Designed for introductory courses in child development, this text explores each area of child development from hereditary factory and pre-birth development through adolescence. It addresses each developmental topic and examines theories and influences affecting that topic. Students gain insight into the development process by examining examples of abnormal development in comparison with normal examples. The text should hold the student's interest and facilitate learning with illustrations, photos, and tables, charts and graphs.
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Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Maße
Höhe: 267 mm
Breite: 216 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-8273-5727-3 (9780827357273)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
What is development? How is development studied? About heredity and pre-natal development; Childbirth and the newborn; Physical and motor development; Perceptual development; Learning and behaviour; Cognitive development; How is knowledge constructed? Cognitive strategies; Language development; Emotional development; Social and personality development; Gender-role development; Moral development; Development of the self.
