Appraising the Human Developmental Sciences : Essays in Honor of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly at Age 50, An Occasion for Appraising the Past, Present, and Future of the Human Developmental Sciences -- I. The Origins and Evolution of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: A Historical Overview -- 1. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly -- II. Essays in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly -- 2. The Limitations of Concepts in Developmental Psychology -- 3. Theory-of-Mind Development: Retrospect and Prospect -- 4. Cognitive Development Includes Global and Domain-Specific Processes -- 5. Learning About Learning -- 6. Temperament and the Pursuit of an Integrated Developmental Psychology -- 7. Emotion-Related Regulation: An Emerging Construct -- 8. The Role of Mental Representation in Social Development -- 9. Children's Friendships: Shifts Over a Half-Century in Perspectives on Their Development and Their Effects -- 10. Paying Attention to and Not Neglecting Social Withdrawal and Social Isolation -- 11. The Next 50 Years: Considering Gender as a Context for Understanding Young Children's Peer Relationships -- 12. Understanding Children's Family Worlds: Family Transitions and Children's Outcomes -- 13. Fathers, Families, and the Future: A Plethora of Plausible Predictions -- 14. Progress and Prospects in the Psychology of Moral Development -- 15. Conscience in Childhood: Past, Present, and Future -- 16. Genetics and Developmental Psychology -- 17. The Nature-Nurture Debate and Public Policy -- 18. Why We Need to Explore Development in Its Cultural Context -- 19. Historical Lessons: The Value of Pluralism in Psychological Research -- 20. Early Child Care: The Known and the Unknown -- 21. Early Learning and School Readiness: Can Early Intervention Make a Difference? -- 22. Contextual Factors in Risk and Prevention Research.

23. Integrating Developmental Scholarship and Society: From Dissemination and Accountability to Evidence-Based Programming and Policies -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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