Child Development: Its Nature and Course
5th Edition
Published on 4. August 2003
Book
Mixed media product
640 pages
978-0-07-290008-8 (ISBN)
Description
This cutting-edge textbook for a chronologically organized course provides a captivating introduction to the study of child development - its theories, its themes, and its contexts. The fifth edition features the most current research and theoretical findings available and includes the trademark vignettes about three children whom students follow throughout the text. The text offers emphasis on diversity, a balance between research and applications, and coverage of the latest developments within the discipline. This new edition also features observational exercises at the end of each chapter, and a video-based set of two CD-ROMs packaged with each copy.
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Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1610 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-290008-8 (9780072900088)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
11/1999
4th Edition
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
€117.60
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Content
Chapter 1: The Nature of Development Part One: Beginnings Chapter 2: The Contexts of Development Chapter 3: Heredity and Prenatal Development Part Two: Infancy Chapter 4: First Adaptations Chapter 5: Infant Cognitive Development Chapter 6: Infant Social and Emotional Development Part Two Epilogue: Infancy Part Three: Toddlerhood Chapter 7: Toddler Language and Thinking Chapter 8: Toddler Social and Emotional Development Part Three Epilogue: Toddlerhood Part Four: Early Childhood Chapter 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood Chapter 10: Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood Part Four Epilogue: Early Childhood Part Five: Middle Childhood Chapter 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood Chapter 12: Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood Part Five Epilogue: Middle Childhood Part Six: Adolescence Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence Chapter 14: Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence Part Six Epilogue: Adolescence Part Seven: Disorders and Resiliency Chapter 15: Developmental Psychopathology Part Seven Epilogue: Psychopathology and Individual Lives