Child and Adolescent Development : An Advanced Course

by William Damon (Stanford University, Stanford, California); Richard M. Lerner (Tufts University, Medford, MA)

• ISBN13: 9780470176573
• ISBN10: 0470176571
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

"This is a superb compilation that makes much of the best contemporary work in child and adolescent development accessible to the next generation of developmental scholars." -Lynn S. Liben, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State UniversityEditor, Child Development"This timely volume brings together cutting edge contributions to our increasingly diverse field, providing insights and advances in theory, research, and practice. A must-read." -Cynthia Garcia Coll, PhD, Charles Pitt Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor of Education, Psychology, and Pediatrics, Brown UniversityEditor, Developmental PsychologyChild and Adolescent Development: An Advanced Course offers students explorations of issues at the forefront of this field. 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. Their voices add a lively energy to the important topics discuss.Taken together, the book's chapters cover development in the biological, cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, moral, personality, emotional, and aesthetic domains. In addition, the chapters explore an extensive range of contemporary research topics, including the significance of diversity in develop-ment and the results of various social policy and educational initiatives that attempt to foster gains in critical dimensions of youth development.

Author Biography

William Damon, PhD, is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and a Professor of Education at Stanford University. He has written several books, many book chapters, and numerous articles on child development and adolescence.

Richard M. Lerner, PhD, is Bergstrom Chair in Applied Develop-mental Science at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. He is the author or editor of many publications, including the Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition, with William Damon (Wiley). Dr. Lerner is also a past editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Scientific Study of Child and Adolescent Development: Forefront Issues in the Field Today

Biological Foundations

Neural Bases of Cognitive Development

Temperament

Parental and Peer Relations

Socialization in the Family

Personality, Self, and Self-Concept

Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups

Personality Development

The Self

Language and Thought

Acquiring Linguistic Constructions

Conceptual Development

Development in the Arts: Drawing and Music

Emotion and Motivation

Emotional Development: Action, Communication, and Understanding

Development of Achievement Motivation

Prosocial Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, and Moral Development

Aggression and Antisocial Behavior in Youth

The Development of Morality

Adolescence

The Second Decade: What Develops and How

Adolescent Development in Interpersonal Context

Diversity in Development

Cultural and Cognitive Development

Gender Development

Phenomenology and Ecological Systems Theory: Development of Diverse Groups

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