The present chapter will take the publication date of the review by Berk (1992) as a starting
point and review developments over the past 15 years in our understanding of private …

This far-reaching work from renowned scientist-practitioner Russell A. Barkley provides a
radical shift of perspective on ADHD, arguing that the disorder is fundamentally a …

Social and Personality Development looks at the processes by which we come to be who we
are. It covers a range of topics central to personality and developmental psychology. The …

This book is the first study to examine how interactional style develops within the walls of a
foreign language classroom in the first two years of language study. Results show learners …

This study tested Vygotsky's assumption that sociodramatic play in early childhood
contributes importantly to the development of self-regulation. It also explored whether the …

Das Lehrbuch zählt zu den Standardwerken in der Ausbildung von Studierenden der
Pädagogischen Psychologie, der Pädagogik und des Lehramts. Der Leser erhält einen gut …

In 2001, Government commitment to the care and education of our youngest children led to
the commissioning and development of a Framework for Effective Practice, Birth to Three …

Measures of private speech and task performance were obtained for a sample of 46 5-and 6-
year-olds engaged on a mechanical version of the Tower of London (ToL) task. Two different …

The role of talk in children's peer collaborations using a computer-based scientific reasoning
task was investigated in this study. Seventy 4th-grade students were assigned to work alone …

According to Lev S. Vygotsky (1896–1934), the highest levels of abstract thinking and self-
regulation in preschool development are established in pretend play using object …