Applied Developmental Psychology: Theory, Practice, and Research from Japan
Editorial INFORMATION AGE PUBLISING
Mainland Spain
- Publisher INFORMATION AGE PUBLISING
- ISBN13 9781593112622
- ISBN10 1593112629
- Type Book
- Pages 380
- Published 2005
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
Applied Developmental Psychology: Theory, Practice, and Research from Japan
Editorial INFORMATION AGE PUBLISING
Mainland Spain
Book Details
his volume provides an overview of recent research on child development in Japan. Sixteen contributions from leading psychologists cover such topics as the development of manga (comic book) literacy, the study of mathematics in school, and the effects of job- related temporary father absence. Peer relations and the developmental psychology of chil
Review: "The book sets a new standard for the description and analysis of child rearing and development in a non-Western society. It gives English-speaking readers access - at last - to the fascinating systematic research Japanese psychologists have been doing on Japanese children in a wide variety of contemporary contexts: in families with working mothers, with video games and comic books, in school, and u