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This 32nd volume of the Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology celebrates the 75th anniversary of the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development. All eight essays are devoted to developmental science, its history, and current status. Taken together, the chapters in this book show how the history of science connects past and future, how it gives the individual investigator an identity and sense of purpose, how contemporary studies occur within larger traditions, and how institutions like the Institute of Child Development, constitute cultural traditions of their own. Collectively, these essays show that the past explains a great deal--whether we want to know about the processes through which the child acquires symbolic thought or whether we want to know how and why, during the last century, a few enduring centers were established for the scientific study of children and adolescents. Reading these essays, one obtains a sense of how the past becomes evidence, how it forms models for the way we think, and how intellectual challenges arise.
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Child Psychology in Retrospect and Prospect In Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Child Development The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology Volume 32 This page intentionally left blank Child Psychology in Retrospect and Prospect In Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Child Development The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology Volume 32 Edited by Willard W. Hartup Richard A. Weinberg University of Minnesota Copyright © 2002 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, NJ 07430 Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Child psychology in retrospect and prospect: in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Institute of Child Development / edited by Willard W. Hartup, Richard A. Weinberg. p. cm.—(The Minnesota symposia on child psychology; v. 32) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-8058-3971-2 (alk. paper) 1. Child psychology—Congresses. 2. Child development—Congresses. I. Hartup, Willard W. II. Weinberg, Richard A. III. University of Minnesota. Institute of Child Development. IV. Minnesota symposia on child psychology (Series); v. 32. BF721 .C5164 2001 155.4—dc21 2001040929 Books published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates are printed on acid-free paper, and their bindings are chosen for strength and durability. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Preface 1. 2. Origin of Species: The Potential Significance of Early Experience for Evolution Gilbert Gottlieb 1 How a Child Builds a Brain: Insights From Normality and Psychopathology Dante Cicchetti 23 3. The Symbol-Mindedness of Young Children Judy S. DeLoache 4. Understanding Understanding: Historical Origins of Current Questions About the Early Development of Receptive Language Competence Anne Fernald 5. Emotion-Related Regulation and Its Relation to Quality of Social Functioning Nancy Eisenberg 6. Children Develop in History: So What’s New? John Modell and Glen H. Elder, Jr. 7. Notes Toward a Philosophy of Science for Developmental Science Sheldon H. White 8. vii The Institute of Child Development: Pioneering in Science and Application Willard W. Hartup, Ann Johnson, and Richard A. Weinberg Author Index Subject Index 73 103 133 173