Developmental psychology

Developmental psychology is the scientific study of progressive psychological changes that occur in human beings as they age. Originally concerned with infants and children, and later other periods of great change such as adolescence and aging, it now encompases the entire life span. This field examines change across a broad range of topics including: motor skills and other psycho-physiological processes, problem solving abilities, conceptual understanding, acquisition of language, morality,and identity formation. more....

Main article: Introduction to developmental psychology

• Chapter 1: Child development

• Chapter 2: Theories of development

• Chapter 3: Methods in child development research

• Chapter 4: Domains of development

• Chapter 5: Developmental psychopathology

• Chapter 6: Developmental psychology:Developmental biology

• Chapter 6: Developmental psychology: Evolutionary developmental psychology

• Chapter 8: Older adults

References & Bibliography

Key texts

Books

Introductory textbooks

• Bee, H., & Boyd, D. (2002).Lifespan development (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon..

• Berger, K. S. (2001). The developing person through the lifespan (5th ed.). New York: Worth.

• Berk, L. E. (2001). Development through the lifespan (2nd ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

• Craig, G. J., & Baucum, D. (2002). Human development (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

• Dacey, J. S., & Travers, J. F. (2002). Human development across the lifespan (4th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

• Feldman, R. S. (2000). Development across the life span (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

• Harris,M. and Butterworth, G. Developmental Psychology: A Student's Handbook. Psychology press. ISBN 1841691925

• Kail, R. V., & Cavanaugh, J. C. (2000). Human development: A lifespan view (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

• Lefrançois, G. R. (1999). The lifespan (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

• Newman, B. M., & Newman, P. R. (1999). Development through life (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

• Papalia, D. E., Olds, S. W., & Feldman, R. D. (2001). Human development (8th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

• Rice, F. P. (2001). Human development (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

• Santrock, J. W. (2002). Life-span development (7th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

• Seifert, K. L., Hoffnung, R. J., & Hoffnung, M. (2000). Lifespan development (2nd ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Papers

Additional material

Books

Papers

• Google Scholar

Hopkins B et al The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development ISBN 0521651174

External Links

List of developmental topics for sorting

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Developmental psychology: Academic support materials

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• Developmental psychology: Lecture handouts
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