To the Student | p. xxiii |
To the Instructor | p. xxv |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Basic Questions | p. 1 |
Nature and Nurture: An Ancient Debate | p. 2 |
Interactions of Nature and Nurture | p. 13 |
The Nature of Developmental Change | p. 16 |
Theories of Development | p. 17 |
Finding the Answers: Research on Development | p. 23 |
Research Design | p. 24 |
Research Methods | p. 30 |
Research Analysis | p. 32 |
A Final Word | p. 33 |
Summary | p. 34 |
Research Report: How Do Behavior Geneticists Identify Genetic Effects? | p. 6 |
Research Report: Resilience Among Children Growing Up in Poverty | p. 14 |
Cultures and Contexts: An Example of a Cross-Cultural Comparison Study | p. 29 |
Research Report: Ethical Issues in Research on Development | p. 32 |
The Beginnings of Life | p. 38 |
Prenatal Development | p. 38 |
Conception | p. 39 |
The Basic Genetics of Conception | p. 39 |
Patterns of Genetic Inheritance | p. 41 |
Twins and Siblings | p. 44 |
Genotypes and Phenotypes | p. 45 |
Development from Conception to Birth | p. 45 |
An Overview of Prenatal Development | p. 50 |
Genetic Errors | p. 51 |
Teratogens: Diseases and Drugs | p. 54 |
Other Influences on Prenatal Development | p. 61 |
An Overview of Risks and Long-Term Consequences of Prenatal Problems | p. 64 |
Sex Differences in Prenatal Development | p. 66 |
Social Class Differences | p. 67 |
Summary | p. 68 |
The Real World: Prenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Errors | p. 53 |
Research Report: Rh Factor: Another Type of Genetic Problem | p. 55 |
Research Report: Streissguth's Study of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure | p. 59 |
Birth and the Newborn Child | p. 71 |
Birth | p. 72 |
Adapting to the Newborn | p. 82 |
The Newborn: What Can He Do? | p. 82 |
The Daily Life of Infants | p. 90 |
Individual Differences Among Babies | p. 96 |
Summary | p. 99 |
The Real World: Postpartum Depression | p. 83 |
Cultures and Contexts: Sleeping Arrangements for Infants | p. 92 |
Research Report: Variations in Children's Cries | p. 93 |
Cultures and Contexts: Cultural and Social Class Differences in Patterns of Breast-Feeding, and Their Consequences | p. 95 |
The Physical Child | p. 102 |
Physical Development | p. 102 |
Four Reasons for Studying Physical Development | p. 103 |
Basic Sequences and Common Patterns | p. 104 |
Development of Sexual Maturity | p. 112 |
Using the Body: Motor Development | p. 119 |
Variations in Rate of Development | p. 119 |
Health and Illness | p. 122 |
Determinants of Growth: Explanations of Physical Development | p. 132 |
Summary | p. 135 |
Research Report: Homosexuality Among Adolescents | p. 117 |
The Real World: Which Teenagers Get Pregnant? | p. 118 |
The Real World: Sports for Children | p. 121 |
Research Report: Child Abuse and Neglect | p. 125 |
Perceptual Development | p. 138 |
Ways of Studying Early Perceptual Skills | p. 139 |
Basic Sensory Skills | p. 140 |
Complex Perceptual Skills: Preferences, Discriminations, and Patterns | p. 143 |
Ignoring Perceptual Information: The Perceptual Constancies | p. 151 |
The Object Concept | p. 152 |
Perception of Social Signals | p. 155 |
Individual Differences in Perception: Speed and Efficiency | p. 157 |
Explanations of Perceptual Development | p. 158 |
Perceptual Development: A Summing-Up | p. 160 |
Summary | p. 160 |
Research Report: Langlois' Studies of Babies' Preferences for Attractive Faces | p. 146 |
Research Report: Babies Even Learn Sound Patterns in Utero | p. 149 |
Cultures and Contexts: Object Permanence in Zambian Infants | p. 155 |
The Thinking Child | p. 162 |
Cognitive Development I: Structure and Process | p. 162 |
Three Views of Intelligence | p. 163 |
Piaget's Perspective | p. 164 |
Infancy | p. 167 |
The Preschool Years | p. 172 |
The School-Age Child | p. 180 |
