TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mussen, Paul Henry
AU  - Conger,John Janeway
AU  - Kagan,Jerome
TI  - Child Development and Personality
SN  - 9788176257824
U1  - O43 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sarup & Sons
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; Chapter I Introduction                    1  Some Historical Perspectives	3  Emergence of Child Psychology as a Scientific Discipline  Contemporary Child Psychology: Recent Trends	16  Ethical Issues in Research          20  Chapter 2 Theory in Developmental Psychology  The Reasons for Developmental Psychology        27  The Reasons for Behavior-the Goals of Development and the Nature of the Child	29  A cognitive-Adaptive Approach to Development	33  The Theory of Jean Piaget	33  Learning Theory	40  Types of Learning	43  Basic Conditions of Learning	49  Part I The Prenatal Period	61  Chapter 3 Genetic and Prenatal Factors in Developmw  Beginings of Life	66  Hereditary Transmission 66  Determining the Extent of Genetic Influences    73  Results of Human Genetic Research	76  Prenatal Development        86  How Conception Occurs        87  The Earliest Period of Development          88  Prenatal Environmental Influences        93  Heredity   plays   a great role in the development of a child`s personality. But  PART II THE FIRST TWO YEARS  The`Newborn	  Basic Needs  Infants  Development of Language  Cognitive Activity	238  Piagelfs Later Stages of Intelligence 266  The Role of Motives and Expectancy    275  Summary	278  Chapter 8 Intelligence        283  Types of Intelligence Tests	286  Effects of Environment and Personality on Intelligence Test Performance  Intelligence, Heredity, Environment, and Race	300  Changing Cognitive Functioning	304  Summary	311  PART IV PRESCHOOL YEARS  Chapter 9 Preschool Personality Development        317  Socialization	318  Sexual Motives and Curiosity	321  Hostility and Aggression	322  Dependency	331  Fear and Anxiety	337  Mastery Motivation	343  Identification	345  Sex Typing	348  Conscience Development and Prosocial Behavior	352  Personality and Social Learning in the Home         354  PART V MIDDLE CHILDHOOD 369  Chapter 10 Development in Middle Childhood        371  I. Personality Development and Problems of Adjustment 371  Influence of the Family in Middle Childhood        371  Development of Conscience and Moral Standards	390  Psychological and Psychophysiological Problems of Middle Childhood 397  Psychological Problems of Minority Group Membership	409  Summary	417  Chapter 11 Development in Middle Childhood  II. Expansion of Social Environment 434  The Adjustment to School        435  Socioeconomic Status, Educational Aspiration, and School Achievement 448  Parental and Peer Influences on Educational Aspiration	450  The School and the Disadvantaged Student	453  School Dropouts 456  Relations with Peers 460  Summary 468  PART VI ADOLESCENCE  Chapter 12 Adolescence        489  I. Physical Change, Sex and Social Development	489  Physical Development in Adolescence        491  Psychological Aspects of Adolescent Growth and Development        496  Effects of Adolescent Mental Growth on Psychological Development    499  Developmental Tasks of Adolescence        503  The Development of Adolescent Independence	504  Sexual Attitudes and Behavior in the Adolescent	510  Adolescents and their Peers        519  Vocational Choice	524  Chapter 13 Adolescence	544  II. Identity, Values, and Alienation  Identity	545  Moral Values and latrapsychi Conflicts	551  Alienation 555  Alternative life Styles: Activism Versus Dropping Out 558  Adolescents and Drugs	564  Juvenile Delinquency        571
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