Klappentext

The evolutionary perspective has influenced many subfields of psychology and related social sciences in the last three decades. However, developmental psychology has remained largely immune to evolutionary thinking. What does evolutionary thinking have to offer developmental psychology and the study of child development? This book invites some of the leading figures in evolutionary developmental psychology to discuss cutting-edge research and its significance in related fields. By laying out the utility and importance of evolutionary thinking in developmental science, each chapter shows how the evolutionary perspective both opens new avenues of research by posing novel questions and providing insightful answers to age-old questions and debates. In the process, their overviews pay particular attention to the theoretical and empirical contributions of Jay Belsky, a pioneering developmental psychologist who has paved the way forward for the field. A short tribute and biography follow the chapters to pay homage to his work.

Inhalt

Introduction: the evolutionary perspective in developmental psychology Satoshi Kanazawa; Part I. Historical Background and Theoretical Foundations of Jay Belsky's Work in Evolutionary Developmental Psychology: 1. How Belsky's model of child abuse has transformed scientific understanding, clinical practice, and public policy Kenneth A. Dodge, W. Benjamin Goodman and Helen Milojevich; 2. A turning point for the life history approach to individual differences Marco del Giudice; 3. Individual differences in response to the environment: from diathesis-stress to differential susceptibility and vantage sensitivity Michael Pluess; Part II. Parent-Child Relations and Attachment: 4. Evolutionary lifespan models of attachment and reproductive strategies Ohad Szepsenwol and Jeffry A. Simpson; 5. Stability and change in attachment from preschool to adolescence Lars Wichstrøm; 6. The legacy of the determinants of parenting process model Sara R. Jaffee; Part III. Life-Course Development from Prenatal Environment Through Childhood to Adulthood: 7. School contexts, relationships with teachers, and child development Robert C. Pianta; 8. The childhood roots of vaccine hesitance and resistance: a 5-decade cohort study Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi and Richie Poulton; Part IV. Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences: 9. Unequal monks, unequal hoods: genetic differential susceptibility in experiments Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and Marinus van IJzendoorn; 10. Child maltreatment and the development of multi-system resilience Dante Cicchetti; 11. Differential susceptibility and its application to understanding antisocial behavior Kevin M. Beaver; Conclusion: science, politics, and the two universal laws of human behavior Satoshi Kanazawa; Afterword: My 50-Year Friendship with Jay Belsky Laurence Steinberg; Biography of Jay Belsky Daniel W. Belsky.