Mitchell, Peter, 1959-

Fundamentals of development : the psychology of childhood / Peter Mitchell and Fenja Ziegler - Hove, East Sussex : Psychology Press, 2007 - xi, 236 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Themes and perspectives in developmental psychology -- The development of thinking -- Do Piaget's theory and findings stand up to examination? : what children understand about the mind -- Autism -- Developing an ability to see the world -- Developing an ability to draw -- The role of heredity and environment in intelligence -- Language development -- Developing an ability to communicate -- Parenting and the development of love and attachment -- Freud's theory of personality development -- Moral development -- Development of anti-social behaviour

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Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980


Developmental psychology