The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development

by Smith, Peter K.; Hart, Craig H.

• ISBN13: 9781405196796
• ISBN10: 1405196793
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-20
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development, Second Edition presents an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory concerning a child's social development from pre-school age to the onset of adolescence. Presents the most up-to-date research and theories on childhood social development Features chapters by an international cast of leaders in their fields Includes comprehensive coverage of a range of disciplinary perspectives Offers all new chapters on children and the environment, cultural influences, history of childhood, interventions, and neuro-psychological perspectives Represents an essential resource for students and researchers of childhood social development

Author Biography

Peter K. Smith is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Unit for School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is co-author of the leading textbook Understanding Children's Development (Fifth Edition, Wiley, 2010), the recently published Children and Play (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), and many other books and articles.

Craig H. Hart is Associate Academic Vice President for Faculty at Brigham Young University, where he has also served as a department chair and an associate dean in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. He has authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters on parenting/familial linkages with children?s social development, most recently from a cross-cultural perspective. Dr Hart also serves on the Biobehavioral and Behavioral Sciences subcommittee, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction by the Editors

Historical Overview

Historical perspectives on contemporary research in social development

Disciplinary Perspectives on Social Development

Behavioral genetics

Conceptual development and emotion: A neuropsychological perspective

Evolutionary perspectives on social development

Historical reframing of childhood

Cultural psychological perspectives on social development in childhood

Sociological perspectives on social development

Ecological Contexts For Social Development

Culture and social development

The social development of immigrant children: A focus on Asian and Hispanic children in the U.S.

Children's interpersonal skills and school-based relationships

Environmental psychology

Child and Contextual Factors in Social Development

Temperament and social development

Children's social development within the socialization context of child care and early childhood education

The interplay between parents and peers as socializing influences in children's development

Sex differences in social behavior

Ethnicity, race, and children's social development

Family Context

Parent-child attachment in early and middle childhood

Parent-child relationships and influences

Sibling relationships in early and middle childhood

Peer group

Social status among peers: From sociometric attraction to peer acceptance to perceived popularity

Social skills and social competence in interactions with peers

Emotions and social development in childhood

Social withdrawal and shyness

Play, cooperation, competition, aggression, bullying

Social play

Cooperation and competition

Aggression in children

Bullying

Cognition, helping, moral reasoning

Social cognition

Prosocial behavior

Children's social and moral reasoning

Children's understanding of society

Intervention and Social Development

Intervening in childhood social development

The development of social competence in children with disabilities

Interventions for development of social skills among children in the developing countries

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