The Oxford handbook of developmental psychology

the long version

"Developmental psychology--which examines the history, origins, and causes of behavior and age-related changes in behavior--seeks to construct a complex, multi-level characterization of behavior as it unfolds in time across a range of time scales, from the milliseconds of reaction time to the days and weeks of childhood, the decades of the human lifespan, and even beyond, to multiple generations. Behavior, in this view, is embedded within what is essentially a dynamic system of relations extending deep within individuals, and deep without. The Oxford handbook of developmental psychology explores the impact of this research on what is now known about psychological development, from birth to biological maturity, by highlighting the extent to which the most cutting-edge developmental science reflects a new kind of intellectual synthesis : one that reveals how cultural, social, cognitive, neural, and molecular processes work together to yield human behavior and changes in human behavior. Across two volumes, this handbook thoroughly covers the development of perceptual and motor skills, cognition, language, personality and emotion, and social skills across the lifespan, including special populations"--Jacket, page 2.