SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE

• Provides all that is needed for teaching social development with the selection of key topics for a 13-week semester, an introductory chapter with an overview of the field and key questions, introductory text for each of 5 sections that contain 3 articles each for a total of 36 articles, with extra materials including discussion questions and classroom exercises
• Covers key topics such as genetics, temperament, attachment, prosocial development, theory of mind, peer relationships, morality, identity, social withdrawal, aggression, exclusion, stereotyping, parenting, and culture.
• Addresses issues related to culture, ethnicity, immigration, and diversity
• Provides a historical, conceptual, and theoretical overview of social development in the introductory chapter
• Includes introductory sections by the editors for each weekly topic which define key terms and highlights important conceptual issues
• Integrates helpful pedagogical material throughout: feature boxes highlight current hot topics and real-world applications; end-of-chapter questions, debate topics, and in-class exercises facilitate student understanding and classroom discussion

Robert J. Coplan, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is co-editor of the academic volume The Development of Shyness and Social Withdrawal (Rubin & Coplan, 2010) and author of the forthcoming book What Teachers Need to Know about Shy Children at School. He is editor of the academic journal Social Development and was an invited co-editor of a recent special issue of Infant and Child Development (2009) on shyness and language. His research is on children’s social and emotional development and peer relationships.

2a: Temperament: Temperament and Social Behavior in Childhood.

2b: Empathy.

2c: Affective Perspective Taking.

3a: Attachment Theory and Assessment.

3b: The Development of Internal Working Models of Attachment.

3c: Attachment and Childcare.

4a: Emotional Intelligence.

4b: Social Context for Understanding Actions in Infancy.

4c: Assessing Theory of Mind in Childhood.

5a: The Importance of Friendship.

5b: Popularity and Liking.

5c: Status and Bias in Adolescent Peer Groups.

6a: Stages or Domains.

6b: Prosocial Development.

6c: Children’s Moral Judgments about Tolerance.

7a: Identity Development and Values.

7b: Ethnic Identity and Well-Being.

7c: Group Identity in Children’s Group Interactions.

8a: Shyness, Parenting, and Early School Adjustment.

8b: Stability and Outcomes of Social Withdrawal.

8c: Changing Attitudes about Shyness.

9a: Emotions and Aggression.

9b: Relational Aggression.

9c: Bullying in the Schoolyard.

10a: Children’s Evaluations of Exclusion.

10b: Stereotyping in Middle Childhood.

10c: Ethnic Majority and Minority Children’s Intergroup Attitudes.

11a: Parenting Styles and Adolescents’ Adjustment.

11b: Parental Authority.

11c: Parental Monitoring.

12a: Culture and Ethnicity.

12b: Minority Adolescents’ Rights and Freedom of Speech.

12c: Children’s Rights and Beliefs about Democracy.