Catalog Search Results
Author
Summary
"From Sigmund Freud to Jean Piaget, psychologists have long believed that we begin life as amoral animals. After all, isn't it the role of society--and especially parents--to transform babies from little psychopaths into civilized beings who can experience empathy and shame, and override selfish impulses? In Just Babies, Paul Bloom argues that humans are in fact hardwired with a sense of morality. Drawing upon years of original research at Yale, he...
Author
Summary
Spencer A. Rathus provides a hands- on approach in the chronologically organized CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE: VOYAGES IN DEVELOPMENT, Fifth Edition, augments your goal of helping students understand the link between developmental theories and research and their application to everyday life. Using his proven pedagogical approach, interspersed with personal and humorous stories, Rathus makes reading and studying an enjoyable process of discovery. Available...
Author
Summary
This parenting classic on one of the most disturbing and misunderstood trends of our time—peers replacing parents in the lives of children—is now more relevant than ever. The latest edition includes new material on how social media and video game culture are affecting our children, and what parents can do.
In Hold On to Your Kids, Dr. Neufeld and Dr. Maté explore the phenomenon of peer orientation: the troubling...
In Hold On to Your Kids, Dr. Neufeld and Dr. Maté explore the phenomenon of peer orientation: the troubling...
Summary
"Now in its 6th edition, the mega-bestselling Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 (CFYBYC) is the most thorough and respected consumer book dedicated to early child care, reviewed and revised with state-of-the-art advice from the most trusted authority: The American Academy of Pediatrics. CFYBYC always addresses the latest medical research and recommended practices as well as the voiced concerns from their regular parent focus groups,...
Author
Summary
The purpose of A Piaget Primer is to make Piaget's vital work readily accessible to teachers, therapists, students, and of course, parents. Two noted American Psychologists distill Piaget's complex findings into wonderfully clear formulations without sacrificing either subtlety or significance. To accomplish this they employ not only lucid language but such fascinating illuminations of a child's world and vision as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
Author
Summary
"This fourth edition of Child Development: An Active Learning Approach reflects the primary goal of creating a significant learning opportunity by offering current research, self test opportunities, and active learning experiences. With an emphasis on diversity, culture, and the biological underpinnings of development, this topically organized book provides current, evidence-based knowledge about important issues in child development. This enables...
Author
Summary
As infants we are rife with potential. For a short time, we have before us a seemingly infinite number of developmental paths. Soon, however, we become limited to certain paths as we grow into unique products of our genetics and experience. But what factors account for the variation-in skills, personalities, values-that results? How do experiences shape what we bring into the world?
In The Human Spark, pioneering psychologist Jerome Kagan offers...
Author
Summary
Mischel has proven that the ability to delay gratification is critical for a successful life, predicting higher SAT scores, better social and cognitive functioning, a healthier lifestyle and a greater sense of self-worth. But is willpower prewired, or can it be taught? He explains how self-control can be mastered and applied to challenges in everyday life, and changes the way you think about who we are and what we can be.
Author
Summary
A revolutionary approach to raising girls that combines groundbreaking research with practical parenting advice. In The Wonder of Girls, as in its predecessor, The Wonder of Boys, Michael Gurian presents radical and enlightening views of parenting. Using as his springboard up-to-date scientific research on female biology, hormones, and brain development and how they shape girls' interests, behavior, and relationships, Gurian offers crucial information...
Author
Summary
Like children themselves, development is dynamic. In the chronologically organized Infants and children in context, award-winning author Tara L. Kuther frames development research in real-life contexts, including gender, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status and more. Kuther presents highly relatable examples, vivid cross-cultural stories, and Lives in Context video case studies of real individuals, consistently prompting students to reflect on...
Author
Summary
"A best-selling, chronologically organized child development text, Laura E. Berk's Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains, emphasizing the complex interchanges between heredity and environment and including research-based, practical applications that students can relate to their personal and professional lives. The Ninth...
In WorldShare
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Wyoming Libraries Database can be requested from other WorldShare libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.