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Developmental Psychology and Social Change

Research, History and Policy

Developmental Psychology and Social Change( )
Editor: Pillemer, David B.
White, Sheldon H.
Contribution by: Eisenberg, Nancy
Emde, Robert
Hartup, Willard W.
Hoffman, Lois
Maccoby, Eleanor E.
Monks, Franz J.
Parke, Ross
Rutter, Michael
Shantz, Carolyn
Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn
Series title:Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-82618-1
Publication Date:Mar 2005
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $116.95
Book Description:

This book presents state-of-the-art chapters written by leading scholars and policy analysts on topics of broad interest: child care, welfare reform, education, learning environments, child health, and cross-cultural studies. The book's unique emphasis is on connections between research, history, and policy. Most psychology books focus on only one of these components. Viewing developmental psychology in its historical context, we see that research and policies involving children are...
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Book Details
Pages:412
Detailed Subjects: Psychology / Developmental / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.2 x 22.9 x 2.4 cm
Book Weight:0.723 Kilograms
Author Biography
(Editor)
Eleanor Emmons Maccoby was born Viva Emmons in Tacoma, Washington on May 15, 1917. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington and master's and doctorate degrees in experimental psychology from the University of Michigan. She taught and did research at Harvard University from 1950 to 1957. She taught at Stanford University from 1958 until her mandatory retirement at the age of 70 in 1987. She was the first woman to head the psychology department from 1973 to 1976.

She conducted research in child development and gender studies. She wrote or co-wrote several books including Patterns of Child Rearing written with Robert Sears, The Psychology of Sex Differences written with Carol Nagy Jacklin, and The Two Sexes: Growing Up Apart, Coming Together. She died from pneumonia on December 11, 2018 at the age of 101.

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