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Handbook of Psychology, Volume 6: Developmental Psychology
0-471-38405-4
Available in December 2002

Volume Six, Developmental Psychology, offers comprehensive coverage of cognitive, intellectual, personality, and social development across the lifespan, with attention to infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence and early / middle / late adulthood. This volume covers a broad range of core topics including language acquisition, identity formation, and the role of family, peers, school, and workplace influences on continuity and change over time.

Volume Editors

Richard M. Lerner, Ph.D.
Tufts University

M. Ann Easterbrooks, Ph.D.
Tufts University

Jayanthi Mistry, Ph.D.
Tufts University

Table of Contents

Introduction:  DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Richard M. Lerner
Tufts University

M. Ann Easterbrooks
Tufts University

Jayanthi Mistry
Tufts University

Part One:  FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN

Chapter 1	Development across the life span    Willis F. Overton

Chapter 2	Applied developmental science    Donald Wertlieb	

Part Two:  INFANCY

Chapter 3 	Infant perception and cognition    Leslie B. Cohen, Cara H. Cashon

Chapter 4	Social and emotional development in infancy    Ross Thompson, M. Ann Easterbrooks, 
Laura Padilla-Walker

Chapter 5	Stress and emotion in early childhood    Megan R. Gunnar, Elysia Poggi Davis
			
Chapter 6	Diversity in caregiving contexts    Hiram Fitzgerald, Tammy Mann, Natasha Cabrera, 
Maria M. Wong

Part Three:  CHILDHOOD

Chapter 7	Language development in childhood    Erika Hoff
					
Chapter 8	Cognitive development in childhood    David Henry Feldman
								
Chapter 9	Emotion and personality development in childhood    E. Mark Cummings, 
Julia M. Braungart-Rieker, Tina Du Rocher-Schudlich

Chapter 10 	Social development and social relationships in middle childhood    Susan M. McHale, 
Jacinda K. Dariotis, Tina J. Kauh

Chapter 11	The cultural context of child development    T. S. Saraswathi, Jayanthi Mistry

Part Four:  ADOLESCENCE

Chapter 12	Puberty, sexuality, and health    Elizabeth Susman, Lorah D. Dorn, 
Virginia L. Schiefelbein

Chapter 13	Cognitive development in adolescence    Jacquelynne Eccles, Allan Wigfield, 
James Byrnes

Chapter 14	Emotional and personality development in adolescence    Nancy L. Galambos, 
Catherine L. Costigan

Chapter 15	Positive behaviors, problem behaviors and resiliency in adolescence    
Daniel F. Perkins, Lynne M. Borden

Chapter 16	Parental and Peer Relationships in Adolescence    Margaret Kerr, Hån Stattin, 
Laura Ferrer-Wreder

Part Five:  ADULTHOOD AND AGING

Chapter 17	Disease, health and aging    Ilene Siegler, Hayden B. Bosworth, Leonard W. Poon

Chapter 18	Cognitive development in adulthood    Roger Dixon, Anna-Lisa Cohen

Chapter 19	Personality development in adulthood and old age    Rosanna M. Bertrand, 
Margie E. Lachman

Chapter 20	Social relationships in adulthood and old age    Rachel Pruchno, Jennifer Rosenbaum

Part Six: Applied Developmental Psychology Across the Life Span

Chapter 21	Disabilities and development    Penny Hauser-Cram, Angela Howell

Chapter 22	Applied developmental science of positive human development    Richard M. Lerner, 
Pamela M. Anderson, Aida Bilalbegovic Balsano, Elizabeth M. Dowling, Deborah L. Bobek		

Chapter 23	Child development and the law    Michael Lamb	

Chapter 24	Health and human development    Cathleen Connell, Mary R. Janevic

Chapter 25	Successful aging    Alexandra M. Freund, Michaela Riediger
						

Complete List of Contributors

Pamela M. Anderson, M.S.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA

Aida Bilalbegovic Balsano, M.S.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA 

