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Summary

For freshman/sophmore courses in Child Development and Developmental Psychology (including adolescence) at two and four year schools taught in psychology, human ecology, human development, and early childhood education. To bring to life the colorful, fascinating and sometimes puzzling process of developmental psychology, this text uses the lives of famous individuals to illustrate development in action and introduce each chapter's content. Through an analysis of the young lives of these individuals, students will come to understand how heredity and environment interact to mold development. Two main themes flow throughout the text: The child within his or her culture and the child within the family. Using these themes this text covers the main theories, research and applications of developmental psychology and illustrates how society, culture and the family interact with heredity to shape physical, cognitive, and social development. An engaging writing style, lots of solid practical information and interesting examples grab the student's interest and further illuminate this subject.

The Study of the Child
Studying Children
Child Psychologists in the Context of Their Times
Studying Human Development Today
Above All, Do No Harm: The Ethics of Research.
Theories of Child Development
Biological Theories
Psychoanalytic Theories
Family Systems Theory: Biology plus Psychoanalysis
Behavioral Theories: Objective Psychology
Cognitive Theory: Comprehending the World.
Prenatal Development
Conception to Birth
Heredity: The Genetic Transmission of Traits
The Environment and Prenatal Development
The Nature-Nurture Debate.
Physical Development in Infancy
Getting Born
The Neonate
Physical Development
Perceptual Development.
Cognitive Development in Infancy
Cognition in Infancy
Infant Memory
Infant Communication.
Social and Emotional Development in Infancy
Becoming Attached
The Development of Self-Awareness and Personality
Emotional Development and Socialization.
The Physical World of Early Childhood
The Growing, Changing Baby
Motor Activity
Health and Development.
Cognitive Development In Early Childhood
Thinking in Early Childhood
Information Processing
Language Development
Early Childhood Education Programs.
Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
Development of the Self
The Child in the Family
The Self-Controlled Child
Childhood Friendships.
The Physical World of Middle Childhood
Physical Growth and Development
Health and Safety in Middle Childhood
Motor Activity and Development
Stress and Coping.
The Cognitive World of Middle Childhood
Cognitive Development
Information Processing
Intelligence
Cognitive Development and the School Experience.
Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
A Sense of Self in Middle Childhood
Family Life and Its Effect on Development
Child Maltreatment
Disorders of Middle Childhood.
Physical Development in Adolescence
The Physical Changes of Puberty
Health Concerns of Adolescence
Adolescent Sexuality.
Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Jean Piaget and Formal Operations
Information Processing
Moral Development
Educating the Adolescent.
Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
Self-Concept in Adoloscence
The Adolescent in the Family
The Social World of Adolescence
The Bridge to Adulthood
Glossary
References
Credits
Name Index
Subject Index.
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