know or think about mental phenomena such as beliefs, desires, and emotions. An important question that research on TOM addresses is where do children's ToM abilities come from? In particular, how do children's experiences shape their development? If we know the formative experiences that underlie ToM, then we may be able to optimize this important aspect of development for all children. The last 15 or so years have seen a rapid expansion of the literature on the social contributors to ToM, including hundreds of studies directed to various aspects of parenting. These studies have made clear that parents can be important contributors to what their children understand about the mental world. This is the first book to comprehensively bring together the literature on ToM and parenting, summarizing what we know about how parenting contributes to one of the most important outcomes in cognitive development and outlining future directions for research in this growing area.

Parenting and Theory of Mind

Oxford University Press

One of the most important questions in psychology is how best to nurture children's development. Parents' child-rearing practices are a major contributor to how their children develop, and parents' beliefs about children are a major contributor to how they treat their children. This book synthesizes a large and diverse literature on what parents believe about children in general and their own children in particular. Its scope is broad, encompassing beliefs directed to numerous aspects of children's development in both the cognitive and social realms that span the age periods from birth through adolescence. For each topic, this book seeks to ask four crucial questions: What is the nature of parents' beliefs? What are the origins of parents' beliefs? How do parents' beliefs relate to parents' behavior? And how do parents' beliefs relate to children's development? These questions tie into longstanding theoretical issues in psychology, they are central to our understanding of both parenting practices and children's development, and they speak to some of the most important pragmatic issues for which psychology can provide answers. Parents' Beliefs About Children brings together a vast body of scholarship in a new way, which makes the material accessible to both researchers in the field of child development and a more general readership.

Parents' Beliefs About Children

Parenting & Relationships

Theory of mind has been perhaps the most heavily researched topic in developmental psychology for close to 30 years. Most research, as well as most secondary accounts, has concentrated on the first 5 years of life-a time period during which a number of important developmental changes occur. Noone, however, has ever believed that the development of theory of mind is complete by age 5, and in recent years there has been a growing body of research literature dedicated to exploring further developments across the middle childhood and adolescent years. Advanced Theory of Mind brings togetherthis large and diverse body of work.Four interrelated themes recur throughout the volume. One concerns the descriptive picture for the target of study: What is the nature of theory of mind across different parts of the life span? In particular, how does the study of advanced developments add to the well-documented achievements of thefirst 5 years? A second theme addresses how to explain the developmental changes that are observed, both the commonalties that characterize development and individual differences in the speed or the extent of mastery. The third theme examines the effects of theory of mind on other aspects ofdevelopment, and a final theme is the theoretical question of how best to characterize advanced theory of mind, namely whether theories designed to explain early developments can be successfully extended to more advanced forms of understanding.

Advanced Theory of Mind

Writing in Psychology

This book helps readers become better writers of psychology and better writers in general. After reading thousands of course papers, theses, and dissertations, Dr. Miller knows and addresses the issues that students find most challenging when writing about psychology. Written with the utmost flexibility in mind, the chapters can be read in any order. More comprehensive than similar texts, this book provides detailed coverage of how to write empirical reports, research proposals, and literature reviews, and how to read meta-analyses. Readers will also find invaluable strategies for improving one’s writing including how to adopt an engaging yet accurate style, thorough coverage of grammatical and word use rules that govern writing in general, and the APA (American Psychological Association) rules that govern the expression of that content.  Readers will appreciate these helpful learning tools:   Describes the most common APA style rules encountered and/or highlights references to the Manual when more detailed knowledge is required.    Numerous examples from journal articles that help readers gain a clearer understanding of content they will encounter in writing psychological reports.   Chapter exercises that provide an opportunity to apply the points conveyed in each chapter.    Examples of the most common mistakes made by students and how to avoid them and best practices for improving one’s writing.    Tables that help readers gain a clearer understanding of the new standards in the APA Publications Manual, 6th ed (Appendix A).   Errors in APA Style exemplified via an improperly formatted paper and another version noting corrections pertaining to APA style and grammar, to highlight the most common pitfalls encountered by students (Appendix B).   Ideal for courses on writing in psychology or as a supplement for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in research design or research methods, this book also serves as a resource for anyone looking for guidance on how to write about psychological content.

Routledge

This book helps readers become better writers of psychology and better writers in general. After reading thousands of course papers, theses, and dissertations, Dr. Miller knows and addresses the issues that students find most challenging when writing about psychology. Written with the utmost flexibility in mind, the chapters can be read in any order. More comprehensive than similar texts, this book provides detailed coverage of how to write empirical reports, research proposals, and literature reviews, and how to read meta-analyses. Readers will also find invaluable strategies for improving one’s writing including how to adopt an engaging yet accurate style, thorough coverage of grammatical and word use rules that govern writing in general, and the APA (American Psychological Association) rules that govern the expression of that content. Readers will appreciate these helpful learning tools: <ul>
<li>Describes the most common APA style rules encountered and/or highlights references to the Manual when more detailed knowledge is required. </li> <li>Numerous examples from journal articles that help readers gain a clearer understanding of content they will encounter in writing psychological reports.</li> <li>Chapter exercises that provide an opportunity to apply the points conveyed in each chapter. </li> <li>Examples of the most common mistakes made by students and how to avoid them and best practices for improving one’s writing. </li> <li>Tables that help readers gain a clearer understanding of the new standards in the APA Publications Manual, 6th ed (Appendix A).</li> <li>Errors in APA Style exemplified via an improperly formatted paper and another version noting corrections pertaining to APA style and grammar, to highlight the most common pitfalls encountered by students (Appendix B).</li> </ul> Ideal for courses on writing in psychology or as a supplement for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in research design or research methods, this book also serves as a resource for anyone looking for guidance on how to write about psychological content.

The second Canadian edition of Child Psychology is a topically ordered child development textbook known for its strong research focus and balanced theoretical presentation. The second edition integrates a new pedagogical framework designed to assist students in understanding course material without compromising the depth of coverage. 
 New for the second edition, WileyPLUS is also now available for this text. WileyPLUS is a powerful course management tool that will help instructors and students optimize their class and study time.

Child Psychology

Vasta, Ross

Younger, Alastair

Adler, Scott A.

Ellis, Shari

wiley

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Cognitive Development

Developmental Research Methods

Developmental Research Methods (2nd Edition)

Cognitive Development (4th Edition)

Parenting and Theory of Mind

Parents' Beliefs About Children

Advanced Theory of Mind

Writing in Psychology

Writing in Psychology

Child Psychology