Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Provides in-depth discussions, with this volume serving as an invaluable resource for developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars and students

Janette B. Benson (Series edited by)

9780128151136, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 17 February 2018

296 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.63 kg

Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 54 is the latest release in this classic resource on the field of developmental psychology. Chapters highlight some of the most recent research in the field of developmental psychology, with this release covering topics such as the Social-Interactive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding the Developing Brain, how Cognition-Action Trade-Offs Reflect Organization of Attention in Infancy, Above and Beyond Objects: The Development of Infants’ Spatial Concepts, Children’s Developing Ideas About Knowledge and Its Acquisition, The Developmental Origins of Dehumanization, Trends and Divergences in Childhood Income Dynamics, 1970–2010, and Social Influence on Positive Youth Development, amongst other topics.

1. A Social-Interactive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding the Developing Brain Elizabeth Redcay and Katherine Rice Warnell 2. Cognition-Action Trade-Offs Reflect Organization of Attention in Infancy Sarah E. Berger, Regina T. Harbourne and Melissa Horger 3. Above and Beyond Objects: The Development of Infants’ Spatial Concepts Marianella Casasola 4. Children’s Developing Ideas About Knowledge and Its Acquisition Samuel Ronfard, Deborah T. Bartz, Liao Cheng, Xinkui Chen and Paul L. Harris 5. The Developmental Origins of Dehumanization Niamh McLoughlin and Harriet Over 6. Trends and Divergences in Childhood Income Dynamics, 1970–2010 Heather D. Hill 7. Social Influence on Positive Youth Development: A Developmental Neuroscience Perspective Eva H. Telzer, Jorien van Hoorn, Christina R. Rogers and Kathy T. Do 8. Kin Networks and Mobility in the Transition to Adulthood Janel E. Benson and Anastassia Bougakova

Subject Areas: Experimental psychology [JML], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Child & developmental psychology [JMC]