The Developing Child

Part 1 Introduction: basic questions. Part 2 The beginnings of life: prenatal development; birth and the newborn child. Part 3 The physical child: physical development; perceptual development. Part 4 The thinking child: cognitive development I - cognitive power; cognitive development II - structure and process; the development of language. Part 5 The social child: personality development alternative ways; the concept of self in children; the development of social relationships; thinking about relationships - the development of social cognition. Part 6 The whole child: the ecology of development - the child within the family system; beyond the family - the impact of the broader culture; atypical development; putting it all together - the developing child.