This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of what is now known about psychological development, from birth to biological maturity, and it highlights how cultural, social, cognitive, neural, and molecular processes work together to yield human behavior and changes in human behavior.

Part 1 Introduction ; 1. Developmental Psychology: A New Synthesis ; Philip David Zelazo ; Part 2 Personality and Emotional Development ; 2. Personality and Emotional Development: Overview ; Nathan A. Fox, Bethany C. Reeb-Sutherland, and Kathryn A. Degnan ; 3. The Development of Stress Reactivity: A Neurobiological Perspective ; Megan R. Gunnar and Adriana M. Herrera ; 4. The Development of Emotion Regulation: Integrating Normative and Individual Differences through Developmental Neuroscience ; Marc D. Lewis ; 5. The Developing Moralities: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach ; R. J. R. Blair ; 6. The Structure of Temperament and Personality Traits: A Developmental Perspective ; Rebecca L. Shiner and Colin G. DeYoung ; 7. Temperamental Contributions to Inhibited and Uninhibited Profiles ; Jerome Kagan ; Part 3 Social Development ; 8. Social Development ; Carol S. Dweck ; 9. Attachment Theory and Research: Precis and Prospect ; Ross A. Thompson ; 10. A Neural Networks, Information Processing Model of Joint Attention and Social-Cognitive Development ; Peter Mundy ; 11. Peer Relationships in Childhood ; Kenneth H. Rubin, Julie C. Bowker, Kristina L. McDonald, and Melissa Menzer ; 12. Play ; Anthony D. Pellegrini ; 13. Prosocial Development ; Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy L. Spinrad, and Amanda S. Morris ; 14. Gender Development During Childhood ; Campbell Leaper ; 15. Self-conceptualizing in development ; Philippe Rochat ; 16. Theory of Mind: Self-Reflection and Social Understanding ; Janet Wilde Astington and Claire Hughes ; 17. Sociocultural Contexts of Development ; Mary Gauvain ; Part 4 Developmental Psychopathology ; 18. An Overview of Developmental Psychopathology ; Dante Cicchetti ; 19. Modularity and Developmental Disorders ; Michael S. C. Thomas, Harry R. M. Purser, and Fiona M. Richardson ; 20. Aggression and Anti-Social Behavior: A Developmental Perspective ; Jean R. Seguin ; 21. The social environment and the development of psychopathology ; Kirby Deater-Deckard ; 22. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Towards a Developmental Synthesis ; Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke ; 23. Risk and Resilience in Development ; Ann S. Masten

Each volume, rich in information, consists of several parts;, each chapter begins with a summary of the contents and ends with a recent full and rich bibliography. The author is well aware of the dynamic and innovative nature of such a work (which is already the authoritative reference for years to come). He realizes how cultural, social processes cognitive, neural and molecular factors work together to develop perceptual and motor skills, cognition, language, personality and emotion, or social skills throughout life, including that of singular populations (autism and other developmental psychopathology)... In short this is a book of exceptional quality and should be of interest to students and researchers, as well as clinicians such as physiotherapists involved in the field of human development and especially of children.

Selling point: Represents a paradigm shift in psychological science, providing a vibrant map of the field of developmental psychology Selling point: Multidisciplinary take on developmental psychology, from leading scholars in developmental psychology, neuroscience, and cognition Selling point: Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series

Selling point: Represents a paradigm shift in psychological science, providing a vibrant map of the field of developmental psychology Selling point: Multidisciplinary take on developmental psychology, from leading scholars in developmental psychology, neuroscience, and cognition Selling point: Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series