Child Growth and Development 2000-2001

by Junn, Ellen N.; Boyatzis, Chris J.

• ISBN13: 9780072365252
• ISBN10: 0072365250
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	2	(2)
Selected World Wide Web Sites	4	(2)
UNIT 1 Conception to Birth
Overview	6	(12)
Politics of Biology	8	(5)
Wray Herbert
Multiplying the Risks	13	(1)
Geoffrey Cowley
Karen Springen
Designer Babies	14	(2)
Sharon Begley
Hope for 'Snow Babies,'	16	(2)
Sharon Begley
UNIT 2 Cognition, Language, and Learning
Overview	18	(62)
A. EARLY COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Fertile Minds	20	(5)
J. Madeleine Nash
What Do We Know from Brain Research?	25	(4)
Pat Walfe
Ron Brandt
Evolution and Developmental Sex Differences	29	(4)
David C. Geary
Baby Talk	33	(7)
Shannon Brownlee
Effects of Sleep Position on Infant Motor Development	40	(7)
Beth Ellen Davis
Rachel Y. Moon
Hari C. Sachs
Mary C. Ottolini
Categories in Young Children's Thinking	47	(7)
Susan A. Gelman
Why Children Talk to Themselves	54	(5)
Laura E. Berk
B. LEARNING IN SCHOOL
How Asian Teachers Polish Each Lesson to Perfection	59	(13)
James W. Stigler
Harold W. Stevenson
``Ready, Read!''	72	(8)
Nicholas Lemann
UNIT 3 Social and Emotional Development
Overview	80	(40)
A. THE CHILD'S FEELINGS: EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Early Experience and Emotional Development: The Emergence of Wariness of Heights	82	(4)
Joseph J. Campos
Bennett I. Bertenthal
Rosanne Kermoian
Babies, Bonds, and Brains	86	(4)
Karen Wright
How Kids Mourn	90	(2)
Jerry Adler
B. ENTRY INTO THE SOCIAL WORLD: PEERS, PLAY, AND POPULARITY
The EQ Factor	92	(5)
Nancy Gibbs
Children without Friends	97	(5)
Janis R. Bullock
Teacher Response to Superhero Play: To Ban or Not to Ban?	102	(4)
Brenda J. Boyd
Assisting Toddlers & Caregivers During Conflict Resolutions: Interactions That Promote Socialization	106	(6)
Denise A. Da Ros
Beverly A. Kovach
Gender Segregation among Children: Understanding the ``Cootie Phenomenon,''	112	(8)
Kimberly K. Powlishta
UNIT 4 Parenting and Family Issues
Overview	120	(46)
Where Will the Baby Sleep? Attitudes and Practices of New and Experienced Parents Regarding Cosleeping with Their Newborn Infants	122	(9)
Helen L. Ball
Elaine Hooker
Peter J. Kelly
What Matters? What Does Not? Five Perspectives on the Association between Marital Transitions and Children's Adjustment	131	(18)
E. Mavis Hetherington
Margaret Bridges
Glendessa M. Insabella
Boys Will Be Boys	149	(3)
Barbara Kantrowitz
Claudia Kalb
Father Love and Child Development: History and Current Evidence	152	(4)
Ronald P. Rohner
The Moral Development of Children	156	(7)
William Damon
Playing with God	163	(3)
Tracy Cochran
UNIT 5 Cultural and Societal Influences
Overview	166	(59)
A. SOCIAL ISSUES
Buried Alive	168	(8)
David Denby
It's 4:00 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?	176	(4)
Jonathan Alter
Of Power Rangers and V-Chips	180	(6)
Chris J. Boyatzis
B. SPECIAL CHALLENGES
The Effects of Poverty on Children	186	(15)
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Greg J. Duncan
Victimization of Children	201	(11)
David Finkelhor
Jennifer Dziuba-Leatherman
Resilience in Development	212	(3)
Emmy E. Werner
Creating False Memories	215	(6)
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Escaping from the Darkness	221	(4)
Howard Chua-Eoan
Index	225	(3)
Article Review Form	228	(1)
Article Rating Form	229