Handbook of Psychology, Vol. 6: Developmental Psychology

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Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.

Table of Contents

Handbook of Psychology Preface, Irving B. Weiner
Volume Preface, Richard M. Lerner, M. Ann Easterbrooks, and Jayanthi Mistry
Contributors

I FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN 1

1 DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN: AN INTRODUCTION 3
Richard M. Lerner, M. Ann Easterbrooks, and Jayanthi Mistry
2 METATHEORIES, THEORIES, AND CONCEPTS IN THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT 19
Willis F. Overton and Ulrich M¨uller

II INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD 59

3 INFANT PERCEPTION AND COGNITION 61
John Colombo, Caitlin C. Brez, and Lori M. Curtindale
4 SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY 91
M. Ann Easterbrooks, Jessica Dym Bartlett, Marjorie Beeghly, and Ross A. Thompson
5 THE DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF STRESS AND EMOTION IN CHILDHOOD 121
Camelia E. Hostinar and Megan R. Gunnar
6 PARENT–INFANT COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTIONS IN CULTURAL CONTEXT 143
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda and Lulu Song

III CHILDHOOD 171

7 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 173
Laura Wagner and Erika Hoff
8 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDHOOD: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE 197
David Henry Feldman
9 EMOTION AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT 215
E. Mark Cummings, Julia M. Braungart-Rieker, and Tina D. Du Rocher Schudlich
10 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD 243
Joan E. Grusec, Maria Paula Chaparro, Megan Johnston, and Amanda Sherman
11 CULTURE AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT 265
Jayanthi Mistry, Mariah Contreras, and Ranjana Dutta

IV ADOLESCENCE 287

12 PUBERTY: ITS ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT 289
Elizabeth J. Susman and Lorah D. Dorn
13 SCHOOLS AS DEVELOPMENTAL CONTEXTS DURING ADOLESCENCE 321
Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Robert W. Roeser
14 IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT, PERSONALITY, AND WELL-BEING IN ADOLESCENCE AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND RECENT ADVANCES 339
Seth J. Schwartz, M. Brent Donnellan, Russell D. Ravert, Koen Luyckx, and Byron L. Zamboanga
15 POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: PROCESSES, PHILOSOPHIES, AND PROGRAMS 365
Jacqueline V. Lerner, Edmond P. Bowers, Kelly Minor, Michelle J. Boyd, Megan Kiely Mueller, Kristina L. Schmid, Christopher M. Napolitano, Selva Lewin-Bizan, and Richard M. Lerner
16 ADOLESCENTS, PARENTS, FRIENDS/PEERS: A RELATIONSHIPS MODEL 393
Marc H. Bornstein, Justin Jager, and Laurence D. Steinberg

V ADULTHOOD AND AGING 435

17 DISEASE, HEALTH, AND AGING IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY 437
Ilene C. Siegler, Hayden B. Bosworth, Adam Davey, and Merrill F. Elias
18 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD AND AGING 451
Roger A. Dixon, G. Peggy McFall, Bonnie P. Whitehead, and Sanda Dolcos
19 PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD AND OLD AGE 475
Rosanna M. Bertrand, Eileen Kranz Graham, and Margie E. Lachman
20 SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND AGING 495
Toni C. Antonucci, Kira S. Birditt, and Kristine J. Ajrouch

VI APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN 515

21 APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 517
Celia B. Fisher, Nancy A. Busch-Rossnagel, Daniela S. Jopp, and Joshua L. Brown
22 DISABILITIES AND DEVELOPMENT 547
Penny Hauser-Cram, Amanda M. Cannarella, Miriam Tillinger, and Ashley C. Woodman
23 CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND THE LAW 571
Michael E. Lamb and Lindsay C. Malloy
24 HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 595
Fred W. Vondracek and Ann C. Crouter
25 SUCCESSFUL AGING 615
Alexandra M. Freund, Jana Nikitin, and Michaela Riediger
26 DEVELOPMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES: TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 639
Marina Umaschi Bers and Elizabeth R. Kazakoff

Author Index 659
Subject Index 711