A thematic approach to get students thinking about the process of development and why it proceeds as it does.
Packed full of global examples to highlight the importance of cultural diversity and the pressing need for more non-WEIRD research.
`Ethical and Methodological Issues' boxes to support students in conducting their own research and encourage them to consider the ethics and reliability of methodology.
`Ageing and Developmental Issues' boxes to give students a broader outlook and consider the changes that happen in later life, not just childhood.
`Psychology in Action' boxes to help students understand how application of research to everyday life is essential.
A companion website with a range of student and instructor resources, including an instructor manual, comprehensive PowerPoint slides for each chapter, a lecturer test-bank, a student guide and more.
About the authors
STEPHANIE THORNTON taught Developmental Psychology for 25 years at the University of Sussex. Her research has covered a broad range of topics in social and cognitive development, with a focus on the processes through which new ideas, new understanding and new behaviours develop in both children and adults: theoretically intriguing topics that also have real practical implications. She is the author of Children Solving Problems (Harvard University Press, 1998) and Growing Minds (Palgrave, 2002) as well as Understanding Human Development (Palgrave, 2008).
TEODORA GLIGA joined the School of Psychology at the University of East Anglia in 2018. In her research, she focuses on understanding how young humans succeed in acquiring huge amounts of knowledge despite limited attention and memory. In particular, she investigates the role that caregivers and the children themselves have in actively creating learning experiences.
