Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
Introduction by the Editors xiii
Part I Historical Overview 1
1 Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Research in Social Development 3 W. Andrew Collins
Part II Disciplinary Perspectives on Social Development 23
2 Behavioral Genetics 27 Alice M. Gregory, Harriet A. Ball, and Tanya M. M. Button
3 Conceptual Development and Emotion: A Neuropsychological Perspective 45 Steven Woltering and Marc D. Lewis
4 Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Development 64 David F. Bjorklund and Anthony D. Pellegrini
5 Historical Reframing of Childhood 82 Willem Koops
6 Cultural Psychological Perspectives on Social Development in Childhood 100 Heidi Fung
7 Sociological Perspectives on Social Development 119 Gerald Handel
Part III Ecological Contexts for Social Development 139
8 Culture and Social Development 141 Xinyin Chen, Janet Chung, Rachel Lechcier-Kimel, and Doran French
9 The Social Development of Immigrant Children: A Focus on Asian and Hispanic Children in the United States 161 Charissa S. L. Cheah and Christy Y. Y. Leung
10 Children’s Interpersonal Skills and School-Based Relationships 181 Gary W. Ladd, Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd, and Ann-Margret Rydell
11 Environmental Psychology 207 Christopher Spencer and Kate Gee
Part IV Child and Contextual Factors in Social Development 225
12 Temperament and Social Development 227 Ann Sanson, Sheryl A. Hemphill, Bilge Yagmurlu, and Sandee McClowry
13 Children’s Social Development Within the Socialization Context of Child Care and Early Childhood Education 246 Carollee Howes
14 The Interplay Between Parents and Peers as Socializing Infl uences in Children’s Development 263 Stephanie M. Reich and Deborah Lowe Vandell
15 Sex Differences in Social Behavior 281 Vickie Pasterski, Susan Golombok, and Melissa Hines
16 Ethnicity, Race, and Children’s Social Development 299 Stephen M. Quintana
Part V Family Context 317
17 Parent–Child Attachment in Early and Middle Childhood 319 Laura E. Brumariu and Kathryn A. Kerns
18 Parent–Child Relationships and Influences 337 Alan Russell
19 Sibling Relations in Early and Middle Childhood 356 Nina Howe, Hildy S. Ross, and Holly Recchia
Part VI Peer Group 373
20 Social Status Among Peers: From Sociometric Attraction to Peer Acceptance to Perceived Popularity 375 Shelley Hymel, Leanna M. Closson, Simona C. S. Caravita, and Tracy Vaillancourt
21 Social Skills and Social Competence in Interactions With Peers 393 Antonius H. N. Cillessen and Amy D. Bellmore
22 Emotions and Social Development in Childhood 413 Susanne Denham, Heather Warren, Maria von Salisch, Oana Benga, Jui-Chih Chin, and Elena Geangu
23 Social Withdrawal and Shyness 434 Kenneth H. Rubin, Robert J. Coplan, Julie C. Bowker, and Melissa Menzer
Part VII Play, Cooperation, Competition, Aggression, and Bullying 453
24 Social Play 455 Thomas G. Power
25 Cooperation and Competition 472 Barry H. Schneider, Joyce Benenson, Márta Fülöp, Mihaly Berkics, and Mónika Sándor
26 Aggression in Children 491 Sarah M. Coyne, David A. Nelson, and Marion Underwood
27 Bullying 510 Christina Salmivalli, Kätlin Peets, and Ernest V. E. Hodges
Part VIII Cognition, Helping, and Moral Reasoning 529
28 Social Cognition 531 Charlie Lewis and Jeremy Carpendale
29 Prosocial Behavior 549 Joan E. Grusec, Paul Hastings, and Alisa Almas
30 Children’s Social and Moral Reasoning 567 Charles C. Helwig and Elliot Turiel
31 Children’s Understanding of Society 584 Martyn Barrett and Eithne Buchanan-Barrow
Part IX Intervening in Social Development 603
32 Intervening in Childhood Social Development 605 Mary Ellen Voegler-Lee and Janis B. Kupersmidt
33 The Development of Social Competence in Children With Disabilities 627 Karen E. Diamond, Hsin-Hui Huang, and Elizabeth A. Steed
34 Interventions for Development of Social Skills Among Children in Developing Countries 646 Suman Verma and Rajani Konantambigi
Author Index 663
Subject Index 687