Introduction to Developmental Psychology

Alan Slater is Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the co-editor of several books including The Blackwell Reader in Developmental Psychology, Introduction to Infant Development, Theories of Infant Development, and the six-volume set Psychology of Infancy. Gavin Bremner is Professor of Developmental Psychology at Lancaster University, UK. He is the author and editor of many books, including the popular textbook Infancy, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, Theories of Infant Development, and the six-volume set Psychology of Infancy.

• List of Contributors xxiPreface to Third Edition xxiiiPart I Introduction 11 The Scope and Methods of Developmental Psychology 3Alan Slater, Scott P. Johnson and Darwin Muir2 Theories and Issues in Child Development 41Scott P. Johnson, Alan Slater and Ian Hocking3 The Nature–Nurture Debate 79Alan SlaterPart II Infancy 1074 Prenatal Development 109Christine Moon and William P. Fifer5 Perception, Knowledge and Action in Infancy 143J. Gavin Bremner, Kirsty Dunn and Diana S.Y. Tham6 Emotional Development and Attachment Relationships 183Elizabeth Meins7 Early Social Interactions with People and Objects 213Cintia Rodríguez, Julia Benassi, Luisa Estrada, and Nicolás Alessandroni8 The Development of Self and Gender 259Wendy LawrensonPart III Childhood 3039 Cognitive Development 305Margaret Anne Defeyter10 The Development of Language 341Heather M. Hill and Stan A. Kuczaj II11 Acquiring a Theory of Mind 381Peter Mitchell12 Reading and Mathematics in Developmental Psychology 407Peter Bryant13 Memory Development and Eyewitness Testimony 439Stephen J. Ceci, Stanka A. Fitneva, Cagla Aydin and Nadia Chernyak14 Play and the Beginnings of Peer Relationships 477Peter K. Smith15 Prosocial Tendencies, Antisocial Behaviour and Moral Development in Childhood 511Daniel Hart, Neeta Goel and Robert AtkinsPart IV Adolescence 54116 Cognitive Development in Adolescence 543Kang Lee, Gizelle Anzures and Alejo Freire17 Social Development 577Tirza H.J. Van Noorden and William M. BukowskiPart V Practical Issues 61118 Educational Implications 613Alyson Davis and Naomi Winstone19 Risk and Resilience in Development 645Leslie Morrison Gutman and Eirini Flouri20 Social Problems in Schools 683Peter K. Smith and Julian Elliott21 Atypical Development 715Sarah NorgateGlossary 751Names Index 785Subject Index 805