Human Development from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood: Findings from a 20 Year Longitudinal Study

by Schneider; Wolfgang

• ISBN13: 9780805861075
• ISBN10: 0805861076
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-24
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Data generated from longitudinal studies allow researchers to better understand how context and experience interact with stable characteristics of the developing person over time. This book summarizes a landmark longitudinal study of 200 children, from the ages of 3 to 23. The Munich Longitudinal Study on the Ontogenesis of Individual Competencies (LOGIC) examined the development of individual differences over time and whether it is possible to predict later competencies from earlier ones. Offering a snapshot of theory and data on personality, social, motor, moral, and cognitive development, the contributors help us understand which individual differences can and cannot be altered through schooling and other experiences and how differences seen in the earliest stages are later reflected in adulthood. The results provide valuable insight into the strengths and limitations of early prediction of individual differences.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction and Overview: Goals and Structure of LOGIC	p. 1
Development of Intelligence and Thinking	p. 7
Developmental Changes and Individual Stability of Motor Abilities from the Preschool Period to Young Adulthood	p. 35
Verbal Memory Development from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood	p. 63
Moral Motivation from Childhood to Early Adulthood	p. 91
Personality Trajectories from Early Childhood Through Emerging Adulthood	p. 119
Development of Self-Confidence from Adolescence to Early Adulthood	p. 145
Doing Experiments and Understanding Science: Development of Scientific Reasoning from Childhood to Adulthood	p. 173
The Development of Reading and Spelling: Relevant Precursors, Developmental Changes, and Individual Differences	p. 199
The Development of Mathematical Competencies: Sources of Individual Differences and Their Developmental Trajectories	p. 221
Epilogue: Problems and Potentials of the Munich Longitudinal Study	p. 239
Bibliography of Publications Stemming from the LOGIC Project	p. 251
Author Index	p. 267
Subject Index	p. 275
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