A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence

by Sally W. Olds; Diane E. Papalia; Ruth Duskin-Feldman

• ISBN13: 9780070487857
• ISBN10: 0070487855
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: MCG

Table of Contents

List of Vignettes	xv	(2)
List of Boxes	xvii	(2)
Preface	xix	(7)
Resource Guide	xxvi
Prologue: Reentering a Child's World	1	(4)
Chapter 1 About a Child's World: History, Theory, and Research Methods	5	(45)
Beginnings	50	(104)
Chapter 2 Forming a New Life: Conception, Heredity, and Environment	53	(38)
Chapter 3 Pregnancy and Prenatal Development	91	(32)
Chapter 4 Birth and the Newborn Baby	123	(31)
Infancy and Toddlerhood	154	(122)
Chapter 5 Physical Development and Health During the First Three Years	157	(30)
Chapter 6 Cognitive Development During the First Three Years	187	(44)
Chapter 7 Psychosocial Development During the First Three Years	231	(45)
Early Childhood	276	(114)
Chapter 8 Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood	279	(30)
Chapter 9 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood	309	(40)
Chapter 10 Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood	349	(41)
Middle Childhood	390	(112)
Chapter 11 Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood	393	(24)
Chapter 12 Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood	417	(46)
Chapter 13 Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood	463	(39)
Adolescence	502	(109)
Chapter 14 Physical Development and Health in Adolescence	505	(36)
Chapter 15 Cognitive Development in Adolescence	541	(30)
Chapter 16 Psychosocial Development in Adolescence	571	(40)
Glossary	611	(1)
Bibliography	612	(57)
Acknowledgments	669	(6)
Indexes	675