A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence

by Papalia, Diane; Feldman, Ruth; Olds, Sally

• ISBN13: 9780073531977
• ISBN10: 0073531979
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-26
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

This fully-revised eleventh edition continues to provide the extensive cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, the innovative pedagogical learning system, and the balance between research and real-life applications that have made A Child's World a favorite of students and professors alike. In the warmly-written and engaging style that has become their hallmark, Diane Papalia and Ruth Feldman continue to provide a chronological view of child development; the new edition expands the coverage of cultural and historical influences on development, highlights the latest research in cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary theory, and features a new and improved Visual Assets Database for instructors.

Table of Contents

Studying A Child's World

A Child's World: How We Discover It

Forming a New Life: Conception, Heredity, and Environment

Pregnancy and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby

Physical Development and Health During the First Three Years

Cognitive Development during the First Three Years

Psychosocial Development during the First Three Years

Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood

Physical Development and Health in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Psychosocial Development in Adolescence

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