Introduction to Child Development

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ISBN: 9780314067487 | 0314067485
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/10/1996

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This best-selling child/adolescent development book is known for its thorough and up-to-date research base and smooth, witty writing style. Can be used by instructors who organize chronologically or topically. Utilizes SQ3R format.

UNIT ONE Foundations of Development

(66)

CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to Development: History and Research

(30)

APPLICATIONS: The Ethical and Legal Aspects of Experimenting with Children

(5)

CHAPTER 2 Inheritance and the Biological Foundations of Development

(34)

APPLICATIONS: Eugenics: Selectively Breeding Human Beings

(7)

UNIT TWO Beginnings of Life: Birth and Infancy

(127)

CHAPTER 3 Conceptions, Prenatal Development, and Birth

(36)

APPLICATIONS: A Brave New World

100

(5)

CHAPTER 4 Growth, Plasticity, and Individual Differences

105

(26)

APPLICATIONS: The Genetics of Behavior

126

(5)

CHAPTER 5 Neural, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

131

(28)

APPLICATIONS: Overcoming Adverse Early Experiences

154

(5)

CHAPTER 6 Infant Social and Emotional Development

159

(35)

APPLICATIONS: Is Day Care a Good Idea?

188

(6)

UNIT THREE The Developing Child: Learning, Language, and Cognition

194

(162)

CHAPTER 7 Learning

197

(28)

APPLICATIONS: Behavior Modification

218

(7)

CHAPTER 8 Language Development

225

(36)

APPLICATIONS: Strike When the Iron is Hot

254

(7)

CHAPTER 9 Cognitive Development I: Historical Foundations

261

(34)

APPLICATIONS: Why Children Stop Believing in Santa Claus

290

(5)

CHAPTER 10 Cognitive Development II: Modern Perspectives

295

(28)

APPLICATIONS: Speak Softer, I Can't Understand You

318

(5)

CHAPTER 11 Intelligence and Creativity

323

(33)

APPLICATIONS: Reaching Their Full Potential: Mainstreaming Handicapped Children

350

(6)

UNIT FOUR The Developing Child: Social Processes

356

(181)

CHAPTER 12 Socialization and Personality Development

359

(32)

APPLICATIONS: Parents Under Stress: Helping to Prevent Child Abuse

384

(7)

CHAPTER 13 The Development of Sexuality and Sex Roles

391

(24)

APPLICATIONS: Overcoming Sex Stereotypes

410

(5)

CHAPTER 14 Peers, School, and the Social Environment

415

(36)

APPLICATIONS: "All That Glitters..."

443

(8)

CHAPTER 15 The Development of Morality and Self-Control

451

(32)

APPLICATIONS: Controlling Aggression and Violence

476

(7)

CHAPTER 16 Child Development in Other Cultures

483

(26)

APPLICATIONS: My First Impressionism

500

(9)

CHAPTER 17 Children with Special Needs

509

(28)

APPLICATIONS: Born to Be Wild: An Evolutionary Theory of Hard Times

532

(5)

UNIT FIVE Adolescence

537

(46)

CHAPTER 18 Adolescent Physical and Cognitive Development

539

(22)

APPLICATIONS: Adolescent Egocentrism: Understanding Adolescents Even Though they May Not Understand You

556

(5)

CHAPTER 19 Adolescent Social and Personality Development

561

(22)

APPLICATIONS: Preventing Teenage Pregnancy

578

(5)

Glossary

583

(12)

References

595

(30)

Name Index

625

(14)

Subject Index

639

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