This new text contains parts of Bornstein and Lamb's Developmental Science, 6th edition, along with new introductory material, providing a cutting edge and comprehensive overview of social and personality development. Each of the world-renowned contributors masterfully introduces the history and systems, methodologies, and measurement and analytic techniques used to understand the area of human development under review. The relevance of the field is illustrated through engaging applications. Each chapter reflects the current state of knowledge and features an introduction, an overview of the field, a chapter summary, and numerous classical and contemporary references. As a whole, this highly anticipated text illuminates substantive phenomena in social and personality developmental science and its relevance to everyday life.

M. E. Lamb, M. H. Bornstein, Social and Personality Development: Introduction and Overview. Part I: Foundations of Developmental Science R. M. Lerner, S. Lewin-Bizan, A. E. Alberts Warren, Concepts and Theories of Human Development. M. Cole, M. Packer, Culture in Development. D. P. Hartmann, K. E. Pelzel, C. B. Abbott, Design, Measurement, and Analysis in Developmental Research. Part II: Personality and Individual Development in Social Context R. A. Thompson, A. C. Winer, R. Goodvin, The Individual Child: Temperament, Emotion, Self, and Personality. M. E. Lamb, C. Lewis, The Role of Parent-Child Relationships in Child Development. K. H. Rubin, R. Coplan, X. Chen, J. Bowker, K. L. McDonald, Peer Relationships in Childhood. J. S. Eccles, R. W. Roeser, School and Community Influences on Human Development. L. C. Malloy, M. E. Lamb, C. Katz, Children and the Law: Examples of Applied Developmental Psychology in Action.