Life-span Developmental Psychology

2014-01-02
 |  Psychology
Life-span Developmental Psychology

Author: Paul B. Baltes

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 9781317760337

Category: Psychology

Page: 286

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What are the changes we see over the life-span? How can we explain them? And how do we account for individual differences? This volume continues to examine these questions and to report advances in empirical research within life-span development increasing its interdisciplinary nature. The relationships between individual development, social context, and historical change are salient issues discussed in this volume, as are nonnormative and atypical events contributing to life-span change.

Life-Span Developmental Psychology

2013-09-11
 |  Family & Relationships
Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Author: Paul B. Baltes

Publisher: Elsevier

ISBN: 9781483216362

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 468

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Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Personality and Socialization presents papers on personality and socialization. The book discusses the history, theory, and psychological approaches of developmental psychology, with focus on socialization and personality development through the life span; personality dimensions; and theories of socialization and sex-role development. The text also describes the life-span perspective of creativity and cognitive styles; continuities in childhood and adult moral development revisited; and issues of intergenerational relations as they affect both individual socialization and continuity of culture. The interactional analysis of family attachments; social-learning theory as a framework for the study of adult personality development; person-perception research; and the perception of life-span development are also considered. The book further tackles the potential usefulness of the life-span developmental perspective in education; the strategies for enhancing human development over the life span through educational intervention; and some ecological implications for the organization of human intervention throughout the life span. Developmental psychologists, sociologists, gerontologists, and people involved in the study of child development will find the book invaluable.

Life-Span Developmental Psychology

2013-10-02
 |  Family & Relationships
Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Author: Ralph R. Turner

Publisher: Academic Press

ISBN: 9781483260921

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 364

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Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Intervention presents the theoretical and methodological aspects of intervention as viewed from the life-span developmental psychology perspective. The compendium deals with three broad themes in developmental psychology: theoretical and political issues in intervention; environmental and biophysical intervention; and educational and developmental intervention. The selected papers discuss topics on the models, goals, ethics, and methods of intervention; impacts of the planned environment on the elderly on a societal and personal level; and the effects of intervention on early child development. Sociologists, psychologists, planners, researchers, and gerontologists will find the book insightful.

Life-span Developmental Psychology

2013-10-22
 |  Family & Relationships
Life-span Developmental Psychology

Author: Kathleen A. McCluskey

Publisher: Elsevier

ISBN: 9781483288840

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 298

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Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Historical and Generational Effects provides theoretical and methodological frameworks and examples in history-graded influences on life-span development. The book is a compilation of select research papers by sociologists and psychologists in the study of the biological and environmental determinants of development. The topics discussed in the text include the historical and cohort effects; the aims, methods, and problems of research on historical constancy and change; the relationships between history-graded events and normative age-graded (ontogenetic) events; and the investigation of the developing individual in a changing world. Empirical samples of history-graded influence studies of various age cohorts from the United States and other countries are presented as well. Psychologists and sociologists will find the book very insightful.

Life-Span Developmental Psychology

2019-10-25
 |  Psychology
Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Author: Stanley H. Cohen

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 9781317739340

Category: Psychology

Page: 296

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Dealing with the methodological and data analytic problems in developmental research, this book presents solutions advanced from the disciplinary perspectives of psychology, behavior analysis and behavioral systems, sociology, and anthropology. Topics addressed include: * the metatheoretical issues about the relationship between data and theory * the identification and analysis of age, cohort, and time-of-measurement effects * the assessment of quantitative and qualitative change * the use of group and single-subject designs for control by systematic variation * the use of systems methodology to investigate the developmental continuity and organization of behavior * the analysis of data from repeated measures designs * the use of structural equations and path analysis to test causal hypotheses * the use of structured relational matrices to study development and change This unique volume offers students an unusually wide range of research tools for identifying and studying specific developmental problems.

