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Summary
Summary
Engage - Inspire - Activate
Within each chapter of this innovative, topical text, the authors engage students by demonstrating the wide range of real-world applications of psychological research to child development. In particular, the distinctive Active Learning features incorporated throughout the book foster a dynamic and personal learning process for students. The authors cover the latest topics shaping the field of child development-including a focus on neuroscience, diversity, and culture-without losing the interest of undergraduate students. The pedagogical features in this text and the accompanying ancillaries package help students discover the excitement of studying child development, enhance their learning, and equip them with tools they can use long after the class ends.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Part I Understanding Development: Why and how we Study Children and Adolescents |
| 1 Issues in Child Development |
| Why we study the development of children and adolescents |
| How we study the development of children and adolescents |
| How we apply child development knowledge to support optimal development |
| 2 Theories of Development |
| Basic principles and applications |
| Theories of child and adolescent development |
| 3 How Do We Study Children and Adolescents? |
| The scientific method |
| Ethics in research with children and adolescents |
| Finding and assessing information about development |
| Part II Beginnings |
| 4 How Children Develop: Nature Through Nurture |
| The study of genetics and behavior |
| The interaction of genes and environment |
| The study of culture and behavior |
| 5 Prenatal Development, Birth and the Newborn |
| Prenatal development |
| The birth experience |
| The newborn |
| Part III Building Blocks of Development: How Children Grow |
| 6 Physical Development: The Body and the Brain |
| Brain development |
| Motor development |
| Sensation and perception |
| Body growth and changes |
| Nutrition |
| 7 Cognitive Development |
| What is cognitive development? |
| Theories of cognitive development |
| 8 Intelligence and Academic Achievement |
| Intelligence |
| Academic achievement |
| 9 Language Development |
| Aspects of language |
| Theories of language development |
| Language and the brain |
| Stages of language development |
| Bilingualism and bilingual education |
| Language disorders |
| 10 Emotional Development and Attachment |
| Emotions: Universality and difference |
| Attachment |
| Development of emotions |
| Emotions and emotional problems of childhood and adolescence |
| 11 Self, Identity and Moral Development |
| Development of self-concept |
| Self-esteem |
| Development of gender identity |
| Development of self-control |
| Moral development |
| 12 Social Development: Parents, Peers and Beyond |
| Social cognition |
| Interactions with parents |
| Interaction with peers |
| Beyond parents and peers |
| Part IV Contexts for Development |
| 13 Play, Extracurricular Activities, and Media Use |
| The daily lives of children and adolescents |
| The role of play |
| Extracurricular activities |
| Media use |
| 14 Families |
| What constitutes a family? |
| How do families function? |
| Interventions for a better family life |
| 15 Health, Well-Being and Resilience |
| Stress and coping |
| Illnesses and other health threats |
| The impact of poverty |
| Child abuse and neglect |
| Racial stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination |
| Mental health and mental disorders |
| Resilience |
| Glossary |
| References |
