Child Development
Berk, Laura E
Child Development - 9th ed. - Noida Pearson India Education Services Pvt Ltd 2017 - 652p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part I Theory and research in child development 1 History, theory and applied direstions .....2 The field of child development .....4 Basic issues ......6 Biology and environment ......10 Historical foundations .....10 Mid-twentieth-century theories .....14 Recent theoretical perspectives .......21 Cultural influences ....26 Comparing child development theories ......31 Applied directions: Child development and social policy ....32 Social issues: Health ......36 Summary .....38 Important terms and concepts .....39 2 Research strategies .....40 From theory to hypothesis ......41 Common research methods ......42 Biology and environment .....49 Cultural influences .....53 Reliability and validity: Keys to scientifically sound research .....54 General research designs ....55 Social issues: Education ......59 Designs for studying development .....60 Ethics in research on children ....66 Summary ......70 Important terms and concepts .....71 Part II Foundations of development 3 Biological foundations, Prenatal development, and birth ......72 Genetic foundations .....73 Reproductive choice ......84 Social issues: Health ......86 Milestones .....90 Prenatal environmental influences .....94 Childbirth ......107 Approaches to childbirth ......109 Birth complications .....112 Social issues: Health .....118 Heredity, environment, and behavior: A look ahead ......118 Summary .....126 Important terms and concepts ......127 4 Infancy: Early learning, motor skills, and perceptual capacities .....128 The organized infant ....129 Cultural influences ....134 Social issues: Health ....136 Motor development in infancy .....147 Milestones .....148 Perceptual development in infancy ......152 Biology and environment .....156 Milestones ....158 Social issues: Education ......162 Milestones ....167 Early deprivation and enrichment: Is infancy a sensitive period of development ......169 Summary ......172 Important terms and concepts ....173 5 Physical growth ......174 The course of physical growth ......176 Milestones .....179 Social issues: Education .....180 Brain development ......184 Biology and environment ......188 Factors affecting physical growth .....192 Biology and environment ......193 Puberty: The physical transition to adulthood ....203 Milestones ......204 The psychological impact of pubertal events ......205 Puberty and adolescent health .....210 Social issues: Health ......216 Summary .......221 Important terms and concepts .....223 Part III Cognitive and language development 6 Cognitive development: Piagetian,Core knowledge, and vygotskian Perspectives .....224 Piaget`s cognitive-developmental theory .....226 The sensorimotor stage: Birth to 2 years ......228 Social issues: education .....237 Milestones .....238 The preoperational stage: 2 to 7 years .....239 Milestones ....248 The concrete operational stage: 7 to 11 years .....249 Milestones .....253 The formal operational stage: 11 years and older ......253 Piaget and education .....259 Overall evaluation of piaget`s theory .....260 The core knowledge perspective .....261 Vygotsky`s sociocultural theory .......266 Vygotsky and education .....269 Cultural influences .....270 Evaluation of vygotsky`s theory .....272 Cultural influences .....273 Summary .....273 Important terms and concepts .....275 7 Cognitive development: An information processing perspective ......276 The information-processing approach ...278 A general model of information processing .....278 Developmental theories of information processing .....282 8 Intelligence ......318 9 Language development ......358 Part IV Personality and social development 10 Emotional development ....400 11 Self and social understanding ......446 12 Moral development ....484 13 Develioment of sex differences and gender roles .....528 Part V Contexts for development 14 The family .....566 15 Peers,media and schooling ......606
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Child Development - 9th ed. - Noida Pearson India Education Services Pvt Ltd 2017 - 652p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part I Theory and research in child development 1 History, theory and applied direstions .....2 The field of child development .....4 Basic issues ......6 Biology and environment ......10 Historical foundations .....10 Mid-twentieth-century theories .....14 Recent theoretical perspectives .......21 Cultural influences ....26 Comparing child development theories ......31 Applied directions: Child development and social policy ....32 Social issues: Health ......36 Summary .....38 Important terms and concepts .....39 2 Research strategies .....40 From theory to hypothesis ......41 Common research methods ......42 Biology and environment .....49 Cultural influences .....53 Reliability and validity: Keys to scientifically sound research .....54 General research designs ....55 Social issues: Education ......59 Designs for studying development .....60 Ethics in research on children ....66 Summary ......70 Important terms and concepts .....71 Part II Foundations of development 3 Biological foundations, Prenatal development, and birth ......72 Genetic foundations .....73 Reproductive choice ......84 Social issues: Health ......86 Milestones .....90 Prenatal environmental influences .....94 Childbirth ......107 Approaches to childbirth ......109 Birth complications .....112 Social issues: Health .....118 Heredity, environment, and behavior: A look ahead ......118 Summary .....126 Important terms and concepts ......127 4 Infancy: Early learning, motor skills, and perceptual capacities .....128 The organized infant ....129 Cultural influences ....134 Social issues: Health ....136 Motor development in infancy .....147 Milestones .....148 Perceptual development in infancy ......152 Biology and environment .....156 Milestones ....158 Social issues: Education ......162 Milestones ....167 Early deprivation and enrichment: Is infancy a sensitive period of development ......169 Summary ......172 Important terms and concepts ....173 5 Physical growth ......174 The course of physical growth ......176 Milestones .....179 Social issues: Education .....180 Brain development ......184 Biology and environment ......188 Factors affecting physical growth .....192 Biology and environment ......193 Puberty: The physical transition to adulthood ....203 Milestones ......204 The psychological impact of pubertal events ......205 Puberty and adolescent health .....210 Social issues: Health ......216 Summary .......221 Important terms and concepts .....223 Part III Cognitive and language development 6 Cognitive development: Piagetian,Core knowledge, and vygotskian Perspectives .....224 Piaget`s cognitive-developmental theory .....226 The sensorimotor stage: Birth to 2 years ......228 Social issues: education .....237 Milestones .....238 The preoperational stage: 2 to 7 years .....239 Milestones ....248 The concrete operational stage: 7 to 11 years .....249 Milestones .....253 The formal operational stage: 11 years and older ......253 Piaget and education .....259 Overall evaluation of piaget`s theory .....260 The core knowledge perspective .....261 Vygotsky`s sociocultural theory .......266 Vygotsky and education .....269 Cultural influences .....270 Evaluation of vygotsky`s theory .....272 Cultural influences .....273 Summary .....273 Important terms and concepts .....275 7 Cognitive development: An information processing perspective ......276 The information-processing approach ...278 A general model of information processing .....278 Developmental theories of information processing .....282 8 Intelligence ......318 9 Language development ......358 Part IV Personality and social development 10 Emotional development ....400 11 Self and social understanding ......446 12 Moral development ....484 13 Develioment of sex differences and gender roles .....528 Part V Contexts for development 14 The family .....566 15 Peers,media and schooling ......606
9789332585201 899
O43 / B455