Developmental Psychology and Social Change
Research, History and Policy

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: what kind of science is developmental psychology? Sheldon H. White and David B. Pillemer
Part I. The Developing Child: Global and Historical Perspectives:
1. The globalization of developmental psychology Charles M. Super
2. A socio-historical perspective on autobiographical memory development Michelle D. Leichtman and Qi Wang
3. Toward a better story of psychology: Sheldon White's contributions to the history of psychology, a personal perspective William McKinley Runyan
Part II. Designing Child and Family Policies:
4. The effects of welfare reform and poverty policies on children and families Aletha C. Huston
5. The disconnect between research and policy on child care Deborah Phillips and Kathleen McCartney
6. Child development and child care policy: modest impacts Ron Haskins
Part III. Designing Child Health Policies:
7. Developmental epidemiology: the role of developmental psychology for Public Health in the 21st century Stephen L. Buka
8. Ignoring behavioral science: practices and perils Lewis P. Lipsitt
Part IV. Designing Effective Learning Environments for Children and Adolescents:
9. A cultural/historical view of schooling in human development Barbara Rogoff, Maricela Correa-Chavez and Marta Navichoc Cotuc
10. The rise of the American Nursery School: laboratory for a science of child development Barbara Beatty
11. Actualizing potentials: learning through psychology's recurrent crises Michael Cole and Jaan Valsiner
12. The rise of a right-wing culture in German youth: the effects of social transformation, identity construction, and context Wolfgang Edelstein
13. Learning potential assessment: where is the paradigm shift? Alex Kozulin
14. Teaching as a natural cognitive ability: implications for classroom practice and teacher education Sidney Strauss.

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