Life-Span Developmental Psychology

2013-09-24
 |  Family & Relationships
Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Author: Edward J. Callahan

Publisher: Academic Press

ISBN: 9781483268644

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 348

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Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Nonnormative Life Events documents the proceedings of the 7th West Virginia University Life-Span Conference, held in Morgantown, WV, in May 1980. This volume focuses on the effects of nonnormative life crises, those which occur to only certain individuals within a specific culture or group and are for the most part considered to be disruptive to the normal life course. Contributors were invited from a number of orientations and academic disciplines, ranging from traditional life-span psychologists to practicing clinical psychologists. The dynamic interplay of these diverse approaches results in a very exciting level of intellectual and practical stimulation, which is reflected in the chapters of this volume. The chapters are grouped topically to mirror the pairings of the conference presentations. Key topics covered include the dimensionalization of life events; adolescent pregnancy and parenthood; grief and adjustment for families dealing with sudden infant death; family violence; and impact of divorce on children.

Life-Span Developmental Psychology

2013-10-22
 |  Family & Relationships
Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Author: Nancy Datan

Publisher: Elsevier

ISBN: 9781483266046

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 332

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Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Normative Life Crises is a compilation of papers that deals with various points of view between the academic perspective — studies in developmental psychology and applied perspective — and the practical efforts of social workers to help individual clients. Part I discusses normative life crises from the two perspectives that include human behavior theory in social work education. This part also includes an interdisciplinary approach covering developmental, social, sociological, economic, and psychological fields. Part II covers the normative life crises in individual development such as discussions on death, ego development, and a practioner's response on models of ego development. The book also discusses an abstract model versus an actual individual experience in dealing with crises, as well as the meanings of adaptation and survival during old age. Part III presents the normative life crises in the family circle covering topics such as parenthood, sex roles, depression, widowhood, and an example of situational stress. Part IV deals with the normative life crises and the social system, including socialization, life course, changing work cycles, and public policy on death. This book will prove valuable for psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, social workers, and behavioral scientists.

Life-Span Developmental Psychology

2013-09-25
 |  Family & Relationships
Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Author: L. R. Goulet

Publisher: Academic Press

ISBN: 9781483217949

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 608

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Life-Span Development Psychology: Research and Theory covers the issues and problems associated with a life-span conceptualization of developmental psychology. The book discusses the status,issues, and antecedents of life-span developmental psychology; an approach to theory construction in the psychology of development and aging; and models and theories of development. The text also describes the methodology and research strategy in the study of developmental change; the application of multivariate strategies to problems of measuring and structuring long-term change; and the mechanisms required for the operation of perception and recognition. Learning and retention; language; and intellectual abilities are also considered. Developmental psychologists will find the study invaluable.

Life-span Developmental Psychology

2014-01-02
 |  Psychology
Life-span Developmental Psychology

Author: E. Mark Cummings

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 9781317784821

Category: Psychology

Page: 352

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Although there has been a significant increase in studies of stress and coping processes in recent years, researchers have often approached these topics from rather narrow and constrained perspectives. Furthermore, little communication has occurred across disciplines and research directions, resulting in the emergence of several relatively isolated literatures. An outgrowth of the Eleventh Biennial West Virginia University Conference on Life-Span Development, this volume emphasizes two major themes: the importance of taking a life-span approach to the study of stress and coping, and the development of new and more complete conceptual models of stress and coping processes. The first to approach these subjects from a life-span perspective, this book includes papers by distinguished researchers from each of the major periods of the life-span, and brings together the cognitive and socioemotional traditions in the study of dealing with pressures. The editors hope that this facilitation of communication among researchers with diverse views will help create a broadening and integration of perspectives.

Looking Forward Through the Lifespan: Developmental Psychology

2013-12-17
 |  Psychology
Looking Forward Through the Lifespan: Developmental Psychology

Author: Candida C Peterson

Publisher: Pearson Higher Education AU

ISBN: 9781442556942

Category: Psychology

Page: 719

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When a local context really makes the difference… The new edition of this original Australian text continues to offer the most balanced coverage of theory and research for Australian students and educators and appeals to students from many backgrounds. It covers the domains of development including neurological, cognitive, social, physical and personality. The text is organised chronologically by chapter. Within each chapter content is organised topically. This structure allows for a degree of flexibility and lecturers can choose the way they wish to approach the content, whether it is topically or chronologically.

Life-Span Developmental Psychology

1998-09-16
 |  Psychology
Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Author: Andreas Demetriou

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Incorporated

ISBN: STANFORD:36105028471758

Category: Psychology

Page: 540

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This volume offers a broad coverage of all sub-fields of developmental psychology. After an introduction to the history and systems of developmental psychology, it includes chapters on perceptual/motor development and cognitive development.