Child Development

by Petersen, Corlice J.

• ISBN13: 9780072347951
• ISBN10: 0072347953
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-27
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Child Development brings the research to life through stories.What prompted researcher Virginia Apgar to develop what became the Apgar Test on newborns? Who knew that psychologist Eleanor Gibson' famous "visual cliff" experiment was inspired by her own toddler's experience of hesitation in approaching the edge of the Grand Canyon? These stories help students appreciate the relevance of theory, helping them internalize research-intensive material. Through integrating such stories, this text provides the scientific rigor of Berk's child development books from Allyn & Bacon with the accessibility of Worth's Berger.

Table of Contents

Beginnings

Introduction to Child Development

Basic Concepts and Issues in Child Development

Historical Views of Childhood Theoretical Perspectives Research in Child Development

Critical Thinking

Heredity, Environment, and Prenatal Development

Genetics and Heredity Process of Conception Stages of Prenatal Development

Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn

Infant Process of Childbirth

Medical Techniques

During Labor and Delivery Birth Complications

Characteristics of the Newborn

The Newborn Infant in the Family

Infancy And The Toddler Years

Physical Development and Health

During Infancy and the Toddler Years

Physical Growth Motor Development

Sensory and Perceptual Development

Basic Needs Health and Safety Concerns

Cognitive and Language Development

During Infancy and the Toddler Years

Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory Contemporary

Perspectives on Early Cognitive Development

Individual Differences in Early Cognitive Development

The Beginnings of Language

Social and Emotional Development

During Infancy and the Toddler Years

How Infants and Toddlers

Experience and Express Emotions

Infant and Toddler Temperament

Development of Attachment Relationships

Development of Self-Awareness and Autonomy

Child Maltreatment Early Childhood

Physical Growth and Health

During Early Childhood Growth of the Body

Brain Development

Motor Development

Health and Wellness

Cognitive Development

During Early Childhood

Advances in Children's Thinking:Representational Skill and Pretend

Play Information Processing Approaches Vygotsky's

Sociocultural Approach Individual Differences in Cognitive Development

Social and Emotional Development

During EarlyChildhood Development of Self-Understanding

Growth of Emotional Self-Regulation

Gender and the Self Parent-Child Realtionships

Peer and Sibling Relationships

Agression, Prosocial Behavior, and Self-Control Middle Childhood

Physical Growth and Health in Middle Childhood

Growth of the Body Health and Wellness Motor Development

Children with Special Needs

Cognitive Development

During Middle Childhood Piaget's

Theory: Concrete Operational Thought Information processing

Approaches Intelligence Language Development Schooling and Cognitive Development

Social and Emotional Development

During Middle Childhood Development of Self-Concepts Family Influences on Social Development

Growth of Peer Relations Environments of Social Development Adolescence

Physical Development and Health

During Adolescence What is Adolescence?

Physical Maturation Adolescent Sexuality Health and Safety Concerns

Growth of Peer Relations Environments of Social Development Common Problems

During Middle Childhood

Cognitive Development

During Adolescence Piaget's Theory: Formal Operational Thought

Recent Approaches to Adolescent Cognitive Development

Moral Development

Schools and schooling

Social and Emotional Development

During Adolescence Self and Identity Family contexts of Social and Emotional Development

Peer Contexts of Social and Emotional Development

Risks and Problems Moving Toward Adulthood

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