Child development /
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Author / Creator: | Feldman, Robert S. (Robert Stephen), 1947- |
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Edition: | 3rd ed. |
Imprint: | Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004. |
Description: | xxxi, 570 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4909714 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. An Introduction to Child Development
- An Orientation to Child Development
- Children: Past, Present and Future
- 2. Theoretical Perspectives and Research: Asking and Answering Questions on Children's Development
- Perspectives on Children
- The Scientific Method and ResearchResearch Strategies and Challenges
- 3. The Start of Life: Genetics and Prenatal Development
- Heredity
- The Interaction of Heredity and Environment
- Prenatal Growth and Change
- 4. Birth and the Newborn Infant
- Birth
- Birth Complications
- The Competent Newborn
- 5. Physical Development in Infancy
- Growth and Stability
- Motor Development
- The Development of the Senses
- 6. Cognitive Development in Infancy
- Piaget's Approach to Cognitive Development
- Information-Processing Approaches to Cognitive Development
- The Roots of Language
- 7. Social and Personality Development in Infancy
- Forming the Roots of Sociability
- Forging RelationshipsDifferences among Infants
- 8. Physical Development in the Preschool Years
- Physical Growth
- Health and Wellness
- Motor Development
- 9. Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years
- Intellectual Development
- The Growth of Language
- Schooling and Society
- 10. Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years
- Forming a Sense of Self
- Preschoolers' Social Lives
- Moral Development and Aggression
- 11. Physical Development in Middle Childhood
- The Growing Body
- Motor Development and Safety
- Children with Special Needs
- 12. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
- Intellectual and Language Development
- Schooling: The Three Rs (and More) of Middle Childhood
- Intelligence: Determining Individual Strengths
- 13. Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
- The Developing Self
- Relationships: Building Friendship in Middle Childhood
- Family Life in Middle Childhood
- 14. Physical Development in Adolescence
- Physical Maturation
- Stress and Coping
- Threats to Adolescents' Well-Being
- 15. Cognitive Development in Adolescence
- Intellectual Development
- Moral Development
- School Performance and Cognitive Development
- Picking an Occupation: Choosing Life's Work
- 16. Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
- Identity: Asking "Who Am I?"
- Relationships: Family and Friends
- Dating, Sexual Behavior, and Teenage Pregnancy
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Name Index
- Subject Index