Principles of developmental psychology

The first edition in Russian textbook on the psychology of development. The authors of the textbook - George Batterworth and Margaret Harris are famous English scientists in the field of cognitive development of children. The textbook traced the history of the formation of the development of psychology as a scientific discipline, the most modern approaches and scientific results are available, a variety of research methods and theoretical concepts are systematized. The textbook content covers a wide range of scientific problems: from prenatal development to aging processes, from the development of perceptual functions to the effect of culture on the features of development. The demonstration of the movement of scientific thought, the formation of the principles of psychology of development is perfectly complemented by the description of classical experiments confirming or refuting this or that point of view. In Russian readers, undoubted interest will cause the assessment of the contribution, which was introduced into world science. Domestic psychologists, in particular, L. S. Vygotsky. The textbook Principles of Psychology of Development is addressed primarily to students and graduate students studying the course of age and children"s psychology. It will also be useful to psychologists-specialists - scientists, teachers and practitioners whose interests lie in the field of mental development of people