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Copyrighted Material bindex 08/10/2011 13:50:57 Page 783 INDEX 5-HTTLPR gene 37 sexual behavior 686–8 alarm calls in mammals 48–9 in Samoa 684–5 Ali, M. 281, 282, 283 Abecassis, M. 189 ‘storm and stress’ hypothesis Allen, M. 51 Abelson, R.P. 495 652, 671–5, 677–80 alliteration 414, 420–4, 425 Aber, J. 214 television 271–2 Alloway, T. 473 Aboud, F. 224, 225 see also delinquency Almeida, D.M. 675 abuse see child abuse adoptees study 618–21 Al-Owidha, A. 674 accommodation in cognitive adoption studies 34–5, 350 altruistic behavior 57, 58, 294, development 445, 446 Romanian adoptees 618–21 295–6, 297, 298–9, 301–4 active learning 467–8 Adult Attachment Interview Alvarez, A. 257 Adams, R. 354, 385 (AAI) 120, 121–4 ambivalent/resistant attachment adaptation in cognitive adult-child speech 435–8 type 110, 111, 121, 179 development 445, 446 advergames 281–4 American Psychology adaptive behavior 57, 85 advertising 280–7 Association (APA) 281 addition problems/strategies children’s understanding of amniotic sac 81 483–4, 485–6 281 amodal perception 400 ADHD 63–4 effects on children 284 Anderson, C.A. 271, 275, 276 adolescence 651–92 product placements 281–4 Anderson, D.R. 266, 267, 273, Adult Attachment Interview, unhealthy food products 280 274, 364 120, 121–3 aggressive behavior 342–6 Anderson, J.W. 108 aggression and popularity developmental changes 345–7 Andrade, J. 473 177–8 genetic factors 350–1 androgen hormone 218 bedtime and sleep patterns 677 in infants 347 anger 201–2 biological and physical intervention strategies animal behavior 43–55 changes 652–9 311–14, 356–7 communication systems 48–9 cognitive changes 665–6 maladaptive 347 imprinting 45–6, 125 cross-cultural studies 684–6 neighborhood factors 354–5 investigations 20 dominance in 178 parents and 352–3 linked to human behavior 55 friendship 185–7 peers and 353–4 songbird behavior 43 group activity 169–70 in play fighting 231, 236 thinking and intelligence 50–4 historical changes 686–92 playground, conflict Anisfeld, E. 153 identity development 673–5 resolution in 311–14 Anso, D. 41 leisure activities 687–90 and prosocial behavior, 299, anthropology 64–7, 217, 660, lesbian and gay identity 670–1 301, 307, 308 668, 684–5 maturation rates 655–7, 666–9 and sociometric status 177, antisocial behavior high and delinquency in girls 178, 341, 342 aggression 350–1 667–8 and street children 625–7 see also aggressive behavior; mental health 690–2 COPYRIGHTEDand television viewing 270–1 MATERIALcriminal behavior; mood disruption 677–80 types of 343–5 delinquency and parenting styles 141–2 and violence in environment apes see monkeys and apes peer relations 170, 680–3 626 Apgar, V. 88 psychological effects of war toys and war play debate Apgar score 88 puberty 659–66 243–4, 252 appearance-reality distinction relations with parents 663, see also antisocial behavior; 522, 529 675–7, 684, 686 bullying; delinquency Appel, M.H. 343 risk behavior 680–3 Ainsworth, Mary D.S. 109, 110, arbitrary intermodal perception, sexual risk 669, 684–5 112, 116, 124 400–1 rituals of 660–661, 684–5 Aisbett, K. 276 Archer, S.L. 675 sexual and romantic Aitken, K.J. 99 Arey, L.B. 34 development 669–71 Aka pygmie 134–5 Aries, Philippe 652 bindex 08/10/2011 13:50:58 Page 784 784 INDEX Arnett, J. 659, 673, 677, 682, environmental influences Barnes, J. 640 683, 685–6, 687 399–400 Baron-Cohen, S. 81, 518, 532, Aronson, E. 573 intermodal perception 533–4, 536, 538, 539, Arsenault, L. 365 400–1 540–1 Arsenio, W.F. 176 Auerbach, J.G. 37 Barone, P. 205 Arterberry, M.E. 384, 385 authoritarian parenting 141, 142 Barr, R. 451 Asher, S.R. 176, 177, 179, authoritative parenting 141, 142 Barrera, M. 386, 387, 389 188–9, 191 autism Barrett, M. 225 Aslin, R.N. 384, 394, 398 DSM-IV criteria 532 Barrett, M.D. 404, 413–15, Asperger, H. 532 and theory of mind 532–8 415–16, 435 Asquith, S. 329 false-belief tasks 535–8, Barry, H. I. 65 assimilation in cognitive 539–40 Barry, H. III 217, 652, 668, 669, development 445, 446 see also savants 670, 684 association studies 37 ‘autistic aloneness’ 532 Bar-Tal, D. 300 ‘associative’ activity 169 autonomous attachment type Bartini, M. 177, 342 Astington, J.W. 529 120, 121, 122, 127 Bartsch, K. 528 Atkinson, J. 384 Auty, S. 281, 282 Bates, J.E. 364 Atkinson, R.C. 45, 49, 473, 474 Auyeung, B. 81, 82 Bateson, P. 16 Atkinson, R.L. 45, 49 average peer status 172 