Developmental Psychology and Social Change

The book's unique emphasis is on connections between research, history, and policy.

Preface; Introduction: what kind of science is developmental psychology? Sheldon H. White and David B. Pillemer; Part I. The Developing Child: Global and Historical Perspectives: 1. The globalization of developmental psychology Charles M. Super; 2. A socio-historical perspective on autobiographical memory development Michelle D. Leichtman and Qi Wang; 3. Toward a better story of psychology: Sheldon White's contributions to the history of psychology, a personal perspective William McKinley Runyan; Part II. Designing Child and Family Policies: 4. The effects of welfare reform and poverty policies on children and families Aletha C. Huston; 5. The disconnect between research and policy on child care Deborah Phillips and Kathleen McCartney; 6. Child development and child care policy: modest impacts Ron Haskins; Part III. Designing Child Health Policies: 7. Developmental epidemiology: the role of developmental psychology for Public Health in the 21st century Stephen L. Buka; 8. Ignoring behavioral science: practices and perils Lewis P. Lipsitt; Part IV. Designing Effective Learning Environments for Children and Adolescents: 9. A cultural/historical view of schooling in human development Barbara Rogoff, Maricela Correa-Chavez and Marta Navichoc Cotuc; 10. The rise of the American Nursery School: laboratory for a science of child development Barbara Beatty; 11. Actualizing potentials: learning through psychology's recurrent crises Michael Cole and Jaan Valsiner; 12. The rise of a right-wing culture in German youth: the effects of social transformation, identity construction, and context Wolfgang Edelstein; 13. Learning potential assessment: where is the paradigm shift? Alex Kozulin; 14. Teaching as a natural cognitive ability: implications for classroom practice and teacher education Sidney Strauss.