Originally published in 1981, this title is a collection of chapters based on papers presented at a conference called to explore what the editors called a developmentalinteraction point of view an approach to developmental psychology and education that stresses these interactive and reciprocal relations. The contributors, although from diverse professional backgrounds, are united in their commitment to an integrative view of developmental phenomena, one that highlights relationships among different aspects of development and the reciprocal nature of relations between people and their environments.
Preface. Conference Commentary. Part 1: The Evolution of the Developmental-Interaction Point of View 1. Barbara BiberThe Evolution of the Developmental-Interaction View Part 2: Interrelations Between Cognition and Affect: Three Views 2. Jan DruckerDevelopmental Concepts of Cognition and Affect 3. Herbert ZimilesCognitive-Affective Interaction: A Concept that Exceeds the Researchers Grasp 4. Margery B. FranklinPerspectives on Theory: Another Look at the Developmental-Interaction Point of View Part 3: Reciprocal Relations in the First Years of Life 5. Sibylle K. EscalonaThe Reciprocal Role of Social and Emotional Developmental Advances and Cognitive Development During the Second and Third Years of Life 6. Leon J. YarrowPerspectives on Interactional Research Part 4: Questioning the Role of Developmental Stage Theory 7. Edna K. Shapiro and Doris B. WallaceDevelopmental Stage Theory and the Individual Reconsidered 8. Evelyn WeberStage Theory and Curriculum Development Part 5: The Nature and Development of Gender Differences 9. Jeanne H. l3#