Bateson, P.P.G. 46 attachment 108–25 Avezier, O. 120, 127 Baudonniere, P.M. 161 Adult Attachment Interview avoidant attachment type 110, Bauer, N.S. 368 120, 121–4, 127 111, 112, 113–15, 118, Baumeister, R.F. 354 and care outside the family 121, 122 Baumrind, Diana 141, 142, 130–4 Axelrod, J.L. 178 148, 154 causes of 116–17 Axline, Virgina 257 Bavarian longitudinal study and child abuse 151–2 Azmitia, M. 181 92–5 in childhood 118–20 Bavelier, D. 275 critiques of attachment babbling in infants 96, 408–9 Bechevalier, J. 380 paradigm 124 babies see infants Beckett, C. 618, 620, 621 divorce and step-parenting Bacue, A. 268 befriending programs in 139–40 Baddeley, A. 473 schools 309 environmental influences Badian, N.A. 424 Begley, A. 39 116–17 Baer, J.C. 117 behavior categories 16 and family members 134–9 Bagwell, C.L. 180, 181, 189 behavior genetics, 33–6, 154 genetic influence 116 Bahrick, L.E. 400 attachment type 116 Maternal Deprivation Baillargeon, R. 390–2, 395, group socialization theory 192 Hypothesis 73, 124–7 450, 523 heritability of temperament models of parenting 152–4 Bakeman, R. 671 102, 350–1 object of attachment 109–10 Baker, A. 610 behavioral development and prosocial behavior 295 Baker-Sennett, J. 70 flexibility 42, 43–5, 46, 64 security of attachment 110–12 Baker-Ward, L. 507, 508 nature-nurture debate 41–55 types of attachment 110–11 Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. rigidity 42, 43–5 stability of types 121–4 120, 153 see also animal behavior transference over balance scale task 478–83, 484 behavioral ecology 32 generations 123–4 Baldwin, D.A. 204 behavioral problems attainment tests 602, Balle-Jensen, L. 683 and attachment type 117 604–6, 636 Baltes, Paul B. 7, 9, 12, 605 of Down’s syndrome Attar-Schwartz, S. 139 Bandura, A. 220, 223, 271 children 39 attention deficit hyperactivity Banham, J. 496 genetic influence 350–1 disorder 63–4 Banks, N. 623 in gifted children 603 attention strategies 487–8 Baratz, J.C. 635 and institutional care 128–9 auditory perception Baratz, S.S. 635 and parental conflict 141–2 of Down’s syndrome Barber, B. 689 and separation experience children 39 Bar-Heim, Y. 121 125–6 of fetus 82, 397 Barkow, J. 90 see also aggressive behavior of infants 82, 95, 397–400 Barn, R. 633 belief-desire psychology 528 bindex 08/10/2011 13:50:58 Page 785 INDEX 785 beliefs 512–13 Blatchford, P. 367 Broadfoot, P.M. 590 see also false-belief behavior Bleuler Laboratory 442, 443 Brody, G.H. 355 Bellugi, U. 427 blind children: language Bronfenbrenner, Urie 6, 10–12, Belsky, J. 111, 131, 133, 152, development 438 15, 22, 605, 643 153, 622, 640, 641, 642, Blos, Peter 671–2, 684 ecological model of 643, 658, 659 Blurton Jones, N. 343 development 10–12, 611 Bem, S.L. 216, 222 Boas, Franz 684 ecological validity 15 Ben Shaul, D.M. 89 Bober, M. 688 Brooks, P.J. 429, 434 Benedict, Ruth 65, 684 Boden, M.A. 443 Brooks-Gunn, J. 199, 200 Bennathan, M. 634 Boesch, C. 50, 54 Brown, A.L. 494–5 Bennett, M. 225 Boislard, M.-A. 669 Brown, B.B. 670 Bennett, N. 573 Bond, M.H. 142 Brown, G.W. 134 Berdondini, L. 366, 573 bonding 100–1 Brown, Gordon 24 Bergen, D. 243 Boot, W.R. 275 Brown, J.D. 269 Berk, L. 347 Booth, R. 244 Brown, J.R. 524 Berkowitz, L. 271 Booth-LaForce, C.L. 111 Brown, R. 427, 428, 429 Berndt, T.J. 183, 354, 681 Borch, C. 178 Brown, R.A.J. 566 Bernstein, M. 594 Borge, A.I.H. 132, 133, 352 Browne, K. 150, 151 Berry, G.L. 269, 270 Borke, H. 207, 452, 453–5 Bruck, M. 497, 498, 503 Berry, J. W. 600 Bornstein, M.H. 102 Brumariu, L.E. 118 Berry, P. 39 Borzekowski, D.L.G. 288 Bruner, Jerome 98, 413, 419, Bevc, I. 59 Bos, H.M.W. 140 544, 553–69, 572 Bhavnani, R. 251 Bosacki, S.L. 308 influence of 553–68 bias in study methods 20 Boulton, M.J. 226–7, 236, 308, on language development 413, Bickerton, D. 430, 431 341, 364, 365 419 Bigelow, B.J. 182, 183 Bower, T.G.R. 392–3, 450 on play 249, 250 Binet, A. 582–4, 599, 602 Bowes, L. 364 ‘scaffolding’ concept Binet Laboratory 442 Bowlby, John 73, 108–9, 118, 554–6, 568 Binet-Simon scale 582–5 124–7, 192, 616 structure in education 569 biological theories of Maternal Deprivation Bryant, P. 420, 421, 422, 423, development 31–73 Hypothesis 73, 124–7 424, 425, 460 evolutionary theories 56–64 Bowman, T.G. 39 BSD theory of puberty 659 genetics 32–9 Boxall, M. 634 Buber, I. 138 nature and nurture debate Braddick, O.J. 384 Buchanan, C.M.
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