Socioemotional Development in the Toddler Years: Transitions and Transformations

Celia A. Brownell, Claire B. Kopp

Guilford Publications, Aug 16, 2007 - Psychology - 497 pages

This volume explores the key developmental transitions that take place as 1- to 3-year-olds leave infancy behind and begin to develop the social and emotional knowledge, skills, and regulatory abilities of early childhood. Leading investigators examine the multiple interacting factors that lead to socioemotional competence in this pivotal period, covering both typical and atypical development. Presented is innovative research that has yielded compelling insights into toddlers' relationships, emotions, play, communication, prosocial behavior, self-control, autonomy, and attempts to understand themselves and others. The final chapter presents a systematic framework for socioemotional assessment.

Contents

• Understanding Self and Others in the Second Year: 43
• The Codevelopment of Self and Sociomoral Emotions: 66
• Cook PhD Department of Psychology Gordon College Wenham: 90

About the author

Celia A. Brownell, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, where she directs the Early Social Development Laboratory and has served as Chair of the Developmental Psychology Graduate Training Program and as Director of Graduate Studies. She has been a coinvestigator on the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development since its inception in 1990. Dr. Brownell is an associate editor of Infancy, the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies. She has conducted research on social development of infants and toddlers for over 25 years.

Claire B. Kopp, PhD, until her death in 2019, was a developmental psychologist whose research interests focus primarily on the social and emotional development of young children, with particular emphasis on the development of regulatory processes. Her writings also addressed biosocial risk factors that adversely influence children’s development. Dr. Kopp published widely in these areas, with research funded by both federal and private agencies. She taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Claremont Graduate University, served as a source of developmental information for parenting magazines, and consulted with public and private agencies on early development.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Socioemotional Development in the Toddler Years: Transitions and Transformations
• Editors: Celia A. Brownell, Claire B. Kopp
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Guilford Publications, 2007
• ISBN: 159385496X, 9781593854966
• Length: 497 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Developmental / Child; Psychology / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent