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Social Development

ISBN: 978-0-631-18574-1
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464 pages
October 1996, ©1996, Wiley-Blackwell
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1. The Study of Social Development:.

The Questions Posed.

Conceptions and Preconceptions.

Methodological Considerations.

Summary.

2. Biological Foundations:.

Evolutionary Perspective.

The Genetics of Behaviour.

Bases of Individuality.

3. Constructing the First Relationships:.

Early Interactions.

From Non-verbal to Verbal Communication.

Attachment: Nature and Development.

Attachment: Individual Differences.

Summary.

4. Sense of Self: Sense of Other:.

The Self. Knowledge of Others.

Sex-Role Development.

Summary.

5. Families, Parents and Social-Interaction:.

Families as Systems.

The Nature of Parenting.

Socialization Processes.

Summary.

6. From Other-Control to Self-Control:.

Parental Control Techniques and Child Compliance.

Learning Social Rules.

Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviour.

Moral Development.

Summary.

7. Extrafamilial Relationships:.

Peer Relationships.

The Child in Society.

Summary.

8. Social Experience and its Aftermath:.

Reversible or Irreversible?.

Multiple Outcomes.

Continuity and Discontinuity.

Summary.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

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