Child & Developmental Psychology

This volume juxtaposes two different domains of developmental theory: the Piagetian approach and the information-processing approach.Articles by ex...

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

What is parental control? Is it positive or negative for children? What makes parents controlling with their children, even when they value support...

This clear and authoritative text provides a trenchant critique of dichotomous thinking and goes on to describe and exemplify an alternative view o...

Despite dissent in many quarters, Piaget's epistemology and the developmental psychology derived from it remain the most powerful theories in eithe...

A little explored area of childhood is that of the troubles and difficulties children experience simply by being children. Using adults' stories ab...

Do you know what makes boys tick? In recent years suicide has drastically escalated among young males and academic underachievement is common, so i...

Do you know what makes boys tick? In recent years suicide has drastically escalated among young males and academic underachievement is common, so i...

Through compelling personal stories and in rich detail, McClain reveals the give-and-take interaction between the institutional church in Rome and ...

This book examines how black children who grow up in an impoverished environment construct their social reality, and why this process is a particul...

The importance and value of music in the care and education of very young children is increasingly recognised. This book looks closely at early mus...

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figu...

This is Volume XXII of thirty-two on a series of Developmental Psychology. Originally published in 1958, this text offers a translation from French...

This book offers a fascinating yet disturbing account of the significance of racism in the lives of five and six year old children, drawing upon da...

Childhood is increasingly saturated by technology: from television to the Internet, video games to 'video nasties', camcorders to personal computer...

Parenting: What Really Counts? examines the scientific evidence on what really matters for children's healthy psychological development.The first s...

First published in 1997. This is Volume II of selected works of Jean Piaget which looks at his thinking on children and how their interaction and p...

Childhood is increasingly saturated by technology: from television to the Internet, video games to 'video nasties', camcorders to personal computer...

This book explores children's social relationships in and out of the classroom. Chapters focus on the growing importance of children's friendships ...

Adolescence is recognised as a turbulent period of human development. Along with the physical changes of puberty, adolescents undergo significant t...

Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the role of personal relationships in people's lives....

This is Volume XXI of thirty-two in a series of Developmental Psychology. Originally published in 1946, it looks the classification and seriation a...

First published in 1999. Shows how Melanie Klien's studies of sexuality aggression, unconscious phantasy and identification in children extended an...

First published in 1999. Shows how Melanie Klien's studies of sexuality aggression, unconscious phantasy and identification in children extended an...