A conceptual exploration of the nature of life‐span development is presented. It is argued
that meanings and methods of “Life Span Development” are contextualized by broad …

Infants' own activities create and actively select their learning experiences. Here we review
recent models of embodied information seeking and curiosity‐driven learning and show that …

Developmental science is an interdisciplinary scientific field dedicated to understanding and
explaining developmental processes, and optimizing the adaptive development of the …

The Cartesian-Split-Mechanistic scientific paradigm that until recently functioned as the
standard conceptual framework for sub-fields of developmental science (including …

Why do we grow up to look, act, and feel as we do? Through most of the twentieth century,
scientists and laypeople answered this question by referring to two factors alone: our …

Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book
proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the …

This chapter argues that the Cartesian-split-mechanistic scientific paradigm that until
recently functioned as the standard conceptual framework for subfields of developmental …

THE POWER AND LIMITS OF SENSORIMOTOR ACTION: WHAT DOINFANTS “KNOW”
ABOUT OBJECTS AND PERSONS? 136 PATHWAYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF …

Morality and cooperation are central to human life. Psychological explanations for moral
development and cooperative behavior will have biological and evolutionary dimensions …

The first 4 years of moral development are perhaps the most transformative. Helpless
neonates become infants who routinely help and harm others; infants develop into …