Introduction to Child Development

by Dworetzky, John P.

• ISBN13: 9780314067487
• ISBN10: 0314067485
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-04-10
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This best-selling child/adolescent development book is known for its thorough and up-to-date research base and smooth, witty writing style. Can be used by instructors who organize chronologically or topically. Utilizes SQ3R format.

Table of Contents

UNIT ONE Foundations of Development	1	(66)
CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to Development: History and Research	3	(30)
APPLICATIONS: The Ethical and Legal Aspects of Experimenting with Children	28	(5)
CHAPTER 2 Inheritance and the Biological Foundations of Development	33	(34)
APPLICATIONS: Eugenics: Selectively Breeding Human Beings	60	(7)
UNIT TWO Beginnings of Life: Birth and Infancy	67	(127)
CHAPTER 3 Conceptions, Prenatal Development, and Birth	69	(36)
APPLICATIONS: A Brave New World	100	(5)
CHAPTER 4 Growth, Plasticity, and Individual Differences	105	(26)
APPLICATIONS: The Genetics of Behavior	126	(5)
CHAPTER 5 Neural, Sensory, and Perceptual Development	131	(28)
APPLICATIONS: Overcoming Adverse Early Experiences	154	(5)
CHAPTER 6 Infant Social and Emotional Development	159	(35)
APPLICATIONS: Is Day Care a Good Idea?	188	(6)
UNIT THREE The Developing Child: Learning, Language, and Cognition	194	(162)
CHAPTER 7 Learning	197	(28)
APPLICATIONS: Behavior Modification	218	(7)
CHAPTER 8 Language Development	225	(36)
APPLICATIONS: Strike When the Iron is Hot	254	(7)
CHAPTER 9 Cognitive Development I: Historical Foundations	261	(34)
APPLICATIONS: Why Children Stop Believing in Santa Claus	290	(5)
CHAPTER 10 Cognitive Development II: Modern Perspectives	295	(28)
APPLICATIONS: Speak Softer, I Can't Understand You	318	(5)
CHAPTER 11 Intelligence and Creativity	323	(33)
APPLICATIONS: Reaching Their Full Potential: Mainstreaming Handicapped Children	350	(6)
UNIT FOUR The Developing Child: Social Processes	356	(181)
CHAPTER 12 Socialization and Personality Development	359	(32)
APPLICATIONS: Parents Under Stress: Helping to Prevent Child Abuse	384	(7)
CHAPTER 13 The Development of Sexuality and Sex Roles	391	(24)
APPLICATIONS: Overcoming Sex Stereotypes	410	(5)
CHAPTER 14 Peers, School, and the Social Environment	415	(36)
APPLICATIONS: "All That Glitters..."	443	(8)
CHAPTER 15 The Development of Morality and Self-Control	451	(32)
APPLICATIONS: Controlling Aggression and Violence	476	(7)
CHAPTER 16 Child Development in Other Cultures	483	(26)
APPLICATIONS: My First Impressionism	500	(9)
CHAPTER 17 Children with Special Needs	509	(28)
APPLICATIONS: Born to Be Wild: An Evolutionary Theory of Hard Times	532	(5)
UNIT FIVE Adolescence	537	(46)
CHAPTER 18 Adolescent Physical and Cognitive Development	539	(22)
APPLICATIONS: Adolescent Egocentrism: Understanding Adolescents Even Though they May Not Understand You	556	(5)
CHAPTER 19 Adolescent Social and Personality Development	561	(22)
APPLICATIONS: Preventing Teenage Pregnancy	578	(5)
Glossary	583	(12)
References	595	(30)
Name Index	625	(14)
Subject Index	639