Description
The Psychology of Human Social Development provides a comprehensive introduction to the essential core topics and exciting new findings in this thriving field of developmental psychology.
Following a thematic approach, the book looks at key topics in social development in childhood and adolescence, including personality development and research methods, taking the reader from first principles to an advanced understanding. The book explores socio-emotional development and social learning, as well as the history of thinking, and the evolutionary roots of social development, whilst also providing a clear balance between nature and nurture approaches. Taylor and Workman’s user-friendly writing style accommodates readers with no previous knowledge of the subject area whilst exploring the most up-to-date theories and research from various areas of psychology which have gained relevance to developmental psychology.
Featuring student-friendly pedagogy throughout, including end-of-chapter summaries, further reading recommendations and questions for discussion, The Psychology of Human Social Development is essential reading for undergraduates on social development or developmental psychology courses and relevant for related fields such as education, gender studies and nursing.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction to themes and theories of development
Chapter 2: Research methods in social development
Chapter 3: Emotional development and attachment
Chapter 4: Cognition and communication
Chapter 5: Development of social cognition: theory of ind
Chapter 6: Influence of the family
Chapter 7: Influence of peers and friends
Chapter 8: Development of self-concept
Chapter 9: Social development through play
Chapter 10: Moral development and prosocial behaviour
Chapter 11: Antisocial behaviour
Chapter 12: Individual differences: temperament and personality
Chapter 13: The role of the media
Chapter 14: The future for our understanding of social development
References
Glossary
Index
