Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence: Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems offers a chapter-by-chapter introductory survey of all aspects of emotional development from infancy to adolescence from delight surprise and love to anger distress and fear. Taking a chronological approach each chapter focuses on a specific emotion and covers the theories and research relating to its development from infants’ emotional capabilities to the changes in self-understanding and self-conscious emotions of adolescence. Hay integrates the approaches of classic developmental differentiation and differential emotions theory to create a comprehensive textbook with a unique approach to the subject matter showcasing a range of research linking emotions to biological underpinnings and early experiences. This wide-ranging book also includes coverage of differences in temperament developmental psychopathology emotion regulation and development of emotional understanding and attachment. It is core reading for students of developmental psychology health psychology child welfare and social work as well as anyone taking a course on social and emotional development courses. It will also be of interest to practitioners working in educational and clinical psychology and child psychiatry. | Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems GBP 39.99 1
The Law of the United States An Introduction The Law of the United States offers an introduction and overview of the American legal system. With an emphasis throughout on up-to-date case law and current literature it is an ideal first point of entry for students and practitioners alike and a starting point for further independent research. Professor Hay provides a concise and straightforward explanation of the law and legal vocabulary as well as an introduction to the different types of law and legal techniques. He explains the role of Congress the Executive and the Courts and clarifies the mechanisms behind the branches of public and private law in the United States. He introduces the reader to the complexities of federal and state law emphasizing that the many areas of public law and virtually all areas of private law are the separate law of the 50 States the District of Columbia and the (U. S. dependent) Territories in which common language legal tradition and culture have served to bring about a basic legal unity. Several private law areas (contract law torts family law succession) receive detailed treatment as do criminal law and procedure. The book provides detailed references to legislation case law and the literature up-to-date through early 2016. Four appendices present a detailed case study with commentary to aid the civil law reader in understanding of the case law system; the text of the U. S. Constitution (referred to in several contexts throughout the book); a geographic map of the U. S. federal court system; and information on the Legal Profession in the United States. | The Law of the United States An Introduction GBP 36.99 1