Introduction to Child Psychology

Part 1 Introduction: issues in child psychology; methods in child psychology. Part 2 Prenatal development and the newborn child: prenatal development; physical and motor capacities of the newborn; perceptual, cognitive and social capacities of the newborn. Part 3 The first two years of life: physical and motor development in the first two years; perceptual capacities during the first two years; cognitive development in the first two years; language and communication in the first two years; personality and social development in the child under two. Part 4 The young child, age two to six: physical and motor development in the young child; cognitive and perceptual development in the young child; language development in the preschool years; personality and social development in the young child. Part 5 Middle childhood: physical development in middle childhood; cognitive and perceptual development in middle childhood; language acquisition in middle childhood; personality and social development in middle childhood. Part 6 Adolescent development: physical changes in adolescence; cognitive development in adolescence; personality and social development in adolescence.