An Introduction to Child Development (SAGE Foundations of Psychology series) - Hardcover

Keenan, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761962190 ISBN 13: 9780761962199

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

This outstanding new textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to developmental psychology that is engaging, yet detailed and thorough. Covering all the major topics in child development, the book offers a grounding in the principles which govern research and theory in contemporary child development, and surveys those theories and research methods which are essential to developing a firm knowledge of the field.

Some key features include:

· Coverage of the child′s ′theory of mind′ under the rubric of social development;

· an introduction to ′emotion regulation′ in the chapter on emotional development;

· Coverage of some key theories such as ′dynamic systems theory′ and ′evolutionary psychology′

About this title

About the Author

 

Thomas Keenan is currently a Professor in the School of Academic & Liberal Studies, Niagara College in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.  He is also an adjunct member of the Department of Psychology, Brock University.  He is a developmental psychologist with interests in children’s theory of mind, sarcasm & irony comprehension, and music. 

Review

`This book is well written, with a flowing narrative. It provides an excellent coverage of methods and theories in developmental psychology, and covers the important areas of developmental psychology in a well informed way′ -

J Gavin Bremner, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0761962190
• ISBN 13: 9780761962199
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304