Fundamentals of developmental psychology / Peter Mitchell and Fenja Ziegler
Imprint
New York : Psychology Press, 2013
Edition
2nd ed.
Descript
xiii, 308 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Themes and perspectives in developmental psychology -- Methodological approaches -- The development of thinking -- Does Piaget's theory stand up to examination? -- What children understand about the mind -- Developmental disorders -- Autism -- Numerical development: what do young children understand about the world of numbers? -- Developing an ability to draw -- Developing an ability to see the world -- The role of heredity and environment in intelligence -- Language development -- Developing an ability to communicate -- Parenting and the development of love and attachment -- Moral development -- Development of antisocial behaviour