Handbook of developmental psychology.

Introduction - Jaan Valsiner and Kevin J Connolly The Nature of Development The Continuing Dialogue of Processes and Outcomes PART ONE: FUNDAMENTAL APPROACHES AND PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT Probabilistic Epigenesis of Development - Gilbert Gottlieb Genetics and the Development of Brain and Behavior - Douglas Wahlsten Developmental Psychology and the Neurosciences - Sidney J Segalowitz and Louis A Schmidt Historical Contexts for Development - Hideo Kojima PART TWO: PRENATAL AND INFANT DEVELOPMENT Prenatal Psychological and Behavioral Development - Peter Hepper On the Development of Perception and Action - Claes von Hofsten Early Cognitive Development - Jonas Langer et al Ontogeny and Phylogeny Tool Use and Tool Making - Ad W Smitsman and Raoul M Bongers A Developmental Action Perspective Social Relations and Affective Development in the First Two Years in Family Contexts - Kurt Kreppner PART THREE: DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD The Role of Language in Human Development - Nancy Budwig Social Development in Cultural Contexts - Angela Branco Cooperative and Competitive Interation Patterns in Peer Relations Strengths and Weaknesses of Cognition over Preschool Years - Eduardo Mart[ac]i Development of Play - Anthony D Pellegrini and Peter Smith Developmental Disorders - Brian Hopkins An Action-Based Account PART FOUR: DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD Contemporary Families as Context for Development - Peter Stratton Schooling and the Development of Literacy - David Olson and Janette Pelletier Memory and Knowledge Development - Wolfgang Schneider and David Bjorklund PART FIVE: DEVELOPMENT IN PRE-ADOLESCENCE AND ADOLESCENCE Children's Relationships and Development of Person-Context Relations - Thomas Kindermann Morality and Context - Usha Menon A Study of Hindu Understandings From Early Attachment Relations to Adolescent and Adult Organization of Self - Harke Bosma and Coby Gerlsma PART SIX: DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD Adult Cognitive Development - Kurt Fischer, Zheng Yan and Jeffrey Stewart Dynamics in the Development Web Goal-Directed Activities and Life-Span Development - Jeanette A Lawrence and Agnes E Dodds Dialogical Processes and Development of the Self - Hubert J Hermans and Els Hermans-Jansen Cognitive Processes in Ageing - Patrick Rabbitt et al Wisdom - Ursula M Staudinger and Ines Werner Its Social Nature and Lifespan Development PART SEVEN: METHODOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT Qualitative Methodology - Jonathan Smith and Fraser Dunworth Quantitative Models for Developmental Processes - John R Nesselroade and Peter C M Molenaar Dynamic Systems Approaches and Modeling of Developmental Processes - Paul van Geert