Infants and Children

Name: Infants and Children
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ISBN: 9780205541614

ISBN-10: 0205541615

ISBN-13: 9780205541614

Edition: 6th 2008

Authors: Berk

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Berk' s signature storytelling style invites students to actively learn beside the text' s " characters" who share their influential experiences and developmental milestones. Students are provided with an exceptionally clear and coherent understanding of child development, emphasizing the interrelatedness of all domains-physical, cognitive, emotional, and social-throughout the text narrative and in special features. Focusing on education and social policy as critical pieces of the dynamic system in which the child develops, Berk pays meticulous attention to the most recent scholarship in the field. Berk helps students connect their learning to their personal and professional areas of…

Book details

List price: $127.00
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/16/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English




Theory and Research in Child Development



History, Theory, and Research Strategies


The Field of Child Development


Basic Issues


Historical Foundations


Mid-Twentieth-Century Theories


Recent Theoretical Perspectives


Comparing Child Development Theories


Studying the Child



Foundations of Development



Biological and Environmental FoundationsGenetic FoundationsReproductive ChoicesEnvironmental Contexts for DevelopmentUnderstanding the Relationship Between Heredity and Environment



Prenatal DevelopmentMotivations for ParenthoodPrenatal DevelopmentPrenatal Environmental InfluencesPreparing for Parenthood



Birth and the Newborn BabyThe Stages of ChildbirthApproaches to ChildbirthMedical InterventionsBirth ComplicationsPrecious Moments After BirthThe Newborn Baby's CapacitiesThe Transition to Parenthood



Infancy and Toddlerhood: The First Two Years



Physical Development in Infancy and ToddlerhoodBody GrowthBrain DevelopmentInfluences on Early Physical GrowthLearning CapacitiesMotor DevelopmentPerceptual Development



Cognitive Development in Infancy and ToddlerhoodPiaget's Cognitive-Developmental TheoryInformation ProcessingThe Social Context of Early Cognitive DevelopmentIndividual Differences in Early Mental DevelopmentLanguage Development



Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and ToddlerhoodErikson's Theory of Infant and Toddler PersonalityEmotional DevelopmentDevelopment of TemperamentDevelopment of AttachmentSelf-Understanding



Early Childhood: Two to Six Years



Physical Development in Early ChildhoodBody GrowthBrain DevelopmentFactors Affecting Physical Growth and HealthMotor Development



Cognitive Development in Early ChildhoodPiaget's Theory: The Preoperational StageVygotsky's Sociocultural TheoryInformation ProcessingIndividual Differences in Mental DevelopmentLanguage Development



Emotional and Social Development in Early ChildhoodErikson's Theory: Initiative vs. GuiltSelf-UnderstandingEmotional DevelopmentPeer RelationsFoundations of MoralityGender TypingChild Rearing and Emotional and Social Development



Middle Childhood: Six to Eleven Years



Physical Development in Middle ChildhoodBody GrowthCommon Health ProblemsHealth EducationMotor Development and Play



Cognitive Development in Middle ChildhoodPiaget's Theory: The Concrete Operational StageInformation ProcessingIndividual Differences in Mental DevelopmentLanguage DevelopmentChildren's Learning in School



Emotional and Social Development in Middle ChildhoodErikson's TheorySelf-UnderstandingEmotional DevelopmentUnderstanding Others: Perspective TakingMoral DevelopmentPeer RelationsGender TypingFamily InfluencesSome Common Problems of Development