This textbook provides an up-to-date account of our knowledge of social development. It is addressed to students of psychology and other social sciences with no or only limited knowledge of child development, and covers an age range up to and including adolescence. The content is organized according to themes, but these themes follow an approximate developmental progression. The central theme of Social Development is that of socialization - how an essentially biological being becomes transformed into a highly sophisticated social being. Whilst giving full attention to the older and well-established aspects of our knowledge of social development but also to more recent topics such as research on behavior genetics, children's theory of mind, post-infancy attachment development, and family dynamics. Throughout Professor Schaffer sets the findings within the context of the general aims and theoretical concerns that underpin the studies carried out, as well as of the methods used to obtain the knowledge gained.;Due recognition is also given to the many practical implications of social development research for aspects such as day care, the development of anti-social behavior and family conflict.
| ISBN: | 9780631185741 |
| Publication date: | 2nd October 1996 |
| Author: | H R Schaffer |
| Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell an imprint of Blackwell |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 440 pages |
| Genres: |
Education Psychology |
This textbook provides an up-to-date account of our knowledge of social development. It is addressed to students of psychology and other social sciences with no or only limited knowledge of child development, and covers an age range up to and including adolescence. The content is organized according to themes, but these themes follow an approximate developmental progression. The central theme of Social Development is that of socialization - how an essentially biological being becomes transformed into a highly sophisticated social being. Whilst giving full attention to the older and well-established aspects of our knowledge of social development but also to more recent topics such as research on behavior genetics, children's theory of mind, post-infancy attachment development, and family dynamics. Throughout Professor Schaffer sets the findings within the context of the general aims and theoretical concerns that underpin the studies carried out, as well as of the methods used to obtain the knowledge gained.;Due recognition is also given to the many practical implications of social development research for aspects such as day care, the development of anti-social behavior and family conflict.
Social Development features in the following genres: Education, Psychology
Social Development is available in Paperback
Social Development was written by H R Schaffer and published by Wiley Blackwell an imprint of Blackwell
Social Development has 440 pages