Table Of ContentAPPRAISING
THE
HUMAN
DEVELOPMENTAL
SCIENCES
Landscapes of Childhood
General Editor
Elizabeth N. Goodenough, Residential College,
University of Michigan
Editorial Board
Louise Chawla, Kentucky State University
Robert Coles, Harvard University
Donald Haase, Wayne State University
Gareth Matthews, University of Massachusetts
Robin Moore, North Carolina State University
Michael Nettles, University of Michigan
Zibby Oneal, author of children’s books
Valerie Polakow, Eastern Michigan University
Roger Hart, City University of New York
Pamela F. Reynolds, Johns Hopkins University
John Stilgoe, Harvard University
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, Harvard University
Jack Zipes, University of Minnesota
Acomplete listing of the books in this series
can be found online at wsupress.wayne.edu
APPRAISING
THE
HUMAN
DEVELOPMENTAL
SCIENCES
Essays in Honor of
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
Edited by Gary W. Ladd
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1. Developmental psychology. 2. Child development. 3. Child psychology.
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Contents
Introduction: Merrill-Palmer Quarterlyat Age 50, An Occasion
for Appraising the Past, Present, and Future of the Human
Developmental Sciences 1
Gary W. Ladd
I.
The Origins and Evolution of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly:
AHistorical Overview
1. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
16
Gary W. Ladd
II.
Essays in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Merrill-Palmer
Quarterly
2. The Limitations of Concepts in Developmental Psychology
30
Jerome Kagan
3. Theory-of-Mind Development: Retrospect and Prospect 38
John H. Flavell
4. Cognitive Development Includes Global and Domain-Specific
Processes 56
Robert V. Kail
5. Learning About Learning 67
Robert S. Siegler
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Contents
6. Temperament and the Pursuit of an Integrated Developmental
Psychology 83
Mary K. Rothbart
7. Emotion-Related Regulation: An Emerging Construct 97
Nancy Eisenberg, Claire Champion, and Yue Ma
8. The Role of Mental Representation in Social Development 121
Carol S. Dweck and Bonita E. London
9. Children’s Friendships: Shifts Over a Half-Century in
Perspectives on Their Development and Their Effects 138
Thomas J. Berndt
10. Paying Attention to and Not Neglecting Social Withdrawal
and Social Isolation 156
Kenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Coplan
11. The Next 50 Years: Considering Gender as a Context for
Understanding Young Children’s Peer Relationships 186
Richard A. Fabes, Carol Lynn Martin, and Laura D. Hanish
12. Understanding Children’s Family Worlds: Family Transitions
and Children’s Outcomes 200
Judy Dunn
13. Fathers, Families, and the Future: APlethora of Plausible
Predictions 211
Ross D. Parke
14. Progress and Prospects in the Psychology of Moral
Development 226
Lawrence J. Walker
15. Conscience in Childhood: Past, Present, and Future 238
Grazyna Kochanska and Nazan Aksan
16. Genetics and Developmental Psychology 250
Robert Plomin
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Contents
17. The Nature-Nurture Debate and Public Policy 262
Kenneth A. Dodge
18. Why We Need to Explore Development in Its Cultural Context
272
Robert J. Sternberg and Elena L. Grigorenko
19. Historical Lessons: The Value of Pluralism in Psychological
Research 290
Elliot Turiel
20. Early Child Care: The Known and the Unknown 300
Deborah Lowe Vandell
21. Early Learning and School Readiness: Can Early Intervention
Make a Difference? 329
Craig T. Ramey and Sharon L. Ramey
22. Contextual Factors in Risk and Prevention Research 351
John E. Lochman
23. Integrating Developmental Scholarship and Society:
From Dissemination and Accountability to Evidence-Based
Programming and Policies 366
Robert B. McCall, Christina J. Groark, and Robert P. Nelkin
Contributors 383
Index 385
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Introduction
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly at Age 50,
An Occasion for Appraising the Past,
Present, and Future of the Human
Developmental Sciences
Gary W. Ladd
In 2004 Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: AJournal of Developmental Psychol-
ogymarked its 50th anniversary, which provided an occasion to cel-
ebrate the journal’s heritage, its long history of scholarly contribu-
tions to the human developmental sciences, and its current and
future mission as a purveyor of scientific discoveries. This juncture
provided a vantage point from which to appraise the scientific en-
deavors that generated the contents of MPQ and its sister publica-
tions during the latter half of the 20th century and the first few years
of the 21st century.
This Book’s Purposes
One can argue that the best way to gauge the progress and prospects
of a scientific discipline is to examine it from three perspectives, all
of which have the potential to be instructive for current and future
investigators. Hindsight offers a view of the past, a viewpoint from
which assays can be made of the scientific yield from pursuing var-
ious theories and and empirical investments. Coincident, or side-
long, glances permit assessments of the current state of the science,
including recent trends, innovations, and discoveries that have
emerged within specific subdisciplines or areas of inquiry. Finally,
foresight lends itself to the process of projecting the future of exist-
ing lines of investigation, anticipating impediments to progress (and
devising strategies to circumvent these obstacles), and identifying
promising new frameworks and innovative objectives.
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