Peter K. Smith is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Unit for School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is co-author of the leading textbookUnderstanding Children's Development (Fifth Edition, Wiley, 2010), the recently publishedChildren and Play (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), and many other books and articles.

Craig H. Hart is Associate Academic Vice President for Faculty at Brigham Young University, where he has also served as a department chair and an associate dean in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. He has authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters on parenting/familial linkages with children's social development, most recently from a cross-cultural perspective. Dr Hart also serves on the Biobehavioral and Behavioral Sciences subcommittee, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

List of Contributors ix

Introduction by the Editors xiii

Part I Historical Overview 1

1 Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Research in Social Development 3W. Andrew Collins

Part II Disciplinary Perspectives on Social Development 23

2 Behavioral Genetics 27Alice M. Gregory, Harriet A. Ball, and Tanya M. M. Button

3 Conceptual Development and Emotion: A Neuropsychological Perspective 45Steven Woltering and Marc D. Lewis

4 Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Development 64David F. Bjorklund and Anthony D. Pellegrini

5 Historical Reframing of Childhood 82Willem Koops

6 Cultural Psychological Perspectives on Social Development in Childhood 100Heidi Fung

7 Sociological Perspectives on Social Development 119Gerald Handel

Part III Ecological Contexts for Social Development 139

8 Culture and Social Development 141Xinyin Chen, Janet Chung, Rachel Lechcier-Kimel, and Doran French

9 The Social Development of Immigrant Children: A Focus on Asian and Hispanic Children in the United States 161 Charissa S. L. Cheah and Christy Y. Y. Leung

10 Childrens Interpersonal Skills and School-Based Relationships 181Gary W. Ladd, Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd, and Ann-Margret Rydell

11 Environmental Psychology 207Christopher Spencer and Kate Gee

Part IV Child and Contextual Factors in Social Development 225

12 Temperament and Social Development 227Ann Sanson, Sheryl A. Hemphill, Bilge Yagmurlu, and Sandee McClowry

13 Childrens Social Development Within the Socialization Context of Child Care and Early Childhood Education 246Carollee Howes

14 The Interplay Between Parents and Peers as Socializing Infl uences in Childrens Development 263Stephanie M. Reich and Deborah Lowe Vandell

15 Sex Differences in Social Behavior 281Vickie Pasterski, Susan Golombok, and Melissa Hines

16 Ethnicity, Race, and Childrens Social Development 299Stephen M. Quintana

Part V Family Context 317

17 ParentChild Attachment in Early and Middle Childhood 319Laura E. Brumariu and Kathryn A. Kerns

18 ParentChild Relationships and Influences 337Alan Russell

19 Sibling Relations in Early and Middle Childhood 356Nina Howe, Hildy S. Ross, and Holly Recchia

Part VI Peer Group 373

20 Social Status Among Peers: From Sociometric Attraction to Peer Acceptance to Perceived Popularity 375Shelley Hymel, Leanna M. Closson, Simona C. S. Caravita, and Tracy Vaillancourt

21 Social Skills and Social Competence in Interactions With Peers 393Antonius H. N. Cillessen and Amy D. Bellmore

22 Emotions and Social Development in Childhood 413Susanne Denham, Heather Warren, Maria von Salisch, Oana Benga, Jui-Chih Chin, and Elena Geangu

23 Social Withdrawal and Shyness 434Kenneth H. Rubin, Robert J. Coplan, Julie C. Bowker, and Melissa Menzer

Part VII Play, Cooperation, Competition, Aggression, and Bullying 453

24 Social Play 455Thomas G. Power

25 Cooperation and Competition 472Barry H. Schneider, Joyce Benenson, Márta Fülöp, Mihaly Berkics, and Mónika Sándor

26 Aggression in Children 491Sarah M. Coyne, David A. Nelson, and Marion Underwood

27 Bullying 510Christina Salmivalli, Kätlin Peets, and Ernest V. E. Hodges

Part VIII Cognition, Helping, and Moral Reasoning 529

28 Social Cognition 531Charlie Lewis and Jeremy Carpendale

29 Prosocial Behavior 549Joan E. Grusec, Paul Hastings, and Alisa Almas

30 Childrens Social and Moral Reasoning 567Charles C. Helwig and Elliot Turiel

31 Childrens Understanding of Society 584Martyn Barrett and Eithne Buchanan-Barrow

Part IX Intervening in Social Development 603

32 Intervening in Childhood Social Development 605Mary Ellen Voegler-Lee and Janis B. Kupersmidt

33 The Development of Social Competence in Children With Disabilities 627Karen E. Diamond, Hsin-Hui Huang, and Elizabeth A. Steed

34 Interventions for Development of Social Skills Among Children in Developing Countries 646Suman Verma and Rajani Konantambigi

Author Index 663

Subject Index 687