Blackwell handbook of early childhood development / edited by Kathleen McCartney and Deborah Phillips.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCartney, Kathleen, editor.

Phillips, Deborah, editor.

Series:

Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology.

Blackwell handbooks of developmental psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychology.

Child development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1490 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development presents a comprehensive summary of research into child development from age two to seven.Comprises 30 contributions from both established scholars and emerging leaders in the fieldThe editors have a distinguished reputation in early childhood developmentCovers biological development, cognitive development, language development, and social, emotional and regulatory developmentConsiders the applications of psychology to the care and education of young children, treating issues such as poverty, m

Contents:

Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface; PART I: Conceptual Frameworks; 1: Nature and Nurture in Early Childhood; Methods in Research on Gene-Environment Processes; Stature and Physical Development; Cognitive Development; Temperament; Psychopathology; Gene-Environment Transactions; Genetically Informative Studies Clarify Environmental Mechanisms; Change and Development; Where the Environment Lives: Subjective Experience; Conclusion; References; 2: Vulnerability and Resilience in Early Child Development

The Challenge of Defining Vulnerability and ResilienceModels of Vulnerability and Resilience; A Resilience Framework for Promoting Positive Development in Early Childhood; Conclusion; Note; References; 3: Family Influences on Early Development: Integrating the Science of Normative Development, Risk and Disability, and Intervention; Developmental Science of Normative Development; Developmental Science of Biological Risk and Disability; Intervention Science; Summary and Future Directions; References; 4: Developmental Pathways and Intersections among Domains of Development

Conceptual Framework for the Intersections of DomainsInterface of Developmental Domains: Examples Based on Differences in Temperament, Disability, and Negative Life Experience; Conclusion; Note; References; PART II: Early Biological and Physiological Development; 5: Early Brain Development and Plasticity; The Basic Building Blocks; Mechanisms of Brain Development; Connections and Prenatal Plasticity; Plasticity and the Environment; Conclusions and Future Directions; Notes; References; 6: Social Regulation of Stress in Early Child Development; The Neurobiology of Stress

Frontal Regulation of StressAnimal Models of the Social Regulation of Stress; Psychobiological Studies of Stress and Emotion in Children; Summary and Future Directions; Note; References; 7: Temperament; Historical Origins of Temperament; Approach and Withdrawal Systems; The Neural Substrates of Temperament; Behavioral Inhibition and a Synthesis of Temperament and Neuroscience; Continuity of Temperament across Childhood; Consequences of Individual Differences in Temperament; Conclusion; References; PART III: Cognitive Development; 8: Early Conceptual Development; Early Competence

Role of ExperienceConclusions; Note; References; 9: Executive Functions in Developing Children: Current Conceptualizations and Questions for the Future; Current Conceptualizations of Executive Function; Future Questions for Executive Function Research; Summary and Concluding Thoughts; References; 10: Developing Social Understanding in a Social Context; How Is TOM Measured?; What Develops?; How is TOM Related to Other Abilities?; The Role of Social Context; Why is Theory of Mind Development Important?; Conclusions; Note; References; 11: Mathematical Thinking and Learning

How Does Mathematical Knowledge Develop?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 8, 2016).

ISBN:

9781444357134

1444357131

OCLC:

1027162415