Cognitive Development in Adolescence | p. 187 |
Preliminary Conclusions and Questions | p. 191 |
Information Processing in Children | p. 192 |
Summary | p. 195 |
Research Report: Piaget's Clever Research | p. 165 |
The Real World: Young Children's Play | p. 173 |
Cultures and Contexts: Understanding of Appearance and Reality in Other Cultures | p. 177 |
Research Report: Memory and the Child as Witness | p. 184 |
Cognitive Development II: Individual Differences in Cognitive Abilities | p. 198 |
Measuring Intellectual Power: IQ Tests and Other Measures | p. 199 |
Stability and Predictive Value of IQ Tests | p. 203 |
An Alternative View: Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence | p. 207 |
Explaining Differences in IQ Scores | p. 208 |
Interaction of Heredity and Environment | p. 217 |
Group Differences in IQ Scores | p. 217 |
The Measurement of Intelligence: A Last Look | p. 222 |
Individual Differences in Information Processing | p. 222 |
Cognitive Development: Putting the Three Approaches Together | p. 223 |
Summary | p. 225 |
The Real World: Performance Tests: A New Way to Measure School Achievement | p. 204 |
Cultures and Contexts: Maternal "Responsiveness" in Different Cultures | p. 212 |
Research Report: Later Schooling and IQ Scores | p. 216 |
Research Report: Stereotype Threat: Another Possible Factor in Poorer Minority Performance | p. 218 |
Cultures and Contexts: How Asian Teachers Teach Math and Science So Effectively | p. 220 |
The Development of Language | p. 227 |
What Is Language Anyway? | p. 228 |
Before the First Word: The Prelinguistic Phase | p. 229 |
The First Words | p. 231 |
Speaking in Sentences: The Development of Grammar | p. 235 |
The Development of Word Meaning | p. 239 |
Using Language: Communication and Self-direction | p. 243 |
Explaining Language Development | p. 244 |
Innateness Theories | p. 247 |
Individual Differences in Language Development | p. 251 |
An Application of the Basic Knowledge: Learning to Read | p. 254 |
Summary | p. 255 |
Research Report: Early Gestural "Language" in the Children of Deaf Parents | p. 231 |
Cultures and Contexts: Early Words by Children in Many Cultures | p. 234 |
The Real World: Bilingual Children | p. 240 |
Research Report: The Importance of Reading To the Child | p. 247 |
Cultures and Contexts: Universals and Variations in Early Language | p. 248 |
The Social Child | p. 258 |
Personality Development: Alternative Views | p. 258 |
Defining Personality in Adults | p. 260 |
Defining Personality in Children | p. 261 |
Genetic and Biological Explanations | p. 264 |
Learning Explanations | p. 269 |
Psychoanalytic Explanations | p. 274 |
A Possible Synthesis | p. 283 |
Summary | p. 285 |
Cultures and Contexts: Cultural Differences in Infant Temperament | p. 264 |
Research Report: The Inheritance of Personality Patterns: Evidence from Adults | p. 266 |
Research Report: Temperament and Behavior Problems | p. 268 |
The Real World: Applying Learning Principles at Home | p. 271 |
The Real World: The Effects of Divorce: One Test of Psychoanalytic Theory | p. 282 |
The Concept of Self in Children | p. 287 |
The Development of the Concept of Self | p. 288 |
Self-esteem | p. 299 |
The Self-concept: A Summing-Up | p. 303 |
The Development of Gender and Sex-Role Concepts | p. 303 |
Summary | p. 314 |
Cultures and Contexts: Adolescent Initiation Rituals | p. 297 |
Cultures and Contexts: Sex-Role Stereotypes Around the World | p. 306 |
The Real World: Sex Stereotyping on TV and in Children's Books | p. 310 |
The Development of Social Relationships | p. 317 |
Attachment Theory: Concepts and Terminology | p. 318 |
The Parents' Bond to the Child | p. 320 |
The Baby's Attachment to the Parent | p. 322 |
Variations in the Quality of Infants' Attachments | p. 328 |
