Child Development
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0362-0146-3 (ISBN)
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Every child is born into a community, a society, a culture, in which they will live, grow and develop. Culture is an essential component of every child’s psychological and physical development and this book forefronts differences in culture giving a global look at child development.
Taking a chronological approach, from prenatal development to adolescence, your knowledge of developmental psychology will grow with the child. To help you in your studies:
Social, cognitive, emotional and physical aspects of development are interwoven to help you connect it all together
You can find case studies from across the globe to enable you to compare cultures
Key research studies are highlighted to help you get to grips with the theory
You’ll be encouraged to ‘Stop and think’ and engage your critical skills
Martin Packer is an independent researcher in Bogotá, Colombia. He received his BA in Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, United Kingdom, and his PhD in Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a research psychologist at Bedford College, University of London, and St. Mary’s Hospital Perinatal Research Unit. He has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Michigan, Duquesne University, la Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, and la Universidad de San Buenaventura in Cali, Colombia. He has been visiting professor at Universidad de las Américas, in Puebla, Mexico, and at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, in Xochimilco, Mexico City. His research has explored interactions between neonates and their mothers, early childhood–peer relations, conflict among adolescents, and the way schools change the kind of person a child becomes. Packer is co-editor of Entering the Circle: Hermeneutic Investigation in Psychology (with Ritch Addison), Cultural and Critical Perspectives on Human Development (with Mark Tappan) and Reflections on the Learning Sciences (with Michael Evans and Keith Sawyer). He is author of The Structure of Moral Action, of Changing Classes: School Reform and the New Economy, and of The Science of Qualitative Research (now in its second edition, and translated into Spanish). He was one of the founding co-editors of the journal Qualitative Research in Psychology, has been an editor of Mind, Culture, and Activity, and has published articles in American Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, The Journal of the Learning Sciences, Revista Colombiana de Psicología, and Mind, Culture & Activity. He is currently an editorial board member of The Humanistic Psychologist, Qualitative Research in Psychology, and Mind, Culture, and Activity.
Chapter 1: Theoretical perspectives
Chapter 2 Prenatal Development and Physical Differentiation
Chapter 3: Infancy: A Practical Understanding of the World
Chapter 4: Infancy: Culturally Defined Developmental Pathways
Chapter 5: Toddlerhood: Biological Differentiation (1 year to 30 months)
Chapter 6: Toddlerhood: Towards Psychological Differentiation (24 to 36 months)
Chapter 7: Early Childhood: Becoming Symbol Minded (3 to 6 years)
Chapter 8: Early Childhood: Encouraging Autonomy (3 to 6 years)
Chapter 9: Middle Childhood: Differentiating ‘Inner’ and ‘Outer’ (6 to 12 years)
Chapter 10: Middle Childhood: Non-schooled Development (6 to 12 years)
Chapter 11 Teenage Years: Adolescent or Adult? (13 Years and Up)
Chapter 12 Teenage Years: Integrating the Actual and the Possible (13 Years and Up)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.3.2026 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-0362-0146-5 / 1036201465 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-0362-0146-3 / 9781036201463 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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