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Social and personality development /

By: Shaffer, David R. (David Reed), 1946-.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Pub., 2005Edition: 5th ed.Description: xxv, 571 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0534607004; 9780534607005 :.Subject(s): Personality development | Personality development -- Textbooks | Socialization | Socialization -- TextbooksDDC classification: 155.418
Contents:
Classical theories of social and personality development -- Recent perspectives in social and personality development -- Emotional Development and Temperament -- Establishment of Intimate Relationships and Their Implications for Future Development -- Development of the self and social cognition -- Achievement -- Sex differences, gender-role development, and sexuality -- Aggression and antisocial conduct -- Altruism and moral development -- The family -- Extrafamilial influences I : television, computers, and schooling -- Extrafamilial influences II : peers as socialization agents.
Summary: This work presents an overview of the discipline that reflects the best theories, research and practical wisdom that social developmentalists have to offer. This edition offers a focus on cultural influences and a more streamlined coverage of theory.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-535) and indexes.

Classical theories of social and personality development -- Recent perspectives in social and personality development -- Emotional Development and Temperament -- Establishment of Intimate Relationships and Their Implications for Future Development -- Development of the self and social cognition -- Achievement -- Sex differences, gender-role development, and sexuality -- Aggression and antisocial conduct -- Altruism and moral development -- The family -- Extrafamilial influences I : television, computers, and schooling -- Extrafamilial influences II : peers as socialization agents.

This work presents an overview of the discipline that reflects the best theories, research and practical wisdom that social developmentalists have to offer. This edition offers a focus on cultural influences and a more streamlined coverage of theory.

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