Developmental Science (Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development)

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 1/30/1997
EAN 9780521495851, ISBN10: 0521495857

Hardcover, 316 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Language: English

Developmental Science provides an account of the basic principles of the new developmental synthesis. A group of eminent scientists from social and biological sciences believes that a fresh, interdisciplinary orientation is required to achieve progress on critical issues of behavioral theory, method, and application. They formed the Carolina Consortium on Human Development in 1987 as an advanced institute for the study of development. This book is the outgrowth of this long term collaboration. In addition to the collaborative statement, individual chapters outline implications of the orientation for method and theory in traditional disciplines. The chapters address specific developmental issues, varying across time frames, methodologies, disciplines, cultures and even species. They provide an inside look at the basic issues that confront modern social and behavioral study of development, including its strengths and problems.

Part I
1. A collaborative statement, faculty of the Carolina consortium on human development
2. Developmental science
principles and illustrations David Magnusson and Robert B. Cairns
Part II
3. Developmental psychobiology Gilbert Gottlieb
4. The question of continuity and change in development Jean-Louis Gariepy
5. Primates and persons
a comparative developmental understanding of social organization Arnold Sameroff and Steven Suomi
Part III
6. Cognitive development Frederick J. Morrison and Peter A. Ornstein
7. Early social-communicative development
illustrative developmental analyses Carol O. Eckerman
8. Developmental psychopathology E. Jane Costello and Adrian Angold
9. Culture and cognition in developmental perspective Jonathan Tudge, Sarah Putnam and Jaan Valsiner
10. Human lives in changing societies
life course and developmental insights Glen H. Elder, Jr
Part IV
11. Looking ahead, the editors.