Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, Socioemotional Processes

<b>The essential reference for human development theory, updated and reconceptualized</b> <p>The <i>Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science</i>, a four-volume reference, is the field-defining work to which all others are compared. First published in 1946, and now in its Seventh Edition, the <i>Handbook</i> has long been considered the definitive guide to the field of developmental science.</p> <p><i>Volume 3: Social, Emotional, and Personality Development</i> presentsup-to-date knowledge and theoretical understanding of the several facets of social, emotional and personality processes. The volume emphasizes that any specific processes, function, or behavior discussed in the volume co-occurs alongside and is inextricably affected by the dozens of other processes, functions, or behaviors that are the focus of other researchers’ work. As a result, the volume underscores the importance of a focus on the whole developing child and his or her sociocultural and historical environment.</p> <ul> <li>Understand the multiple processes that are interrelated in personality development</li> <li>Discover the individual, cultural, social, and economic processes that contribute to the social, emotional, and personality development of individuals</li> <li>Learn about the several individual and contextual contributions to the development of such facets of the individual as morality, spirituality, or aggressive/violent behavior</li> <li>Study the processes that contribute to the development of gender, sexuality, motivation, and social engagement</li> </ul> <p>The scholarship within this volume and, as well, across the four volumes of this edition, illustrate that developmental science is in the midst of a very exciting period. There is a paradigm shift that involves increasingly greater understanding of how to describe, explain, and optimize the course of human life for diverse individuals living within diverse contexts. This <i>Handbook</i> is the definitive reference for educators, policy-makers, researchers, students, and practitioners in human development, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and neuroscience.</p>