Child Development

Part 1 The nature of child development: introduction; the science of child development. Part 2 Biological processes, physical development and perceptual development: biological beginnings; prenatal development and birth; physical, motor and perceptual development in infancy; physical development in childhood and puberty. Part 3 Cognition, learning, information processing and language development: cognitive development and Piaget's theory; information processing, with Robert S. Siegler; intelligence; language development. Part 4 Socioeconomic development and the self: attachment, temperament and emotional development; the self and identity; gender; moral development. Part 5 Social contexts of development: families; peers, play and the media; schools and achievement; culture, poverty and ethnicity.