Infants, Children, and Adolescents (with Interactive Companion Website)

by Berk, Laura E.

• ISBN13: 9780205336067
• ISBN10: 020533606X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Berk has updated this best-selling, chronologically organized child development text by paying close attention to the relationship between theory, research, and applications. With a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, and stronger focus on education (both at home and at school) and social policy as critical pieces of the dynamic system in which the child develops, Berk pays meticulous attention to the most recent scholarship in the field. Creating stronger connections between domains of development, Berk has expanded her coverage of culture, enhanced attention to emotional development, and updated cognitive, biological, and social development. In her signature storytelling style, Berk creates a cast of characters for each unit based on real children and families, artfully using their stories to illustrate the sequence and processes of child development and applications of theory and research. This book is also available in an abridged paperbound version, Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood, comprised of Chapters 1-13.

Table of Contents

Preface for Instructors	xxi
A Personal Note to Students	xxviii
I THEORY AND RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT
History, Theory, and Research Strategies	2	(50)
II FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
Biological and Enviornmental Foundations	52	(44)
Prenatal Development	96	(36)
Birth and the Newborn Baby	132	(36)
III INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD: THE FIRST TWO YEARS
Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood	168	(42)
Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood	210	(42)
Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood	252	(40)
IV EARLY CHILDHOOD: TWO TO SIX YEARS
Physical Development in Early Childhood	292	(30)
Cognitive Development in Early Childhood	322	(42)
Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood	364	(45)
V MIDDLE CHILDHOOD: SIX TO ELEVEN YEARS
Physical Development in Middle Childhood	409	(27)
Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood	436	(44)
Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood	480	(44)
VI ADOLESCENCE: THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
Physical Development in Adolescence	524	(36)
Cognitive Development in Adolescence	560	(38)
Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence	598
Glossary	G-1
References	R-1
Name Index	NI-1
Subject Index	SI-1