Infants, children, and adolescents
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Infants, children, and adolescents
Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2005
5th ed
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Previously copyrighted: 1993, 1996, 1999 and 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
With a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, and stronger focus on education (both at home and at school) and social policy as critical pieces of the dynamic system in which the child develops, Berk pays meticulous attention to the most recent scholarship in the field.
Table of Contents
I. Theory and Research in Child Development.
1. History, Theory, and Research Strategies.
The Field of Child Development.
Basic Issues.
Historical Foundations.
Mid-Twentieth-Century Theories.
Recent Theoretical Perspectives.
Comparing Child Development Theories.
Studying the Child.
II. Foundations of Development.
2. Biological and Environmental Foundations.
Genetic Foundations.
Reproductive Choices.
Environmental Contexts for Development.
Understanding the Relationship Between Heredity and Environment.
3. Prenatal Development.
Motivations for Parenthood.
Prenatal Development.
Prenatal Environmental Influences.
Preparing for Parenthood.
4. Birth and the Newborn Baby.
The Stages of Childbirth.
Approaches to Childbirth.
Medical Interventions.
Birth Complications.
Precious Moments After Birth.
The Newborn Baby's Capacities.
The Transition to Parenthood.
III. Infancy and Toddlerhood: The First Two Years.
5. Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood.
Body Growth.
Brain Development.
Influences on Early Physical Growth.
Learning Capacities.
Motor Development.
Perceptual Development.
6. Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood.
Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory.
Information Processing.
The Social Context of Early Cognitive Development.
Individual Differences in Early Mental Development.
Language Development.
7. Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood.
Erikson's Theory of Infant and Toddler Personality.
Emotional Development.
Development of Temperament.
Development of Attachment.
Self-Understanding.
IV. Early Childhood: Two to Six Years.
8. Physical Development in Early Childhood.
Body Growth.
Brain Development.
Factors Affecting Physical Growth and Health.
Motor Development.
9. Cognitive Development in Early Childhood.
Piaget's Theory: The Preoperational Stage.
Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory.
Information Processing.
Individual Differences in Mental Development.
Language Development.
10. Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood.
Erikson's Theory: Initiative vs. Guilt.
Self-Understanding.
Emotional Development.
Peer Relations.
Foundations of Morality.
Gender Typing.
Child Rearing and Emotional and Social Development.
V. Middle Childhood: Six to Eleven Years.
11. Physical Development in Middle Childhood.
Body Growth.
Common Health Problems.
Health Education.
Motor Development and Play.
12. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood.
Piaget's Theory: The Concrete Operational Stage.
Information Processing.
Individual Differences in Mental Development.
Language Development.
Children's Learning in School.
13. Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood.
Erikson's Theory.
Self-Understanding.
Emotional Development.
Understanding Others: Perspective Taking.
Moral Development.
Peer Relations.
Gender Typing.
Family Influences.
Some Common Problems of Development.
VI. Adolescence: The Transition to Adulthood.
14. Physical Development in Adolescence.
Conceptions of Adolescence.
Puberty: The Physical Transition to Adulthood.
The Psychological Impact of Pubertal Events.
Health Issues.
Motor Development, Sports Participation, and Physical Activity.
15. Cognitive Development in Adolescence.
Piaget's Theory.
An Information-Processing View of Adolescent Cognitive Development.
Consequences of Abstract Thought.
Sex Differences in Mental Abilities.
Language Development.
Learning in School.
Vocational Development.
16. Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence.
Erikson's Theory: Identity versus Identity Confusion.
Self-Understanding.
Moral Development.
Gender Typing.
The Family.
Peer Relations.
Problems of Development.
At the Threshold.
17. From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood.
A Period of Unprecedented Exploration.
Cultural Change and Emerging Adulthood.
Development in Emerging Adulthood.
Risk and Resilience in Emerging Adulthood.
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