Appraising the human developmental sciences : essays in honor of Merrill-Palmer quarterly

This volume sets out to celebrate the Quarterly's significant contribution to developmental research and to highlight the advances made in the field since the early 1950s. Introduction, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly at age 50, an occasion for appraising the past, present, and future of the human developmental sciences Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly / Gary W. Ladd -- Limitations of concepts in developmental psychology / Jerome Kagan -- Theory-of-mind development : retrospect and prospect / John H. Flavell -- Cognitive development includes global and domain-specific processes / Robert V. Kail -- Learning about learning / Robert S. Siegler -- Temperament and the pursuit of an integrated developmental psychology / Mary K. Rothbart -- Emotion-related regulation : an emerging construct / Nancy Eisenberg, Claire Champion, and Yue Ma -- Role of mental representation in social development / Carol S. Dweck and Bonita E. London -- Children's friendships : shifts over a half-century in perspectives on their development and their effects / Thomas J. Berndt -- Paying attention to and not neglecting social withdrawal and social isolation / Kenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Coplan -- Next 50 years : considering gender as a context for understanding young children's peer relationships / Richard A. Fabes, Carol Lynn Martin, and Laura D. Hanish -- Understanding children's family worlds : family transitions and children's outcomes / Judy Dunn -- Fathers, families, and the future : a plethora of plausible predictions / Ross D. Parke -- Progress and prospects in the psychology of moral development / Lawrence J. Walker -- Conscience in childhood : past, present, and future / Grazyna Kochanska and Nazan Aksan -- Genetics and developmental psychology / Robert Plomin -- Nature-nurture debate and public policy / Kenneth A. Dodge -- Why we need to explore development in its cultural context / Robert J. Sternberg and Elena L. Grigorenko -- Historical lessons : the value of pluralism in psychological research / Elliot Turiel -- Early child care : the known and the unknown / Deborah Lowe Vandell -- Early learning and school readiness : can early intervention make a difference? / Craig T. Ramey and Sharon L. Ramey -- Contextual factors in risk and prevention research / John E. Lochman -- Integrating developmental scholarship and society : from dissemination and accountability to evidence-based programming and policies / Robert B. McCall, Christina J. Groark, and Robert P. Nelkin.