Child Development

by Feldman, Robert S., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780133852035
• ISBN10: 0133852032
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-02-03
• Publisher: Pearson

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A balanced presentation of developmental theory, research, and applications
Child Development, Seventh Edition offers students a balanced, up-to-date overview of developmental theory and research with a focus on application to students’ personal lives and future careers. Organized chronologically, the text features a variety of student-focused tools that make the study of development interesting and engaging. Author Robert Feldman’s emphasis on practical, take-home information provides students with knowledge they can use during the course and beyond.

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Author Biography

Robert S. Feldman is Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Deputy Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A recipient of the College Distinguished Teacher Award, he teaches classes ranging in size from 10 to nearly 500 students. During the course of more than two decades as a college instructor, he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University in addition to the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

A Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, Professor Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University (and from which he received the Distinguished Alumni Award). He has an MS and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award, and he has written more than 200 books, book chapters, and scientific articles. He has edited Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children (Springer-Verlag) and Applications of Nonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research (Erlbaum), and co-edited Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior (Cambridge University Press). He is also author of Development Across the Life Span, Understanding Psychology, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, German, Arabic, Tagalog, and Japanese, and more than 2.5 million students have used his textbooks.

Professor Feldman’s research interests include honesty and deception in everyday life, work that he described in The Liar in Your Life, a trade book published in 2009. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.  He is also president of the Federation of Associations in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Foundation, an organization that promotes the social sciences, and a member of the board of New England Public Radio.

Professor Feldman loves music, is an enthusiastic pianist, and enjoys cooking and traveling. He has three children and two young grandsons. He and his wife, a psychologist, live in western Massachusetts in a home overlooking the Holyoke Mountain Range.

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Child Development
2. Theoretical Perspectives and Research
3. The Start of Life: Genetics and Prenatal Development
4. Birth and the Newborn Infant
5. Physical Development in Infancy
6. Cognitive Development in Infancy
7. Social and Personality Development in Infancy
8. Physical Development in the Preschool Years
9. Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years
10. Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years
11. Physical Development in Middle Childhood
12. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
13. Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
14. Physical Development in Adolescence
15. Cognitive Development in Adolescence
16. Social and Personality Development in Adolescence