REVEL for Dynamic Child -- Access Card

For Child Development courses

Experience the wonder of the childhood journey

Revel™ The Dynamic Child provides students the unique opportunity to influence the development of a virtual child, learn developmental science, and experience the wonder of a child growing before their eyes.

Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel The Dynamic Child affords students a hands-on way to virtually experience child development as they learn. Frank Manis, author and creator of MyVirtualChild, applies the principles of anchored instruction to combine his best-selling technology for child development courses with a compelling, original narrative. By enabling students to make virtual parenting decisions as they engage with developmental systems theories and interactive media, Revel The Dynamic Child makes contemporary child development research and theory both comprehensible and deeply meaningful to students.

NOTE: Revel is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. This ISBN is for the standalone Revel access card. In addition to this access card, you will need a course invite link, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Revel.

Professor Frank Manis received his BA from Pomona College in 1975 and PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1981. He is a Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Southern California, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in developmental psychology and literacy development for 34 years. He has published about 70 articles and book chapters on reading disabilities, development of literacy in both the primary and secondary language, and cognitive functioning in special populations of children. Much of this work was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The major focus of his research has been on the identification of cognitive processes underlying differences in reading skills among children with reading disabilities.

Frank reviews for several journals in the field, including Scientific Studies of Reading, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, and Developmental Psychology, and was editor of Scientific Studies of Reading for six years. He is also the coauthor of MyVirtualChild (with Mike Radford) and MyVirtualLife (with Janine Buckner), and author of MyVirtualTeen – interactive websites for simulating the processes of child, adolescent, and adult development. Frank was a member of the University of Southern California’s Center for Excellence in Teaching from 2006—2009, and received teaching, research, and service awards at his university in 2004 and 2012. 

I. Brief TOC

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
1. The Study of Child and Adolescent Development
2. Heredity and Environment
3. Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn

PART II: INFANTS AND TODDLERS
4. Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers
5. Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
6. Social and Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers

PART III: EARLY CHILDHOOD
7. Physical Development in Early Childhood
8. Cognitive and Language Development in Early Childhood
9. Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
            
PART IV: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
10. Physical Development in Middle Childhood
11. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
12. Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

PART V: ADOLESCENCE
13. Adolescent Physical Development
14. Cognitive Development in Adolescence
15. Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence


II. Detailed TOC

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE

Video: About the Virtual Child

1. The Study of Child and Adolescent Development
Introduction: A Tale of Deprivation
1.1: Developmental Theories
1.2: Studying Child Development
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

2. Heredity and Environment
Introduction: Birth of a Genius
2.1: The Dynamic Gene
2.2: Genes and Environment in Human Behavior
2.3: Gene-Environment Transactions
2.4: The Developmental Systems Approach
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

Raising Your Virtual Child: Create Your Virtual Child

3. Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn
Introduction: The Delicate Balance of Prenatal Development
3.1: Periods of Prenatal Development
3.2: Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development
3.3: Prenatal Care
3.4: Birth and the Newborn
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

PART II: INFANTS AND TODDLERS

Raising Your Virtual Child: Infancy and Toddlerhood

4. Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers
Introduction: Infant and Toddler Development
4.1: Raising Healthy Infants and Toddlers
4.2: Physical Growth and Brain Development
4.3: Motor Development
4.4: Sensory and Perceptual Development
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

5. Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
Introduction: The Infant’s Mind
5.1: Piaget’s Theory of Sensorimotor Development
5.2: Specific Aspects of Cognitive Development
5.3: Language Development
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

6. Social and Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers
Introduction: Learning to Interact with People, Infancy’s Most Important Task
6.1: Social Understanding and Emotions in the First Two Years
6.2: Temperament
6.3: Attachment
6.4: The Expanding Social World of the Toddler
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

PART III: EARLY CHILDHOOD

Raising Your Virtual Child: Early Childhood

7. Physical Development in Early Childhood
Introduction: Young Children at Play
7.1: Growth of Body and Brain
7.2: Motor Development
7.3: Children’s Health and Safety
7.4: Child Maltreatment and Neglect
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

8. Cognitive and Language Development in Early Childhood
Introduction: The Mind of a Young Child
8.1: Advances and Limitations in Children’s Thinking: Piaget and Theory Theory
8.2: Information Processing and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
8.3: Vygotsky and the Sociocultural Approach
8.4: Language Development, Early Literacy and Mathematics
8.5: Influences of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

9. Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
Introduction: The Great Escape
9.1: Understanding the Self and Others
9.2: Emotional and Personality Development
9.3: Moral Development, Prosocial Behavior, and Aggression
9.4: Parent-Child Relationships
9.5: The Preschool and Child Care Contexts
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child
           
PART IV: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD

Raising Your Virtual Child: Middle Childhood

10. Physical Development in Middle Childhood
Introduction: Children and Sports
10.1: Growth of the Body and Brain
10.2: Motor Development, Physical Activity, and Sports Participation
10.3: Children’s Health
10.4: Special Needs Children
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

11. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Introduction: The Developing Reader
Raising Your Virtual Child: Middle Childhood
11.1: Piaget’s Concrete Operational Period
11.2: Information Processing and Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches
11.3: Intelligence and Children
11.4: School Achievement in Middle School
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

12. Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood
Introduction: Twin Day
12.1: Development of Social and Emotional Competence
12.2: Family Relationships
12.3: Peer Relationships and Contexts Outside the Family
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

PART V: ADOLESCENCE

Raising Your Virtual Child: Adolescence

13. Adolescent Physical Development
Introduction: Driving with Teenagers
13.1: The Physical and Psychological Impact of Puberty
13.2: The Adolescent Brain
13.3: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
13.4: Health Issues in Adolescence
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

14. Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Introduction: Taking Charge of One’s Own Thinking
14.1: The Development of Adolescent Thought
14.2: Academic Achievement in Adolescence
14.3: Educational Reforms
14.4: The World of Work
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child

15. Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence
Introduction: Running the Gantlet
15.1: Development of the Self
15.2: Moral and Religious Development
15.3: Adolescent Social Relationships and Positive Youth Development
Concluding Thoughts: The Dynamic Child