Revel for The Dynamic Child, 2e -- Combo Access Card w/ Optional Mailable Looseleaf

For courses in Child Development

Experience the wonder of the childhood journey
Revel™ The Dynamic Child affords students a hands-on way to virtually experience child development as they learn, and to experience the wonder of a child growing before their eyes.

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. Fully digital and highly engaging, the 2nd Edition offers more thoroughly integrated interactive features as well as a New and Noteworthy feature that will be updated twice yearly with the latest research to keep the learning experience up-to-date.
NOTE: This Revel Combo Access pack includes a Revel access code plus a loose-leaf print reference (delivered by mail) to complement your Revel experience. In addition to this access code, 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 38 years. He has published about 70 articles and book chapters on child development, 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 co-author of MyVirtualChild (with Mike Radford) and MyVirtualLife (with Janine Buckner) and author of MyVirtualTeen, interactive websites for simulating the process 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, was a Dornsife Distinguished Faculty Fellow from 2011–2013, and received teaching, research, and service awards at his university in 2004 and 2012.

I. Brief TOC
 
1. The Study of Child and Adolescent Development
2. Heredity and Environment     
3. Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn
4. Physical Development and Health in Infants and Toddlers
5. Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
6. Social and Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers
7. Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
8. Cognitive and Language Development in Early Childhood
9. Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
10. Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
11. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
12. Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood
13. Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
14. Cognitive Development in Adolescence
15. Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence
 
 
II. Detailed TOC
 
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
 
1. The Study of Child and Adolescent Development
1.1: Developmental Theories
1.2: Studying Child Development
 
2. Heredity and Environment
2.1: The Dynamic Gene
2.2: Genes and Environment in Human Behavior
2.3: Gene–Environment Transactions
2.4: Developmental and Bioecological Systems Approaches
 
3. Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn
3.1: Periods of Prenatal Development
3.2: Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development
3.3: Prenatal Care
3.4: Birth and the Newborn
 
PART II: INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD
 
4. Physical Development and Health in Infants and Toddlers
4.1: Raising Healthy Infants and Toddlers
4.2: Physical Growth and Brain Development
4.3: Motor Development
4.4: Sensory and Perceptual Development
 
5. Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
5.1: Piaget’s Theory of Sensorimotor Development
5.2: Specific Aspects of Cognitive Development
5.3: Language Development
 
6. Social and Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers
6.1: Social Understanding and Emotion in the First 2 Years
6.2: Temperament
6.3: Attachment
6.4: The Expanding Social World of the Toddler
 
PART III: EARLY CHILDHOOD
 
7. Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
7.1: Growth of the Body and Brain
7.2: Motor Development
7.3: Children’s Health and Safety
7.4: Child Maltreatment and Neglect
 
8. Cognitive and Language Development in Early Childhood
8.1: Advances and Limitation 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 Early Mathematics
8.5: Influences of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
 
9. Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
9.1: Understand 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
 
PART IV: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
 
10. Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
10.1: Growth of the Body and Brain
10.2: Children in Motion
10.3: Children’s Health Issues
 
11. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
11.1: Piaget’s Concrete Operational Period
11.2: Information Processing and Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches
11.3: Intelligence in Children
11.4: Language Development and School Achievement
 
12. Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood
12.1: Development of Social and Emotional Competence
12.2: Family Relationships
12.3: Social Contexts Outside the Family
 
PART V: ADOLESCENCE
 
13. Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
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
 
14. Cognitive Development in Adolescence
14.1: The Development of Adolescent Thought
14.2: Academic Achievement in Adolescence
14.3: Educational Reforms
14.4: The World of Work
 
15. Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence
15.1: The Development of the Self
15.2: Moral and Religious Development
15.3: Adolescent Social Relationships and Positive Youth Development