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    Social and Developmental Dimensions of Human Conduct

    Self-regulation and autonomy have emerged as key predictors of health and well-being in several areas of psychology. This timely volume brings together eminent scholars at the forefront of this research, which is taking place in disciplines including developmental psychology, developmental neuroscience, social psychology and educational psychology. The contributors present ideas and research ... Read more

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  • Social Life and Social Knowledge

    Toward a Process Account of Development

    Series series Jean Piaget Symposia Series
    In this new volume, leading researchers provide state-of-the-art perspectives on how social interaction influences the development of knowledge. The book integrates approaches from a variety of disciplines including developmental psychology, psychopathology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, evolutionary biology, and primatology. It reviews the ... Read more

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  • Meaning, measurement, and correlates of moral development

    Morality has once again become an important focus of research in different scientific disciplines, from biology, neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, to social psychology, economics, and political philosophy. One of the reasons for this renewed interest stems from the tragedies that human beings, individually or in groups, inflict upon the lives of one another and the world at large, ... Read more

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  • Switched On

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  • The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

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  • Best Friends, Worst Enemies

    Understanding the Social Lives of Children

    Friends broaden our children’s horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful book, psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., and children’s book author Catherine O’Neill Grace ... Read more

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  • Acting Out

    Understanding and Reducing Aggressive Behaviour in Children and Youth

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  • Understanding Other Minds

    Perspectives from developmental social neuroscience

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