Rosanna M. Bertrand, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA	

Gretchen Biesecker, Ph.D.
Department of Social Science
Öebro University
Öebro, Sweden

Deborah L. Bobek, M.S.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA

Lynne M. Borden, Ph.D.
Children, Youth, and Family Programs
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Hayden B. Bosworth, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC 

Julia M. Braungart-Rieker, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

James Byrnes, Ph.D.
Department of Human Development/Institute for Child Study
University of Maryland
College Park, MD


Natasha Cabrera, Ph.D.
National Institute of Child Health and Development 
Bethesda, MD 

Cara H. Cashon, B.S.
Department of Psychology
University of Texas
Austin, TX 

Anna-Lisa Cohen, M.S.
Department of Psychology
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada

Leslie B. Cohen, Ph.D.	
Department of Psychology	
University of Texas
Austin, TX 

Cathleen M. Connell, Ph.D.
School of Public Health
University if Michigan 
Ann Arbor, MI

Catherine L. Costigan, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology 
University of Victoria 
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada

E. Mark Cummings, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology	
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Jacinda K. Dariotis, M.A.
Human Development and Family Studies
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Elysia Poggi Davis, B.A.
Institute of Child Development
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Roger Dixon, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology			 
University of Victoria				
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada

Lorah D. Dorn, Ph.D.
School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Elizabeth M. Dowling, M.S.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA

M. Ann Easterbrooks, Ph.D.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA 

Jacquelynne Eccles, Ph.D.
Department of Human Development and Social Policy
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

David Elkind, Ph.D.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA

David Henry Feldman, Ph.D.							
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development	 
Tufts University 
Medford, MA

Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Ph.D.
Department of Social Science
Öebro University
Öebro, Sweden							             

Hiram Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Alexandra M. Freund, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Human Development		
Berlin, Germany

Nancy L. Galambos, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology 
University of Victoria 
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada

Megan R. Gunnar, Ph.D.
Institute of Child Development
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Penny Hauser-Cram, Ph.D.
Lynch School of Education
Boston College						
Chestnut Hill, MA

Erika Hoff, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Florida Atlantic University
Davie, FL

Angela Howell, M.A.
Lynch School of Education
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

Mary R. Janevic, MPH
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Tina J. Kauh, B.A.
Human Development and Family Studies
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Margaret Kerr, Ph.D.
Department of Social Science
Öebro University
Öebro, Sweden

Margie E. Lachman, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

Michael Lamb, Ph.D.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Bethesda, MD

 Richard M. Lerner, Ph.D.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA

Tammy Mann, Ph.D.
Zero to Three
Washington, D.C.

Susan M. McHale, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Studies		
Pennsylvania State University		
University Park, PA

Jayanthi Mistry, Ph.D.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA

Willis F. Overton, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology							
Temple University								
Philadelphia, PA

Laura Padilla-Walker, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Nebraska 
Lincoln, NE

Daniel F. Perkins, Ph.D.
Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Leonard W. Poon, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Rachel Pruchno, Ph.D.
The Center for Work and Family
Boston College	
Newton Centre, MA

Michaela Riediger, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Human Development		
Berlin, Germany

Tina Du Rocher-Schudlich, M.A.
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Jennifer Rosenbaum, M.A.
The Center for Work and Family
Boston College
Newton Centre, MA

T. S. Saraswathi, Ph.D.
Department of Human Development and Family Relations
MS University of Baroda
Gujarat, India

Virginia L. Schiefelbein, B.S.
Department of Biobehavioral Health
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Ilene Siegler, Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center	
Durham, NC

Hån Stattin, Ph.D.
Department of Social Science
Öebro University
Öebro, Sweden

Elizabeth Susman, Ph.D.
Health and Human Development
Pennsylvania State University	
University Park, PA

Ross Thompson, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology						
University of Nebraska								 
Lincoln, NE

Donald Wertlieb, Ph.D.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA

Allan Wigfield, Ph.D.
Department of Human Development/Institute for Child Study
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Maria M. Wong, Ph.D.
Alcohol Research Center
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI