This textbook provides a fully up-to-date account of our knowledge of children's social development. It is addressed to students of psychology and other social sciences with no or only limited knowledge of child development, and covers an age up to and including adolescence. The content is organised according to themes, but these themes follow an approximated developmental progression.
About the Author
H. Rudolph Schaffer is Professor of Psychology at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and has written extensively on various aspects of child development. His books include Mothering (1977) and Making Decisions About Children (Blackwell Publishers, 1991), and he is also editor of the journal Social Development.
Features
Written specifically for undergraduates with no or little knowledge of child development, and includes a variety of pedagogical features to help them
Fully up-to-date account which reflects current trends in the field
The only text to stress the practical implications of research findings.
