"...a useful introduction to social representations theory as well as to its abuses, possible limitations, and promise." Contemporary Sociology

• List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Gerald Duveen and Barbara Lloyd; 2. The underlife of the nursery school: young children's social representations of adult rules William A. Corsaro; 3. A semiotic analysis of the development of social representations of gender Barbara Lloyd and Gerald Duveen; 4. Children's representations of social relations Nicholas Emler, Jocelyne Ohana and Julie Dickinson; 5. Social representations of childhood: an implicit theory of development Maria D'Alessio; 6. What is in an image? The structure of mothers' images of the child and their influence on conversational styles Luisa Molinari and Francesca Emiliani; 7. The acquisition of reflexive social emotions: the transmission and reproduction of social control through joint action Gün R. Semin and Kalliroi Papadopoulou; 8. From social cognition to social representations in the study of intelligence Felice F. Carugati; 9. Prototypes of the psychologist and professionalisation: diverging social representations of a developmental process Paola De Paolis; 10. Social psychology and developmental psychology: extending the conversation Serge Moscovici; Author index; Subject index.

"...a useful introduction to social representations theory as well as to its abuses, possible limitations, and promise." Contemporary Sociology

• List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Gerald Duveen and Barbara Lloyd; 2. The underlife of the nursery school: young children's social representations of adult rules William A. Corsaro; 3. A semiotic analysis of the development of social representations of gender Barbara Lloyd and Gerald Duveen; 4. Children's representations of social relations Nicholas Emler, Jocelyne Ohana and Julie Dickinson; 5. Social representations of childhood: an implicit theory of development Maria D'Alessio; 6. What is in an image? The structure of mothers' images of the child and their influence on conversational styles Luisa Molinari and Francesca Emiliani; 7. The acquisition of reflexive social emotions: the transmission and reproduction of social control through joint action Gün R. Semin and Kalliroi Papadopoulou; 8. From social cognition to social representations in the study of intelligence Felice F. Carugati; 9. Prototypes of the psychologist and professionalisation: diverging social representations of a developmental process Paola De Paolis; 10. Social psychology and developmental psychology: extending the conversation Serge Moscovici; Author index; Subject index.

"...a useful introduction to social representations theory as well as to its abuses, possible limitations, and promise." Contemporary Sociology

• List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Gerald Duveen and Barbara Lloyd; 2. The underlife of the nursery school: young children's social representations of adult rules William A. Corsaro; 3. A semiotic analysis of the development of social representations of gender Barbara Lloyd and Gerald Duveen; 4. Children's representations of social relations Nicholas Emler, Jocelyne Ohana and Julie Dickinson; 5. Social representations of childhood: an implicit theory of development Maria D'Alessio; 6. What is in an image? The structure of mothers' images of the child and their influence on conversational styles Luisa Molinari and Francesca Emiliani; 7. The acquisition of reflexive social emotions: the transmission and reproduction of social control through joint action Gün R. Semin and Kalliroi Papadopoulou; 8. From social cognition to social representations in the study of intelligence Felice F. Carugati; 9. Prototypes of the psychologist and professionalisation: diverging social representations of a developmental process Paola De Paolis; 10. Social psychology and developmental psychology: extending the conversation Serge Moscovici; Author index; Subject index.