Relationships with Peers: Playmates and Friends | p. 334 |
Behavior with Peers: Prosocial Behavior and Aggression | p. 342 |
Individual Differences in Peer Relationships | p. 345 |
Summary | p. 349 |
The Real World: Failure of Parental Bonding: Causes and Consequences | p. 322 |
Cultures and Contexts: Attachment in a Very Different Cultural System | p. 323 |
Cultures and Contexts: Secure and Insecure Attachments in Different Cultures | p. 330 |
Research Report: Intergenerational Transmission of Secure and Insecure Attachment | p. 331 |
The Real World: Sibling Relationships | p. 335 |
Research Report: Are African-American Adolescents More Susceptible to Peer Influence? | p. 340 |
The Real World: Rearing Helpful and Altruistic Children | p. 344 |
Research Report: Bullies and Victims | p. 346 |
Thinking About Relationships: The Development of Social Cognition | p. 352 |
Some General Principles and Issues | p. 353 |
Reading Others' Feelings | p. 354 |
Describing Other People | p. 358 |
Describing Friendships | p. 359 |
Making Moral Judgments | p. 360 |
Social Cognition and Behavior | p. 369 |
Social Cognition and General Cognitive Development | p. 372 |
Summary | p. 374 |
Research Report: An Intervention to Increase Children's Emotional Competence | p. 356 |
The Real World: Application of Kohlberg's Theory to Education | p. 373 |
The Whole Child | p. 376 |
The Ecology of Development: The Child Within the Family System | p. 376 |
Theoretical Approaches | p. 377 |
Dimensions of Family Interaction | p. 379 |
Patterns or Styles of Child Rearing | p. 385 |
Other Aspects of Family Dynamics | p. 390 |
Some Exosystem Effects: Parents' Work and Social Support | p. 401 |
Summary | p. 404 |
The Real World: To Spank or Not to Spank | p. 383 |
Cultures and Contexts: China's One-Child Policy | p. 392 |
Cultures and Contexts: The Benefits of Extended Families | p. 396 |
Cultures and Contexts: Explaining the High Rate of Single Parenthood Among African Americans | p. 397 |
The Real World: Softening the Effects of Divorce | p. 400 |
Beyond the Family: The Impact of the Broader Culture | p. 406 |
Child Care | p. 407 |
The Impact of Schools | p. 414 |
Joining the Work World: The Impact of Jobs on Teenagers | p. 420 |
The Impact of the Mass Media | p. 423 |
Macrosystem Effects: The Impact of the Larger Culture | p. 427 |
Summary | p. 440 |
The Real World: Latchkey Children | p. 413 |
Research Report: Family Viewing Patterns | p. 424 |
The Real World: Children in Danger | p. 431 |
Cultures and Contexts: Child Rearing and Family Values in West Africa | p. 434 |
Research Report: Asian and U.S. Teenagers and Their Parents Define a "Bad Kid" | p. 438 |
Atypical Development | p. 442 |
Frequency of Problems | p. 443 |
Developmental Psychopathology: A New Approach | p. 444 |
The Psychopathologies of Childhood | p. 446 |
Intellectually Atypical Development | p. 457 |
Schooling for Atypical Children | p. 462 |
Sex Differences in Atypical Development | p. 465 |
A Final Point | p. 466 |
Summary | p. 467 |
Cultures and Contexts: Problem Behaviors Among Children in Kenya and Thailand | p. 444 |
Research Report: Delinquency Among Girls | p. 449 |
The Real World: Adolescent Suicide and Its Prevention | p. 451 |
The Real World: The Impact of the Atypical Child on the Family | p. 464 |
Putting It All Together: The Developing Child | p. 469 |
Transitions, Consolidations, and Systems | p. 470 |
From Birth to 18 Months | p. 470 |
The Preschool Years | p. 475 |
The Elementary School Years | p. 477 |
Adolescence | p. 480 |
Returning to Some Basic Questions | p. 485 |
Individual Differences | p. 491 |
A Final Point: The Joy of Development | p. 492 |
Summary | p. 493 |
Glossary | p. 495 |
References | p. 503 |
Credits | p. 547 |
Name Index | p. 549 |
Subject Index | p. 565 |
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