Annual Editions : Child Growth and Development 04/05

by Junn, Ellen N.; Boyatzis, Chris J.

• ISBN13: 9780072860641
• ISBN10: 0072860642
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-13
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

This 11th edition of Annual Editions: Child Growth & Development is a compilation of articles selected from the best of the public press including magazines, newspapers, and journals. The articles cover topics on learning in school; early cognitive development and parenting and family issues. This title is supported by Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online/), a student Web site that provides study support tools and links to related Web sites.

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	x
Selected World Wide Web Sites	xiv
UNIT 1 Conception to Birth
Unit Overview	xvi
What Makes You Who You Are	2	(6)
Matt Ridley
Making Time for a Baby	8	(6)
Nancy Gibbs
Inside the Womb	14	(5)
J. Madeleine Nash
Treating the Tiniest Patients	19	(3)
Claudia Kalb
Grade A: The Market for a Yale Woman's Eggs	22	(6)
Jessica Cohen
UNIT 2 Cognition, Language, and Learning
Unit Overview	26	(2)
Part A. Early Cognition and Physical Development
The Quest for a Super Kid	28	(4)
Jeffrey Kluger
Alice Park
Long-Term Recall Memory: Behavioral and Neuro-Developmental Changes in the First 2 Years of Life	32	(5)
Patricia J. Bauer
Evolution and Developmental Sex Differences	37	(5)
David C. Geary
Representation of Objects and Events: Why Do Infants Look So Smart and Toddlers Look So Dumb?	42	(4)
Rachel Keen
Do Young Children Understand What Others Feel, Want, and Know?	46	(6)
Angeline Lillard
Stephanie Curenton
Giftedness: Current Theory and Research	52	(4)
Ellen Winner
Part B. Learning in School
Preschool: The Most Important Grade	56	(4)
W. Steven Barnett
Jason T. Hustedt
How Should Reading Be Taught?	60	(5)
Keith Rayner
Barbara R. Foorman
Charles A. Perfetti
David Pesetsky
Mark S. Seidenberg
The `Re-Engineered' Child	65	(5)
Andrea Petersen
UNIT 3 Social and Emotional Development
Unit Overview	68	(2)
Part A. The Child's Feelings: Emotional Development
Emotional Intelligence: What the Research Says	70	(5)
Casey D. Cobb
John D. Mayer
Part B. Entry into the Social World: Peers, Play, and Popularity
Friendship Quality and Social Development	75	(4)
Thomas J. Berndt
What Ever Happened to Play?	79	(3)
Walter Kirn
Wendy Cole
Gender and Group Process: A Developmental Perspective	82	(4)
Eleanor E. Maccoby
Girls Just Want to Be Mean	86	(8)
Margaret Talbot
A Profile of Bullying	94	(8)
Dan Olweus
UNIT 4 Parenting and Family Issues
Unit Overview	100	(2)
Should You Stay Together for the Kids?	102	(8)
Walter Kirn
Contemporary Research on Parenting: The Case for Nature and Nurture	110	(15)
W. Andrew Collins
Eleanor E. Maccoby
Laurence Steinberg
E. Mavis Hetherington
Marc H. Bornstein
Who's in Charge Here?	125	(6)
Nancy Gibbs
In (Self-) Defense of the Fanatical Sports Parent	131	(3)
Gordon Marino
Spanking Children: Evidence and Issues	134	(4)
Alan E. Kazdin
Corina Benjet
Raising a Nation of Crybabies?	138	(5)
Laura Sessions Stepp
Why Our Kids Are Out of Control	143	(5)
Jacob Azerrad
Paul Chance
Family Poverty, Welfare Reform, and Child Development	148	(7)
Greg J Duncan
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
The Moral Development of Children	155	(9)
William Damon
UNIT 5 Cultural and Societal Influences
Unit Overview	162	(2)
Part A. Social Issues
Tomorrow's Child	164	(3)
Jerry Adler
Getting Stupid	167	(5)
Bernice Wuethrich
How U.S. Children and Adolescents Spend Time: What it Does (and Doesn't) Tell Us About Their Development	172	(5)
Reed W. Larson
Parents or Pop Culture? Children's Heroes and Role Models	177	(9)
Kristin J. Anderson
Donna Cavallaro
How Many Fathers Are Best for a Child?	186	(3)
Meredith F. Small
Part B. Special Challenges
The Medication Merry-Go-Round	189	(5)
Kathryn Brown
Scars That Won't Heal: The Neurobiology of Child Abuse	194	(6)
Martin H. Teicher
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Very Young Children: Early Signs and Interventions	200	(7)
Rebecca R. Fewell
Barbara Deutscher
Voices of the Children: We Beat and Killed People	207	(4)
Tom Maslind
Young and Bipolar	211	(8)
Jeffrey Kluger
Sora Song
Index	219	(3)
Test Your Knowledge Form	222	(1)
Article Rating Form	223