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Gordon's 2005 Canadian non-fiction bestseller, Roots of Empathy: Changing the World Child by Child, [1] concerns child development and empathy and outlines the philosophy behind the Roots of Empathy program. It was ranked as one of the Top 100 Books of the Year in the category of "Ideas" by The Globe and Mail in 2006.
The book surveyed and synthesized the large, complex body of research on moral development and translated it for the general public. In addition to bringing him a new audience, the book articulated the implications of the best research for educational practice and childrearing and family relations.
A majority of her research is centered around moral development in children. She has also done research in altruism, empathy, and socialization.Her research also includes cultural factors in emotion regulation, social competence, adjustment, prosocial responding, and developmental psychopathology. [1]
Martin L. Hoffman was an American psychologist and a professor emeritus of clinical and developmental psychology at New York University. [1]In his career, Hoffman is primarily focused on development of empathy and its relationship with moral development, [2] which he defines as "people's consideration for others."
Developmental psychology examines the influences of nature and nurture on the process of human development, as well as processes of change in context across time. Many researchers are interested in the interactions among personal characteristics, the individual's behavior, and environmental factors , including the social context and the built ...
Ross A. Thompson is an American author and research psychologist. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Davis, and is director of the Social & Emotional Development Lab. [1] Thompson is known for his work on the psychological development of young children.
The following is a list of academics, both past and present, noted for their contributions to the field of developmental psychology A. Swiss-born ...
The book was completely rewritten [8] and published in 1986 as Social Psychology: The Second Edition. Brown also wrote an introductory textbook on psychology, co-authored with his colleague Richard Herrnstein. Pinker noted that these two books "live in publishing infamy as a lesson of what happens to textbooks that are unconventional ...