Developmental Psychology 2013

The Developmental Psychology of Reasoning and Decision-Making

Edited by Henry Markovits

Series: Current Issues in Thinking and Reasoning

This book provides a detailed account of the most current developmental approaches to reasoning and decision-making....

To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Psychology Press

The Development of Thinking and Reasoning

Edited by Pierre Barrouillet, Caroline Gauffroy

Thinking and reasoning are key activities for human beings. In this book a distinguished set of contributors provides a wide readership with up-to-date scientific advances in the developmental psychology of thinking and reasoning, both at the theoretical and empirical levels. The first part of the...

Published February 27th 2013 by Psychology Press

Development and Brain Systems in Autism

Edited by Marcel Adam Just, Kevin A. Pelphrey

Series: Carnegie Mellon Symposia on Cognition Series

This volume covers several perspectives on autism which bring together the most recent scientific views of the nature of this disorder. A number of themes organize major developments and emerging areas in autism: Cognitive and neural systems development: how autism arises in the behavior and...

Published March 17th 2013 by Psychology Press

Life-Span Maintenance of Knowledge

By Harry P. Bahrick, Lynda K. Hall, Melinda K. Baker

Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology

This volume describes how well we maintain the knowledge we acquire throughout life. Research traditionally focuses on memory for events that are retained over short time periods that can be accommodated in experiments. This book, by contrast, uniquely describes the evolution of methods suitable...

To Be Published May 30th 2013 by Psychology Press

Handbook of Self-Regulatory Processes in Development

New Directions and International Perspectives

Edited by Karen Caplovitz Barrett, Nathan A. Fox, George A. Morgan, Deborah J. Fidler, Lisa A. Daunhauer

The development of self- and emotional regulatory processes helps children to regulate their behavior based on their cultural context and to develop positive social relationships. This handbook brings together heretofore disparate literatures on self- and emotional regulation, brain and...

Published December 17th 2012 by Psychology Press

Working Memory

The Connected Intelligence

Edited by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ross G. Alloway

Series: Frontiers of Cognitive Psychology

Working memory – the conscious processing of information – is increasingly recognized as one of the most important aspects of intelligence. This fundamental cognitive skill is deeply connected to a great variety of human experience – from our childhood, to our old age, from our...

Published December 6th 2012 by Psychology Press

Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology

2nd Edition

By Peter Mitchell, Fenja Ziegler

This new edition of the highly successful Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the exciting new findings in the thriving area of developmental psychology. The book addresses a number of fascinating questions including: Are...

Published October 25th 2012 by Psychology Press

Current Issues in Developmental Disorders

Edited by Chloë Marshall

Series: Current Issues in Developmental Psychology

Cognitive development in children is a highly complex process which, while remarkably resilient, can be disrupted in a variety of ways. This volume focuses on two types of neurodevelopmental disorder: syndromic conditions such as fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and...

Published August 13th 2012 by Psychology Press

How the Child's Mind Develops, 2nd Edition

By David Cohen

How do we get from helpless baby to knowing teenager? What impact do television, computers, the internet, video games and evolving technology have on the way children's minds develop? Is cognition a question of learning and environment or of heredity? How we learn to think, perceive, remember,...

Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge

Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities

4th Edition

By Diane F. Halpern

The fourth edition of Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities critically examines the breadth of research on this complex and controversial topic, with the principal aim of helping the reader to understand where sex differences are found – and where they are not. Since the publication of the third...

Published September 20th 2011 by Psychology Press

Cognitive Development

An Advanced Textbook

Edited by Marc H. Bornstein, Michael E. Lamb

This new text consists of parts of Bornstein and Lamb’s Developmental Science, 6th edition along with new introductory material that as a whole provides a cutting edge and comprehensive overview of cognitive development. Each of the world-renowned contributors masterfully introduces the...

Published March 24th 2011 by Psychology Press

The Taxonomy of Metacognition

By Pina Tarricone

Metacognition is a complex construct which is fundamental to learning. Its complex, fuzzy and multifaceted nature has often led to its colloquial application in research, resulting in studies that fail to identify its theoretical foundation or elements. In response to this, the research community...

