Showing titles in Developmental Psychology

This vital, sensitive guide explains the serious issues children face online and how they are impacted by them on a developmental, neurological, social, mental health, and well-being level. Covering technologies used by children aged two through to adulthood, it offers parents and professionals clear, evidence-based information about online harms and their effects and what they can do to support their child.

Inspire is a book about powerful forces that when applied in the classroom naturally cause students to want to listen, learn, and behave. These forces are presented in the form of principles that are the product of more than 30 years of testing and analysis of what really works in the classroom to drive and motivate even the most challenging students to exceptional behavior and greater academic success.

You may have tried to change your life many times, in big or small ways. You may have struggled with your habits, feelings, perceptions, with your behavior, relationships, job, diet, anything. You may have taken workshops and trainings, read books, and tried therapies. If all this hasn't worked, if you’re still somehow lost or stuck in your life, the problem may be this one persistent mistake. It causes most of our problems. It derails our lives in countless ways, leaves us repeating pointless or self-destructive habits, poisons relationships of all kinds, or prolongs misery.

On acclaimed writer Susan Gubar’s 70th birthday, she receives a beautiful ring from her husband. As she contemplates their sustaining relationship, she begins to consider how older lovers differ from their youthful counterparts - and from ageist stereotypes - and realizes that age cannot wither love. A memoir proving that the heart’s passions have no expiration date, Late-Life Love rejoices in second chances.

It's What Makes Me... Me is an extraordinarily candid journey through what it means to be human. Amazon's bestselling and award-winning author Mark Shaiken unlocks his most personal thoughts, observations, and introspections through the highs and lows, youth and aging, and beauty and messiness of life. Laugh, reflect, and take in all the ins and outs that have uniquely combined to make Mark... Mark, and maybe, find a little of what makes you . . . you.

The philosopher Susan Neiman argues that the absence of appealing models of maturity is not an accident: By describing life as a downhill process, we prepare young people to expect - and demand - very little from it. In Why Grow Up?, she challenges our culture of permanent adolescence, turning to thinkers including Kant, Rousseau, and Arendt to find a model of maturity that is not a matter of resignation. In growing up, we move from the boundless trust of childhood to the peculiar mixture of disappointment and exhilaration that comes with adolescence.

What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert danah boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social media. She explores tropes about identity, privacy, safety, danger, and bullying. Ultimately, boyd argues that society fails young people when paternalism and protectionism hinder teenagers' ability to become informed, thoughtful, and engaged citizens through their online interactions.

Being the parent of a smart child is great - until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often let their imaginations run wild and experience fears beyond their years. So what can you do to help? In Why Smart Kids Worry, Allison Edwards guides you through the mental and emotional process of where your child's fears come from and why they are so hard to move past. Edwards focuses on how to parent a child who is both smart and anxious.

A child’s brain development is fundamental to who he or she will become as an adult! Understanding how a child's brain works and develops is a vital factor in implementing ideologies and practices to help improve a child's cognitive functions. This helps them grow into adults fully capable of utilizing everything the brain offers. And since a child's brain functions are the foundation of their physical capabilities, this knowledge can't be understated.

L'un des psychologues les plus estimés et les plus influents au monde, Roy F. Baumeister, révèle dans son best-seller du New York Times Le pouvoir de la volonté les secrets du self-control ! Le pionnier en recherches psychologiques Roy F. Baumeister fait l'équipe avec le journaliste John Tierney pour révolutionner notre compréhension de la vertu humaine la plus convoitée.

Ces enregistrements sont l'aboutissement d'un travail de fond sur la totalité des émissions conservées à l'INA (plus de 100 émissions - 1000 questions/réponses). Les réponses apportées par Françoise Dolto aux problèmes de l'enfance ont été choisies parmi les 375 heures d'enregistrements en fonction de leur pertinence et du traitement du sujet. Les modalités d'enregistrement des émissions de Françoise Dolto peuvent expliquer des légères modifications de couleur sonore dans une même séquence.

Written for parents of children with emotion dysregulation disorders, including disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), The Uncontrollable Child is a lifeline. It contains a powerful set of skills based in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)-including mindfulness, validation, limit-setting, and behavior-shaping to help you better understand your child and their behavior, and successfully find balance between acceptance and change, flexibility and consistency, and limits and love.

Finally: an evidence-based, reassuring guide to what to do about kids and screens, from video games to social media. Today's babies often make their debut on social media with the very first sonogram. They begin interacting with screens at around four months old. But is this good news or bad...

Anxious Kids offers parents a new perspective on their children's anxiety, encouraging them to view each episode as an opportunity to empower their kids with the skills to manage anxiety, and thrive. Bestselling parenting author Michael Grose and wellbeing expert Dr Jodi Richardson explain why...

Have you ever wished you could reprogram your brain, just as a hacker would a computer, and learn things quicker and more effectively? These two audiobooks will help you toward that goal.

Every parent will agree if you tell them that parenting is an emotional roller coaster. You love your kids so much, but caring for them can be frustrating and even “scary”. When you’re a parent who is trying to console a screaming kid in a convenience store, every possible action you take at that moment creates a big impact on the child. A young kid’s brain is still in the process of growing, so as a parent, you have to be very careful with how you discipline your kids.

Cultural and cross-cultural psychology and research continue to make strong contributions to mainstream psychology. Researchers and theoreticians from all parts of the globe increasingly contribute to this endeavor, enabling cultural and cross-cultural psychology and research to be one of the most exciting areas of study in psychology. This book describes the continued evolution and advancement of the main research domains of cultural and cross-cultural psychology.

What have scientists learned about the causes of autism spectrum disorder? Why do different kids have such different symptoms, and what are the best ways to deal with them? Will there ever be a cure? From leading autism researchers, this accessible guide helps you put the latest advances to work for your unique child. Separating fact from fiction about causes, treatments, and prevention, the book guides you to make lifestyle choices that support the developing brain.

The more scientists research life and the components that create life, the more information and theories exist; but no matter what the theories or modality are, somewhere in the midst of them is the reality that our thoughts and emotions are at the helm of our lives. As the saying goes, life is 10 percent about what happens to you and 90 percent about what you do with it. And the power in that 90 percent resides within our thoughts and perceptions. Learn the secrets of Quantum Psychology.

A child's concept of race is quite different from that of an adult. Young children perceive skin color as magical - even changeable - and are incapable of understanding adult prejudices. Just as children learn to walk and talk, they likewise come to understand race in a series of predictable stages. Based on Marguerite A. Wright's research and clinical experience, I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla teaches us that the color-blindness of early childhood can, and must, be taken advantage of in order to guide the positive development of a child's self-esteem.