TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen
TI  - Child Development:  A Cultural Approach
SN  - 9780205841073
U1  - O43 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Pearson
KW  - Child Development
KW  - Child Psychology
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; I. A Cultural Approach to Child Development .......2  1. Human Development Today and its Origins ..............6  Humanity Today: A Demographic Profile ............6  The Origins of Human Diversity ......12  2. Theories of Human Development ......17  Classic Theories ..........17  Recent Theories ............26  3. How we study Human Development ..............29  The Scientific Study of Human Development .......29  Methods and Designs in Research .......32  II. Genetics and Prenatal Development ...........44  1. Genetic influences on development .........47  Genetic basis ........47  Genes and Environment in Human Development ................52  Genes and Individual Development ..........57  2. Prenatal Development and prenatal Care .................61  Prenatal Development ..............61  Prenatal Care .............64  3. Pregnancy Problems .........74  Risks in the Prenatal Period .........74  Infertility and reproductive Technology .........77  III. Birth and the Newborn Child ............88  1. Birth and its cultural Context ...............91  The Birth process .............91  Cultural and Historical Variations in Birth Beliefs and Practices ...............94  2. The neonate .......106  The Neonate`s Health ........106  Physical Functioning of the Neonate .............111  3. Caring for the Neonate ............117  Nutrition : Is Breast Best .......117  Social and Emotional Aspects of Neonatal Care .............121  IV. Infancy ............132  1. Physical Development ..........135  Growth and Change in Infancy ..........135  Infant Health .......143  Baby on the Move: Motor and Sensory Development ..............147  2. Cognitive development ..........154  Piaget`s Sensorimotor Stage .......154  Information processing in Infancy ...........157  Assessing infant Development .......160  The Beginnings of Language ........162  3. Emotional And Social Development .........166  Temperament ..........166  Infants` Emotions ...........169  The social world of the Infant ........172  V. Toddlerhood .........180  Growth and Change in Years 2 and 3 ...............183  Socializing physical Functions : Toilet Training and Weaning ...........189  2. Cognitive Development .............194  Cognitive development theories ........194  Language development .............199  3. Emotional and Social Development ...........208  Emotional development in Toddlerhood ..........208  One Special Person: Attachment theory and Research ........214  The social world of the Toddler .............223  VI. Early Childood..........236  1. Physical Development ........239  Growth from age 3 to 6 .......239  Motor Development .........245  2 Cognitive development ............248  Theories of Cognitive development .....248  early Childhood Education .............254  Language Development ........259  3. Emotional and Social Development .........262  Emotional Regulation and Gender socialization ..........262  Emotional Regulation and Gender Socialization ............262  Parenting .............268  The child`s expanding social world .........277  VII. Middle Childhood .......292  1. Physical Development ..............296  Growth in Middle Childhood ..............296  Motor Development ..............301  2. Cognitive development ...............304  Theries of Cognitive development .........304  Language development ............314  Shool in Middle Childhood ...............317  3. Emotional and Social Development .............324  Emotional and Self-Development ...........324  The social and Cultural Context of Middle Childhood ..............329  VIII. Adolescence ..........350  1. Physical Development ...............354  The Metamorphosis : Biological Changes of Puberty ....................354  Health issues in Adolescence .............360  2. Cognitive Development ..............366  Piaget`s Theory of Formal Operations ..........366  Other Changes in Adolescent Thinking ........368  Adolescent education and work ...........372  IX.  Emerging adulthood
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