Child & Developmental Psychology

Colwyn Trevarthen’s seminal work has earned him a place alongside the most prestigious thinkers, writers and researchers into human development. He...

How can we make sense of change and stability through the lifespan of human development? What role does personal experience, our relationships with...

The field of educational neuroscience uses new insights about the neural mechanisms of learning to improve educational practices and outcomes. The ...

As the Baby Boomer cohort moves from middle to later adulthood, it is likely this generation will redefine what it means to age. Growing older will...

Cultivating Compassion offers an effective and highly sensitive psychodynamic approach for working with ADHD children and their parents. Conway sea...

Originally published in 1940, this book was addressed to students of the psychology of childhood and to parents and teachers who were trying to get...

This book explores and critiques topical debates in educational sciences, philosophy, social work and cognitive neuroscience. It examines construct...

Originally published in 1942, this title attempted to trace, from their very earliest appearances after birth, all aspects of mental development in...

On Becoming a Psychologist explores the professional identity construction of psychology students, examining their entry into the psychology profes...

They were children. Put on a train in a strange land, they waved goodbye to a parent as they headed to an educational institution that, unbeknownst...

They were children. Put on a train in a strange land, they waved goodbye to a parent as they headed to an educational institution that, unbeknownst...

The Psychology of Human Social Development provides a comprehensive introduction to the essential core topics and exciting new findings in this thr...

One of the most important advances in the study of emotion regulation is understanding it as a dynamic process that develops across the life span. ...

Colwyn Trevarthen’s seminal work has earned him a place alongside the most prestigious thinkers, writers and researchers into human development. He...

For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of po...

Human awareness – which forms the basis of all interpersonal relationships – is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of biological and socio-cul...

If we want children to be successful, confident, independent learners, we need to relearn the skill of truly listening. The Voice of the Child buil...

One of the most important advances in the study of emotion regulation is understanding it as a dynamic process that develops across the life span. ...

Effective use of ICT can enhance many dyslexic pupils' access to the curriculum, but it has to be used appropriately. This book will be useful to a...

This book introduces psychosocial studies of idol worship in Chinese societies. It reviews how idol worship is perceived in Chinese culture, histor...

Applying a critical lens to language education, this book explores the tensions that Latinx students face in relation to their identities, social a...

Reaching for objects in our surroundings is an everyday activity that most humans perform seamlessly a hundred times a day. It is nonetheless a com...

First Published in 1986. This book is intended for those people who are interested in how mathematics is learned. It is intended especially for tho...

The importance of partnerships between professionals and the parents of children with special needs/disability is well established in childcare leg...

Discrimination impacts most youth at some point. Almost all children and adolescents belong to at least one stigmatized group, whether they are a B...

Originally published in 1984, this title looks at the development of temperament in early life. At the time of publication there were three major p...

‘How do children see the world?’ is a question of immense importance which fascinates not only psychologists but also parents and all those concern...

Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı's influential volume was a work of masterful scholarship and field-defining thought that challenged the existing assumptions in ...

Originally published in 1974: ‘This book sets forth a theory of cognitive development based on simple but powerful processes of inference. The theo...

Addresses the complex & divisive issues at the heart of the debate over language diversity & the English Only movement in U.S. education. O...

Discrimination impacts most youth at some point. Almost all children and adolescents belong to at least one stigmatized group, whether they are a B...

Bridging Cultures in Early Care and Education: A Training Module is a resource designed to help pre-service and in-service early childhood educator...

Originally published in 1980, this title considers the relationship between feeling able to cope and being able to learn – that is, the interdepend...

The influence of teacher expectations on student outcomes is routinely explored by professors, administrators, teachers, researchers, journalists, ...

Originally published in 1983, the aim of this book was to discuss some fundamental problems of cognitive developmental psychology at the time. The ...

There is commonly-held belief that some people learn better than others because they are born that way. However, research indicates that many peopl...

Executive Function: Development Across the Life Span presents perspectives from leading researchers and theorists on the development of executive f...

The testing and assessment of second language learners is an essential part of the language learning process. Glenn Fulcher's Testing Second Langua...

There is commonly-held belief that some people learn better than others because they are born that way. However, research indicates that many peopl...

Bringing together sociolinguistic, linguistic, and educational perspectives, this cutting‐edge overview of codeswitching examines language mixing i...

Child and Adolescent Development is a rich and continuously evolving field that offers a wealth of career opportunities. Careers in Child and Adole...

Originally published in 1951, this title is a study in developmental psychology with special reference to the effect of various types of religion o...

Conceptual change, how conceptual understanding is transformed, has been investigated extensively since the 1970s. The field has now grown into a m...

Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı's influential volume was a work of masterful scholarship and field-defining thought that challenged the existing assumptions in ...

Play is of critical importance to the well-being of children across the globe, a fact reflected in Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on t...

New York Times Bestseller! Becoming Brilliant offers solutions that parents can implement right now. Backed by the latest scientific evidence and i...

Moral Inferences is the first volume to thoroughly explore the relationship between morality and reasoning. Drawing on the expertise of world-leadi...

Social cognition is a key area of social psychology, which focuses on cognitive processes that are involved when individuals make sense of, and nav...