{"product_id":"appraising-the-human-developmental-sciences-gary-w-ladd-9780814333426","title":"Appraising the Human Developmental Sciences: Essays in Honor of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis volume sets out to celebrate the Quarterly's significant contribution to developmental research and to highlight the advances made in the field since the early 1950s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year 2004 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: A Journal of Developmental Psychology, providing an occasion to celebrate the journal's heritage and its long history of scholarly contributions to its field. This volume celebrates this milestone by bringing together twenty-three distinguished essays that showcase past accomplishments, current progress, and future challenges in the human developmental sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays presented in this volume offer perspectives on many of the research domains and specialty areas that have been prominent in MPQ's history. Accordingly, chapters are organized around ten conceptual themes, including methodological and interpretive considerations, cognitive development and learning, temperament and emotional development, children's social development and peer relations, family relations, moral development, the nature-nurture debate and behavioral genetics, cultural psychology, early child care and school-readiness, and evidence-based programming and public policy. In addition, an introductory chapter provides a historical overview of MPQ, examining the events, persons, institutional forces, and publication trends that brought the journal into existence and have contributed to its success and longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese commentaries are accessible and of interest to all who work with infants, children, adolescents, and families. As a result, this volume will appeal to researchers and professionals alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary W. Ladd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814333427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814333426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.15w x 1.00d","brand":"Gary W. Ladd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48014220787967,"sku":"9780814333426","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31ea9da9-f255-4ece-82f3-6327b3aa6356.jpg?v=1767747429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/appraising-the-human-developmental-sciences-gary-w-ladd-9780814333426","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}