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Psychobiology and Early Development

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 46
  • June 1, 1987
  • H. Rauh + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
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This volume is the outcome of an international symposium held in Berlin, FRG, which brought together researchers in the field of infant development.The contributors are from Europe and North America, and have as their primary professional interest either pediatrics, biology or psychology. These fields, in spite of common involvement and large overlap, still have to overcome communication problems and differences in scientific approaches. The emphasis of this book is on the efforts of the participants towards reaching a mutual understanding. In spite of disciplinary diversity, the papers in this book complement each other, and set the scene for future multidisciplinary research and exchange in the field of infant development.

Theory Building in Developmental Psychology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 36
  • July 1, 1986
  • P. van Geert
  • English
  • eBook
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Discussing (from various viewpoints) problems in theory building and theory evaluation, this book starts from the assumption that theories of development are particular ways of defining the concept of psychological development in terms of a specific conceptual framework, as well as in terms of a specific empirical range (nature of the explained phenomena, prototypical experiments and applications, etc.).The first three parts deal with basic problems in modern developmental psychology, namely ways of describing development and how they direct theory formation; causes and conditions of development in relation with learning and the problem of precursors; and the individual and the socio-cultural dimension in theory building. The fourth part demonstrates three different forms of theory building, while the final part deals with an old philosophical problem in developmental psychology, the rationalism-empiricism controversy.

Schools & Persistent Absentees

  • 1st Edition
  • January 31, 1985
  • D. Galloway
  • English
  • eBook
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Drawing on an extensive study of persistent absentees, their families and their schools, David Galloway explores the prevalence of absence from schools and the underlying causes. He shows that a majority of poor attendees remain at home with their parents' knowledge, and often with their consent, and argues that the disadvantaged circumstances of many of the families concerned is of little relevance to teachers unless they also recognize how the pupils and their families view what the school has to offer. Using his experience as a teacher, educational psychologist and researcher, he demonstrates that school attendance cannot be usefully considered in isolation from the life and work of the school as a whole.

The Social Development of the Intellect

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 10
  • November 30, 1984
  • W. Doise + 4 more
  • Michael Argyle
  • English
  • eBook
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The definition of intelligence has become the object of many controversies - particularly about its nature and the causes of its development - with essential social implications at stake. To get out of this deadlock, the authors of this book propose a social conception of intelligence and of its development: they consider intelligence as resulting from the inter-individual coordinations of actions and judgements. They experimentally study how groups of children elaborate new cognitive tools which their members, taken individually, did not possess at the start, and how these cognitive tools are subsequently used by the child alone.

Progress in Behavior Modification

  • 1st Edition
  • July 28, 1983
  • Michel Hersen + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Progress in Behavior Modification, Volume 14 covers the developments in the study of behavior modification. The book discusses the research on the education of autistic children; behavioral approaches to drug abuse; and behavior therapy and community living skills. The text also describes the behavior modification in New Zealand; the critical treatment parameters in attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity and their application in applied outcome research; and the nutritional approaches to behavior modification. Punishment, a concept that is no longer necessary, is also considered. Psychologists and psychiatrists will find the book invaluable.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 17
  • February 21, 1983
  • Hayne W. Reese
  • English
  • eBook
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Advances in Child Development and Behavior is intended to provide scholarly technical articles that serve as reference material and provide a forum for scholarly speculation. In these documented critical reviews, recent advances in the field are summarized and integrated; complexities are exposed; and fresh viewpoints are offered. They should be useful not only to the expert in the area but also to the general reader.

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