The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development, Second Edition presents an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory concerning a child's social development from pre-school age to the onset of adolescence.
- Presents the most up-to-date research and theories on childhood social development
- Features chapters by an international cast of leaders in their fields
- Includes comprehensive coverage of a range of disciplinary perspectives
- Offers all new chapters on children and the environment, cultural influences, history of childhood, interventions, and neuro-psychological perspectives
- Represents an essential resource for students and researchers of childhood social development
List of Contributors ix
Introduction by the Editors xiii
Part I Historical Overview 1
1 Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Research in Social Development 3
W. Andrew Collins
Part II Disciplinary Perspectives on Social Development 23
2 Behavioral Genetics 27
Alice M. Gregory, Harriet A. Ball, and Tanya M. M. Button
3 Conceptual Development and Emotion: A Neuropsychological Perspective 45
Steven Woltering and Marc D. Lewis
4 Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Development 64
David F. Bjorklund and Anthony D. Pellegrini
5 Historical Reframing of Childhood 82
Willem Koops
6 Cultural Psychological Perspectives on Social Development in Childhood 100
Heidi Fung
7 Sociological Perspectives on Sol£Ë
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