Appraising the human developmental sciences : essays in honor of Merrill-Palmer quarterly

Introduction, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly at age 50, an occasion for appraising the past, present, and future of the human developmental sciences 
 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly / Gary W. Ladd --
Limitations of concepts in developmental psychology / Jerome Kagan --
Theory-of-mind development : retrospect and prospect / John H. Flavell --
Cognitive development includes global and domain-specific processes / Robert V. Kail --
Learning about learning / Robert S. Siegler --
Temperament and the pursuit of an integrated developmental psychology / Mary K. Rothbart --
Emotion-related regulation : an emerging construct / Nancy Eisenberg, Claire Champion, and Yue Ma --
Role of mental representation in social development / Carol S. Dweck and Bonita E. London --
Children's friendships : shifts over a half-century in perspectives on their development and their effects / Thomas J. Berndt --
Paying attention to and not neglecting social withdrawal and social isolation / Kenneth H. Rubin and Robert J. Coplan --
Next 50 years : considering gender as a context for understanding young children's peer relationships / Richard A. Fabes, Carol Lynn Martin, and Laura D. Hanish --
Understanding children's family worlds : family transitions and children's outcomes / Judy Dunn --
Fathers, families, and the future : a plethora of plausible predictions / Ross D. Parke --
Progress and prospects in the psychology of moral development / Lawrence J. Walker --
Conscience in childhood : past, present, and future / Grazyna Kochanska and Nazan Aksan --
Genetics and developmental psychology / Robert Plomin --
Nature-nurture debate and public policy / Kenneth A. Dodge --
Why we need to explore development in its cultural context / Robert J. Sternberg and Elena L. Grigorenko --
Historical lessons : the value of pluralism in psychological research / Elliot Turiel --
Early child care : the known and the unknown / Deborah Lowe Vandell --
Early learning and school readiness : can early intervention make a difference? / Craig T. Ramey and Sharon L. Ramey --
Contextual factors in risk and prevention research / John E. Lochman --
Integrating developmental scholarship and society : from dissemination and accountability to evidence-based programming and policies / Robert B. McCall, Christina J. Groark, and Robert P. Nelkin.