Child Development: Its Nature and Course
2nd Edition
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Hardback
704 pages
978-0-07-060565-7 (ISBN)
Description
This study presents contemporary issues in child development, featuring vignettes which narrate the lives of three fictionalized families and tell the story of development. Integrative themes and section summaries tie together basic concepts, research and developmental principles.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrationssome col.)
ISBN-13
978-0-07-060565-7 (9780070605657)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The nature of development. Part 1 Beginnings: the contexts of development; heredity and prenatal development. Part 2 Infancy: first adaptations; infant cognitive development; infant social development. Part 3 Toddlerhood: toddler language and thinking; toddler social development. Part 4 Early childhood: cognitive development in middle childhood; social development in middle childhood. Part 6 Adolescence: physical and cognitive development in adolescence; social development in adolescence. Part 7 Disorders and resiliency: developmental psychopathology.