Child and Adolescent Development: An Advanced Course

818 Pages·2008·2.98 MB·English

by  William Damon

Child and
Adolescent Development
An Advanced Course
Edited by
WILLIAM DAMON
RICHARD M. LERNER
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.

Child and
Adolescent Development

Child and
Adolescent Development
An Advanced Course
Edited by
WILLIAM DAMON
RICHARD M. LERNER
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
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Contents
Preface xi
Contributors xiii
PART I:INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CHILDANDADOLESCENT
DEVELOPMENT:IMPORTANT ISSUES INTHE FIELDTODAY 3
William Damon and Richard M. Lerner
Developmental Systems Theory 5
Context of Human Development 6
Diversity 8
Multidisciplinarity 8
Focus on Biological Development and Neuroscience 9
Diverse and Innovative Methodologies 10
Application 11
Positive Child and Adolescent Development 11
Conclusions 12
References 13
PART II:BIOLOGICALFOUNDATIONS
CHAPTER 2 NEURAL BASES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 19
Charles A. Nelson III, Kathleen M. Thomas, and Michelle de Haan
Why Developmental Psychologists Should Be Interested in Neuroscience 19
Brain Development 21
Neural Bases of Cognitive Development 26
Object Recognition 33
Executive Functions 38
Conclusions 43
References 44
CHAPTER 3 TEMPERAMENT 54
Mary K. Rothbart and John E. Bates
Definition of Temperament 54
History of Temperament Research 55
Structure of Temperament 56
Neural Models of Temperament 58
Measurement of Temperament 59
Psychobiological Research Approaches 62
Temperament and Development 64
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Temperament and the Development of Personality 69
Temperament and Adjustment 71
Conclusions 81
References 83
PART III:PARENTALAND PEER RELATIONS
CHAPTER 4 SOCIALIZATION INTHE FAMILY:ETHNICAND
ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 95
Ross D. Parke and Raymond Buriel
Contemporary Theoretical Approaches to Socialization in
the Family 96
Family Systems Approach to Socialization 98
Determinants of Family Socialization Strategies 111
Social Change and Family Socialization 113
Children and Families of Color in the United States: Issues
of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture 115
Remaining Issues and Future Trends 126
Conclusion 128
References 128
PART IV:PERSONALITY,SELF,ANDSELF-CONCEPT
CHAPTER 5 PEER INTERACTIONS,RELATIONSHIPS,AND GROUPS 141
Kenneth H. Rubin, William M. Bukowski, Jeffrey G. Parker,
and Julie C. Bowker
Orders of Complexity in Children’s Peer Experiences 141
Culture 144
Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups: A
Developmental Perspective 145
Proximal Correlates and Distal Predictors of Children’s
Peer Relationships 156
Social Cognitive Correlates of Peer Acceptance and Rejection 159
Childhood Peer Experiences and Later Adjustment 167
Conclusions 169
References 171
CHAPTER 6 PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT 181
Rebecca L. Shiner and Avshalom Caspi
Developing Structure of Personality 182
Temperament and Personality Traits in Childhood and Adolescence:
A Process-Focused, Developmental Taxonomy 186
Developmental Elaboration of Personality Traits 195
The Origins of Individual Differences in Personality 198
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Personality Continuity and Change 200
Personality and the Life Course: How Early-Emerging Personality
Differences Shape Developmental Pathways 204
Conclusions 208
References 209
CHAPTER 7 THE DEVELOPING SELF 216
Susan Harter
Antecedents of the Self as a Cognitive and Social Construction 217
Developmental Differences in Self-Representations during Childhood 221
Stability versus Change in Self-Representations 250
Gender Differences in Global and Domain-Specific Self-Evaluations 251
Cross-Cultural Comparisons 252
Ethnic Differences in Our Own Culture 253
Conclusions 254
References 255
PARTV:LANGUAGEANDTHOUGHT
CHAPTER 8 ACQUIRING LINGUISTIC CONSTRUCTIONS 263
Michael Tomasello
Theory 264
Early Ontogeny 266
Later Ontogeny 279
Processes of Language Acquisition 288
Conclusions 292
References 292
CHAPTER 9 CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT 298
Susan A. Gelman and Charles W. Kalish
Background and Overview 298
Conceptual Diversity 301
Concepts Embedded in Theories 307
Conclusions 313
References 315
CHAPTER 10 DEVELOPMENT INTHEARTS:DRAWINGAND MUSIC 322
Ellen Winner
Drawing 323
Music 339
Conclusions 350
References 351
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PARTVI:EMOTIONANDMOTIVATION
CHAPTER 11 PRINCIPLES OF EMOTIONAND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE 361
Carolyn Saarni, Joseph J. Campos, Linda A. Camras,
and David Witherington
Conceptual Framework for Emotion 361
Development of Emotional Communication in Early Life 369
Emotional Development in Childhood and Adolescence:
Social Effectiveness and Positive Adaptation 374
Emotional Competence 376
What Develops in Emotional Development? 397
References 397
CHAPTER 12 DEVELOPMENT OFACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION 406
Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Robert W. Roeser,
and Ulrich Schiefele
Current Theoretical Perspectives on Motivation 406
Motivation Development: Within-Person Change and
Group Differences 413
Gender Differences in Motivation 420
Development of Group Differences in Motivation 421
Conclusions 424
References 425
PARTVII:PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR,ANTISOCIAL
BEHAVIOR,ANDMORALDEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 13 AGGRESSIONANDANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR INYOUTH 437
Kenneth A. Dodge, John D. Coie, and Donald Lynam
Dimensions of Aggression and Other Antisocial Behavior 437
Aggressive and Antisocial Development in the Human Species 438
Determinants of Individual Differences in Antisocial Behavior 440
Cognitive-Emotional Processes as Mediators 452
Treatment and Prevention of Antisocial Behavior 456
Conclusions 459
References 461
CHAPTER 14 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORALITY 473
Elliot Turiel
Setting the Stage 473
Issues, Emphases, and Theories 476
Emphasizing Emotions 477