The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology, Vol. 1 Body and Mind

Research in developmental psychology—which examines the history, origins, and causes of behavior and age-related changes in behavior—seeks to construct a complex, multi-level characterization of behavior as it unfolds in time across a range of time scales, from the milliseconds of reaction time to the days and weeks of childhood, the decades of the human lifespan, and even beyond, to multiple generations. Behavior, in this view, is embedded within what is essentially a dynamic system of relations extending deep within individuals. Thorough and engaging, this handbook explores the impact of this research on what is now known about psychological development, from birth to biological maturity, and it highlights the extent to which the most cutting-edge developmental science reflects a new kind of intellectual synthesis: one that reveals how cultural, social, cognitive, neural, and molecular processes work together to yield human behavior and changes in human behavior. With insightful contributions from more than 50 of the world's leading developmental scientists, these two volumes will serve as an influential and informed text for students and as an authoritative desk reference for years to come.

1. Developmental Psychology: A New Synthesis; Philip David Zelazo; 2. History of Research in Developmental Psychology; W. Andrew Collins and Willard W. Hartup; 3. Research Design and Methods: Towards a Cumulative Developmental Science; J. Steven Reznick; 4. Biological Development: Theoretical Approaches, Techniques, and Key Findings; Robert Lickliter; 5. Behavioral Genetics, Genetics, and Epigenetics; David Moore; 6. Postnatal Brain Development; Julie C. Markant and Kathleen M. Thomas; 7. Sex and Sex Differences; Melissa Hines; 8. Sensitive Periods in Visual Development; Daphne Maurer and Terri L. Lewis; 9. Perceptual-motor Relations in Obvious and Non-obvious Domains: A History and Review; Mark A. Schmuckler; 10. Visual Development; Janette Atkinson and Oliver Braddick; 11. Auditory and Musical Development; Laurel J Trainor and Chao He; 12. Development of Face Processing Ability in Childhood; Kang Lee, Paul C. Quinn, Olivier Pascalis, and Alan Slater; 13. Object Perception; Scott P. Johnson; 14. The Development of Reaching Actions; Geert Savelsbergh, John van der Kamp, and Margot van Wersmerskerken; 15. The Road to Walking: What Learning to Walk Tells Us About Development; Karen E. Adolph and Scott Robinson; 16. Cognitive Development: On Overview; David F. Bjorklund; 17. Computational Models in Developmental Psychology; Thomas R. Shultz; 18. Memory; Patricia J. Bauer; 19. Concepts in Development; Susan A. Gelman; 20. Spatial Development; Nora S. Newcombe, David H. Uttal, and Megan Sauter; 21. Categorization; David H. Rakison and Chris A. Lawson; 22. Causality; Alison Gopnik; 23. Imitation: Social, Cognitive, and Theoretical Perspectives; Andrew N. Meltzoff and Rebecca A. Williamson; 24. Development of Attentional Networks; M. Rosario Rueda and Michael I. Posner; 25. Executive Function; Stephanie M. Carlson, Philip David Zelazo, and Susan Faja; 26. Reasoning; Deanna Kuhn; 27. The History of Intelligence: New Spectacles for Developmental Psychology; James R. Flynn and Clancy Blair; 28. Imagination; Marjorie Taylor; 29. Moral Development: The Social Domain Theory View; Judith G. Smetana; 30. From Coo to Code: A Brief Story of Language Development; Julia Parish-Morris, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek; 31. Speech Perception in Infancy: A Foundation for Language Acquisition; Janet F. Werker and Judit Gervain; 32. Syntax Acquisition; Jill de Villiers and Peter de Villiers; 33. Gesture's Role in Learning and Development; Susan Goldin-Meadow and Martha W. Alibali; 34. Symbols and Symbolic Thought; Tara Callaghan

Philip David Zelazo, Ph.D., is the Nancy M. and John E. Lindahl Professor at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.