Social Development: (The Review of Personality and Social Psychology)

Published in cooperation with the Society for Personality and Social Psychology To some degree, the issues raised by social psychologists and developmentalists overlap, each of them offering unique possibilities by which to explore questions of interest. Social Development addresses this issue and attempts to foster an awareness of the interesting research on the interface of social and developmental psychology. Written by a cast of leading researchers, this volume provides a multi-level perspective on the common boundaries between social and developmental psychology with an eye toward synthesizing research from many fields including personality, education, social work, and family studies. The contributors raise questions that are often not recognized by investigators due to their lack of knowledge of work and ideas outside their own discipline. Some of the specific subjects covered are individual differences in predicting others′ thoughts and feelings, naturally occurring interpersonal expectancies, self-conceptions and their development, and social development and self-monitoring. Researchers and students involved in social psychology, developmental psychology, personality, social work, family studies, sociology, and adolescence will find Social Development to be a lucid, insightful, and interesting volume.

Table of Contents:
Introduction - Nancy Eisenberg How Infants and Young Children Understand the Causes of Events - Roberta Corrigan Developmental and Individual Differences in Predicting Others′ Thoughts and Feelings - Rachel Karniol Applying the Transformation Rule Model Features and Sources of Parents′ Attributions about Themselves and Their Children - Joan E Grusec and Norma Mammone Naturally Occurring Interpersonal Expectancies - Lee Jussim and Jacquelynne Eccles Self-Conceptions, Person Conceptions and Their Development - Diane N Ruble and Carol S Dweck The Role of Normative Beliefs in Children′s Social Behavior - Nancy G Guerra, L Rowell Huesmann and Laura Hanish Influences of Affect on Cognitive Processes at Different Ages - Daphne Blunt Bugental, Eta K Lin and Joshua E Susskind Why the Change? The Development of Emotional Self-Regulation in Infancy and Early Childhood - Lisa J Bridges and Wendy S Grolnick The Role of Emotion Beliefs and Values in Gender Development - Stephanie A Shields Social Development and Self-Monitoring - William G Graziano and Stefanie B Waschull A Control Theory Approach to Social Development - William J Froming et al

About the Author :
Social Development, Arizona State University.