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9781429278980 English 1429278986 Always reflective of the latest research and thinking in the field, Patricia Miller s acclaimed text offers an ideal way to help students understand and distinguish the major theoretical schools of child development. This fully updated new edition includes a new focus on biological theories of development, and offers new instructor resource materials.", Patricia Miller's classic book is the ideal introduction for anyone interested in the study of child development. With her engaging tone and exceptional scholarship, Miller focuses on what is most exciting about each of the field's major theoretical approaches, and how each theory contributes to a broader understanding of developmental psychology. Revised to reflect the latest empirical and theoretical findings as well as our changing world, Theories of Developmental Psychology, Sixth Edition, is the most current and balanced presentation of developmental theory available today. New To The Sixth Edition: New coverage of biological approaches to development throughout the text and featured in an expanded Chapter 5, Biological Approaches: Ethology, Evolution, Neuroscience, and Genetics. New section, Immigrant Families, exploring the process of development in the context of adapting to a new culture. New section, Social Change, exploring how shifts in demographics, advances in information and communication technologies, and globalization affect development. New sections, Mathematical Understanding, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Embodied Cognition, Bayesian Computational Models, and Developmental Robotics in Chapter 6, Information Processing Theory, presenting the most up-to-date research and trends. New coverage of theoretical approaches to atypical development, such as autism spectrum disorders, psychopathology, bullying, and altered stress regulation systems. New focus on the "state-of-the-art" in developmental theorizing today in the newly titled Chapter 9, Theories Today: Themes and Perspectives, with new coverage of theory of mind research, dynamic-systems theory, and an all-new section on Core Knowledge theories. Book jacket.
9781429278980 English 1429278986 Always reflective of the latest research and thinking in the field, Patricia Miller s acclaimed text offers an ideal way to help students understand and distinguish the major theoretical schools of child development. This fully updated new edition includes a new focus on biological theories of development, and offers new instructor resource materials.", Patricia Miller's classic book is the ideal introduction for anyone interested in the study of child development. With her engaging tone and exceptional scholarship, Miller focuses on what is most exciting about each of the field's major theoretical approaches, and how each theory contributes to a broader understanding of developmental psychology. Revised to reflect the latest empirical and theoretical findings as well as our changing world, Theories of Developmental Psychology, Sixth Edition, is the most current and balanced presentation of developmental theory available today. New To The Sixth Edition: New coverage of biological approaches to development throughout the text and featured in an expanded Chapter 5, Biological Approaches: Ethology, Evolution, Neuroscience, and Genetics. New section, Immigrant Families, exploring the process of development in the context of adapting to a new culture. New section, Social Change, exploring how shifts in demographics, advances in information and communication technologies, and globalization affect development. New sections, Mathematical Understanding, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Embodied Cognition, Bayesian Computational Models, and Developmental Robotics in Chapter 6, Information Processing Theory, presenting the most up-to-date research and trends. New coverage of theoretical approaches to atypical development, such as autism spectrum disorders, psychopathology, bullying, and altered stress regulation systems. New focus on the "state-of-the-art" in developmental theorizing today in the newly titled Chapter 9, Theories Today: Themes and Perspectives, with new coverage of theory of mind research, dynamic-systems theory, and an all-new section on Core Knowledge theories. Book jacket.