This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to emotions, temperament, personality, moral, prosocial and antisocial development in childhood and adolescence. It integrates insights from both typical and atypical development to reveal the fundamental aspects of human growth and development, and common developmental disorders.
The topic books in this series draw on international research in the field and are informed by biological, social and cultural perspectives, offering explanations of developmental phenomena with a focus on how children and adolescents at different ages actually think, feel and act. In this volume, Stephen von Tetzchner explains key topics including: Emotions and emotion regulation; temperament and personality; moral development; prosocial and antisocial development
Together with a companion website that offers topic-based quizzes, lecturer PowerPoint slides and sample essay questions, Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 6 Emotions, Temperament, Personality, Moral, Prosocial and Antisocial Development is an essential text for all students of developmental psychology, as well as those working in the fields of child development, developmental disabilities and special education.
Author(s): Stephen von Tetzchner
Series: Topics from Child and Adolescent Psychology Series
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 262
City: London
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Contents
Introduction
PART I Emotions and Emotion Regulation
1 Children's Emotional Life
2 Emotions
3 Emotion Regulation
4 Cultural Differences
5 Main Theories of Emotional Development
6 Early Emotional Development
7 Emotional Development in Childhood and Adolescence
8 The Influence of the Environment on Children's Emotions
9 Reacting to Emotions in Others
10 Emotional Disorders
Summary of Part I
Core Issues
Suggestions for Further Reading
PART II Temperament and Personality
11 Individual Differences
12 Temperament
13 Personality
14 Theories of Personality Development
15 The Emergence of Personality
16 Factors That Affect Personality Development
17 Personality Development and Later Disorders
18 Personality Development Is a Transactional Process
Summary of Part II
Core Issues
Suggestions for Further Reading
PART III Moral Development
19 Understanding of Right and Wrong
20 Theoretical Perspectives
21 The Development of Moral Understanding
22 Morality and Emotions
23 Conscience
24 Callous-Unemotional Traits and Psychopathy
Summary of Part III
Core Issues
Suggestions for Further Reading
PART IV Prosocial and Antisocial Development
25 Doing Good and Harm
26 Prosocial Behavior
27 Antisocial Behavior
28 Parenting Influences
29 Society and Prevention
Summary of Part IV
Core Issues
Suggestions for Further Reading
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Endorsement
