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Cambridge Developmental Science 2003 Edition by Robert B. Cairns, Jr. Glen H. Elder, Elizabeth Jane Costello
Developmental Science provides an account of the basic principles of the new developmental synthesis. A group of eminent scientists from social and biological sciences believes that a fresh, interdisciplinary orientation is required to achieve progress on critical issues of behavioral theory, method, and application. They formed the Carolina Consortium on Human Development in 1987 as an advanced institute for the study of development. This book is the outgrowth of this long term collaboration. In addition to the collaborative statement, individual chapters outline implications of the orientation for method and theory in traditional disciplines. The chapters address specific developmental issues, varying across time frames, methodologies, disciplines, cultures and even species. They provide an inside look at the basic issues that confront modern social and behavioral study of development, including its strengths and problems. Table of contents :- Part I: 1. A collaborative statement, faculty of the Carolina consortium on human development; 2. Developmental science: principles and illustrations David Magnusson and Robert B. Cairns; Part II: 3. Developmental psychobiology Gilbert Gottlieb; 4. The question of continuity and change in development Jean-Louis Gariepy; 5. Primates and persons: a comparative developmental understanding of social organization Arnold Sameroff and Steven Suomi; Part III: 6. Cognitive development Frederick J. Morrison and Peter A. Ornstein; 7. Early social-communicative development: illustrative developmental analyses Carol O. Eckerman; 8. Developmental psychopathology E. Jane Costello and Adrian Angold; 9. Culture and cognition in developmental perspective Jonathan Tudge, Sarah Putnam and Jaan Valsiner; 10. Human lives in changing societies: life course and developmental insights Glen H. Elder, Jr; Part IV: 11. Looking ahead, the editors.