Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, Ecological Settings and Processes
Richard M. Lerner
The essential reference for human development theory, updated and reconceptualized
The Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, 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 Handbook has long been considered the definitive guide to the field of developmental science.
Volume 4: Ecological Settings and Processes in Developmental Systems is centrally concerned with the people, conditions, and events outside individuals that affect children and their development. To understand children's development it is both necessary and desirable to embrace all of these social and ... Read more
- Understand the role of parents, other family members, peers, and other adults (teachers, coaches, mentors) in a child's development
- Discover the key neighborhood/community and institutional settings of human development
- Examine the role of activities, work, and media in child and adolescent development
- Learn about the role of medicine, law, government, war and disaster, culture, and history in contributing to the processes of human development
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 Handbook is the definitive reference for educators, policy-makers, researchers, students, and practitioners in human development, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and neuroscience.
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