Theoretical Perspectives on Social Development

Biological Foundations of Social-Emotional Development

Family context: Parent-infant interaction, Parent-Child Relationships and Influences, Bonding and Attachment, Sibling Relations

Extra-familial influences on Social-Emotional Development; Toddler’s Peer Interactions

Prosocial Behavior, Social Cognition and Understanding

Play, Cooperation, Competition

Conflict and Aggression

Emergence of Self; Control and Self-control

Development of Emotions in Early Childhood

Emotions and Social Development

Temperament, Personality and Social-Emotional Development

Sex Differences in Social Behavior

Contextual Factors in Social-Emotional Development: Cultural Psychological Perspectives, Role of Ethnicity and Race

Atypical Development and Its Prevention

Methodological Issues in Research on Social-Emotional Development