Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations: Social, Biological, and Educational DynamicsProbing the effects of the social environment upon human development, this volume asks how we can best support the health and well-being of infants and children in an era of rapid economic and technological change. The book presents cogent findings on human development as both an individual and a population phenomenon. Topics covered include links between socioeconomic status, achievement, and health; the impact of early experience upon brain and behavioral development; and how schools and communities can develop new kinds of learning environments to enhance adaptation and foster intellectual growth. Synthesizing developmental, biological, and social perspectives, this volume will appeal to a broad interdisciplinary audience. |
Contents
Modernitys Paradox | 1 |
THE GRADIENT EFFECT | 19 |
Health WellBeing and Coping Skills | 41 |
When Childrens Social Development Fails | 55 |
Are Socioeconomic Gradients for Children Similar | 94 |
Socioeconomic Gradients in Mathematical Ability | 125 |
Developmental Trajectories Early Experiences | 185 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ability achievement adolescence adult adulthood amygdala associated Barrie Frost behavior problems biological embedding brain Brooks-Gunn Canada Canadian Chapter child outcomes class at birth cognitive cohort communities cortex countries critical period developmental health Duncan early childhood economic environment evidence experience factors family income females Figure function gradient effect gradient in health groups health status Hertzman high-reactive human development IHDP important imprinting income effects increase individuals infants inferior temporal cortex interactions intervention J. R. Smith Klebanov latency learning levels long-term longitudinal studies males maternal mathematics matriline mothers neural neurons NLSY NLSY-CS nomic oxytocin parents patterns peers physical aggression poor population health poverty threshold PPVT preschool primate relationships relatively rhesus monkey risk scores SES gradients social class society socioeconomic gradient socioeconomic status specific standard deviation Statistics Canada stimuli stress Suomi tion tive Tremblay troop visual visual cortex well-being Willms youth