Part of the authoritative four-volume reference that spans the entire field of child development and has set the standard against which all other scholarly references are compared. Updated and
revised to reflect the new developments in the field, the
Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition contains new chapters on such topics as spirituality, social understanding, and
non-verbal communication.
Volume 4: Child Psychology in Practice, edited by K. Ann Renninger, Swarthmore College, and Irving E. Sigel, Educational Testing Service, covers child psychology in clinical and
educational practice. New topics addressed include educational assessment and evaluation, character education, learning disabilities, mental retardation, media and popular culture, children's
health and parenting.