Published February 27th 2011 by Psychology Press

Vygotsky at Work and Play

By Lois Holzman

Vygotsky at Work and Play relates the discoveries and insights of Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky to ordinary people and their communities. The author—working with her intellectual partner Fred Newman—has advanced a unique performance-based methodology of development and learning that draws upon...

Published December 7th 2008 by Routledge

Art and Human Development

Edited by Constance Milbrath, Cynthia Lightfoot

Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

This interdisciplinary volume explores art, its development, and its role in the construction of knowledge. Presenting theory and research on artistic development as a cultural and creative endeavor, contributors examine the origins of human art during the Paleolithic cultural revolution, as part...

Published July 26th 2012 by Psychology Press

Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience

Edited by Philip David Zelazo, Michael Chandler, Eveline Crone

Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

This volume in the JPS Series is intended to help crystallize the emergence of a new field, "Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience," aimed at elucidating the neural correlates of the development of socio-emotional experience and behavior. No one any longer doubts that infants are born...

Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press

Gaze-Following

Its Development and Significance

Edited by Ross Flom, Kang Lee, Darwin Muir

What does a child’s ability to look where another is looking tell us about his or her early cognitive development? What does this ability—or lack thereof—tell us about a child’s language development, understanding of other’s intentions, and the emergence of autism?...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Infant EEG and Event-Related Potentials

Edited by Michelle de Haan

Series: Studies in Developmental Psychology

Infancy is a time of rapid growth, when brain plasticity is at a maximum. Event-related potentials (ERPs) are one of the few methods that can easily and safely be used to study this process, and have led to exciting discoveries about human brain functioning and the neural basis of cognition. Over...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Jean Piaget and Neuchâtel

The Learner and the Scholar

Edited by Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, Jean-Marc Barrelet

Jean Piaget is widely acknowledged as one of the most important scholars of the twentieth century. His passionate philosophical search for an understanding of the nature of knowledge led him to make major contributions to the study of child development and epistemology. But how did his early...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

The Development of Judgment and Decision Making in Children and Adolescents

Edited by Janis E. Jacobs, Paul A. Klaczynski

In recent years, newspaper articles, television specials, and other media events have focused on the numerous hard decisions faced by today's youth, often pointing to teen pregnancy, drug use, and delinquency as evidence of faulty judgment. Over the past 10 years, many groups - including parents,...

Published November 13th 2012 by Psychology Press

The Development of the Mediated Mind

Sociocultural Context and Cognitive Development

Edited by Joan M. Lucariello, Judith A. Hudson, Robyn Fivush, Patricia J. Bauer

This volume is a festschrift for Katherine Nelson, an NYU professor who was a pioneer in infant perception and memory. The "mediated mind" is a term coined by Dr. Nelson and it refers to how cognitive development is mediated by the sociocultural context, including language and social interaction....

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Vygotsky at Work and Play

By Lois Holzman

Vygotsky at Work and Play relates the discoveries and insights of Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky to ordinary people and their communities. The author—working with her intellectual partner Fred Newman—has advanced a unique performance-based methodology of development and learning that draws upon...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge

Environmental Effects on Cognitive Abilities

Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko

It sometimes seems that it is difficult to pick up a current newspaper or a magazine without it containing a story about some behavioral characteristic for which it has been found that a gene is responsible. Even aspects of behavior that one would feel certain are environmentally controlled are now...

Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press

Family Environment and Intellectual Functioning

A Life-span Perspective

Edited by Elena L. Grigorenko, Robert J. Sternberg

What is the impact of the family environment on us, particularly with regard to our intellectual functioning? Does the role of early family environment wear off, as some researchers have suggested, or does it maintain or possibly even become more important as we grow older? This book examines the...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development

The Development and Consequences of Symbolic Communication

Edited by Eric Amsel, James P. Byrnes

Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development addresses the impact of language and literacy on cognitive development. Top researchers examine the cognitive significance of the growth in children's ability to express themselves symbolically, whether that involves communicating linguistically,...

Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press

Perceiving the Affordances

A Portrait of Two Psychologists

By Eleanor J. Gibson

Perceiving the Affordances is a personal history and intellectual autobiography of Eleanor Gibson, the groundbreaking research psychologist who was influential in the founding of the theory of perceptual development. It is also a biography of her husband, James J. Gibson, who was a major perceptual...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Reductionism and the Development of Knowledge

Edited by Terrance Brown, Leslie Smith

Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

Among the many conceits of modern thought is the idea that philosophy, tainted as it is by subjective evaluation, is a shaky guide for human affairs. People, it is argued, are better off if they base their conduct either on know-how with its pragmatic criterion of truth (i.e., possibility) or on...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Symbol Use and Symbolic Representation

Developmental and Comparative Perspectives

Edited by Laura Namy

Series: Emory Cognition Project Series

Symbol Use and Symbolic Representation: Developmental and Comparative Perspectives is the proceedings of a workshop held at Emory University in 2002 to discuss the difficult and age-old issue of what makes a symbol symbolic. The issue shifts towards exploring the relation between apparent symbolic...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness

Edited by Willis Overton, Ulrich Mueller, Judith Newman

Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

Until recently, the body has been largely ignored in theories and empirical research in psychology, particularly in developmental psychology. Recently however, several conceptions of the relation between body and mind have been developed. Common among these conceptions is the idea that the body...

Published November 27th 2012 by Psychology Press

The Development and Structure of Conscience

Edited by Willem Koops, Daniel Brugman, Tamara J. Ferguson, Andries F. Sanders

This book focuses on the structure and development of conscience, a subject that has been dominant in developmental psychology since the 18th century. International experts in the field contribute to this broad overview of the relevant research on the development of moral emotions and on the...

Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press

The Regulation of Emotion

Edited by Pierre Philippot, Robert S. Feldman

The main goal of this volume is to present, in an integrated framework, the newest, most contemporary perspectives on emotion regulation. The book includes empirically-grounded work and theories that are central to our understanding of the processes that constitute emotion regulation and their...

Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press

Autobiographical Memory and the Construction of A Narrative Self

Developmental and Cultural Perspectives

Edited by Robyn Fivush, Catherine A. Haden

It is a truism in psychology that self and autobiographical memory are linked, yet we still know surprisingly little about the nature of this relation. Scholars from multiple disciplines, including cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and philosophy have begun theorizing...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Cognitive Development and Working Memory

A Dialogue between Neo-Piagetian Theories and Cognitive Approaches

Edited by Pierre Barrouillet, Vinciane Gaillard

The intellectual development of human beings from birth to adulthood is a fascinating phenomenon. Understanding the constraints that limit children’s intelligence, as well as discovering methods to improve it, has always been a challenging undertaking for developmental psychologists. This book...

Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press

The Self in Time

Developmental Perspectives

Edited by Chris Moore, Karen Lemmon, Karen Skene

Human reasoning is marked by an ability to remember one's personal past and to imagine one's future. Together these capacities rely on the notion of a temporally extended self or the self in time. Recent evidence suggests that it is during the preschool period that children first construct this...

Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press

Working Memory and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Edited by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Susan E. Gathercole

Short-term or working memory - the capacity to hold and manipulate information mentally over brief periods of time - plays an important role in supporting a wide range of everyday activities, particularly in childhood. Children with weak working memory skills often struggle in key areas...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

The Development of Autobiographical Memory

By Hans J. Markowitsch, Harald Welzer

Autobiographical memory constitutes an essential part of our personality, giving us the ability to distinguish ourselves as an individual with a past, present and future. This book reveals how the development of a conscious self, an integrated personality and an autobiographical memory are all...

Published March 4th 2013 by Psychology Press

Nature and Nurture

The Complex Interplay of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Human Behavior and Development

Edited by Cynthia Garcia Coll, Elaine L. Bearer, Richard M. Lerner

What does it mean to find a gene or set of genes that are associated with ADHD, schizophrenia, or autism? Could we eradicate such diseases from our species through gene therapy? Is it possible to eradicate from our genome the genetic material that predisposes us to be too aggressive, too shy, less...

Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press