The Complete Idiot's Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychology

by Jack C. Westman, Victoria Costello

Simplifying a complex subject.

Child psychology is required for college level psych and elementary education majors. It is a complex subject that can include developmental psychology, biology, sociological psychology, and various schools of theory and therapies. The only sources of information about this complex subject are long, expensive textbooks. Until now. This, the first trade book to give a detailed, easy to understand explanation of the subject.

? Age-by-age discussion of the psychological development of children.

Genres: Psychology

400 pages, Paperback

First published July 5, 2011

About the author

Dr. Jack Westman is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is president of Wisconsin Cares, Inc., a nonprofit advocacy organization for families, and has been president of three professional organizations. He has written more than 150 professional publications and 12 books.

Reviews

[Michelle Stanley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. It goes over the basics but I would not read again. The detail was good though!

[Hannah Coleman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Therapy options, babies, adolescents, children, family disorders, psychology history

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book for a quick overview on Adolescent Psychology prior to a test I was taking. It served that purpose fairly well.

I would reccomend this book to parents, more than teachers or other professionals. There are lots of intersting studies about things like attachment theory, technology exposure and discipline.

[Angela Kendrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clearly not intended to be a deep study, but that's why I picked it up. I got what I needed. It does the job.