Preparing link to download Please wait... Download

E-Book Overview

Volume 35 of the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series is divided into nine components that highlight some of the most recent research in developmental and educational psychology. A wide array of topics are discussed in detail, including Cognitive Mechanisms, Episodic and Autobiographical Memory, Emotional Security Theory, Working memory and much more. Each component provides in depth discussions of various developmental psychology specializations. This volume serves as an invaluable resource for psychology researchers and advanced psychology students.

E-Book Content

Else_ACDB-KAIL_prelims.qxd 3/21/2007 3:21 PM ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR VOLUME 35 Page i Else_ACDB-KAIL_prelims.qxd 3/21/2007 3:21 PM Page ii Contributors to This Volume David F. Bjorklund Nancy Geyelin Margie Patrick T. Davies Daniel Messinger Bruce J. Ellis Nora S. Newcombe Alan Fogel Robert C. Pianta Graham J. Hitch Kristin R. Ratliff Neil Horton Justin S. Rosenberg Kyle Kearnan Monique Sénéchal Melanie Killen Stefanie Sinno Laurence B. Leonard Melissa L. Sturge-Apple Marianne E. Lloyd John N. Towse Else_ACDB-KAIL_prelims.qxd 3/21/2007 3:21 PM Page iii ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR edited by Robert V. Kail Department of Psychological Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA Volume 35 AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier Else_ACDB-KAIL_prelims.qxd 3/21/2007 3:21 PM Page iv Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8RR, UK Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA First edition 2007 Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (+44) (0) 1865 853333; email: [email protected] Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions, and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made ISBN: 978-0-12-009735-7 ISSN: 0065-2407 (Series) For information on all Academic Press publications visit our website at books.elsevier.com Printed and bound in USA 07 08 09 10 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Else_ACDB-KAIL_contents.qxd 4/26/2007 01:48 PM Page v Contents Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .