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Author / Creator:Feldman, Robert S. (Robert Stephen), 1947-
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
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ISBN:0131829610
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 512-543) and indexes.
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