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| Beginnings | |
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| Exploring Child Development | |
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| Heredity and the Environment | |
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| Prenatal Development and Birth | |
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| Infants and Toddlers: The First Years (Birth through 2 years) | |
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| Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers | |
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| Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers | |
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| Socioemotional Development in Infants and Toddlers | |
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| Early Childhood: The Playful Years (3 through 6 Years) | |
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| Physical Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Cognitive Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Middle Childhood: The School Years (7 through 11 Years) | |
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| Physical Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| Adolescence: The Transition toward Adulthood (12 Years and beyond) | |
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| Physical Development in Adolescence | |
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| Cognitive Development in Adolescence | |
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| Socioemotional Development in Adolescence | |
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| Full Table Of Contents: | |
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| Beginnings | |
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| Exploring Child Development | |
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| Defining the Field | |
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| Theories of Child Development | |
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| Using the Scientific Method: Research in Child Development | |
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| Applications of Child Development Research and Careers Related to Children | |
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| Heredity and the Environment | |
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| Genes and Human Reproduction | |
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| How Traits and Genetic Abnormalities Are Inherited | |
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| How Genes and Environments Interact | |
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| Behavior Genetics: Measuring the Heritability of Traits | |
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| Prenatal Development and Birth | |
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| Prenatal Development | |
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| Teratogens: Health Risks for the Baby | |
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| The Process of Birth | |
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| Becoming a Family: Psychological Adjustments to Having a Newborn | |
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| Infants and Toddlers: The First Years (Birth through 2 years) | |
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| Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers | |
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| Infants at Risk: Prematurity and Infant Mortality | |
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| Growth of the Body and Brain | |
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| Sensory Capabilities | |
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| Motor Development | |
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| Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers | |
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| Perceptual Development | |
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| Explaining Cognitive Development: Piaget's Constructivist View | |
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| Learning to Communicate | |
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| Socioemotional Development in Infants and Toddlers | |
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| Attachment | |
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| Temperament and Emotion | |
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| Social Relations and Play | |
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| Early Childhood: The Playful Years (3 through 6 years ) | |
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| Physical Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Growth of the Body and Brain | |
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| Motor Development and Physical Activity | |
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| Health and Safety Issues | |
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| Cognitive Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Preoperational Thought | |
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| Vygotsky's Sociocultural View of Cognitive Development | |
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| Information Processing | |
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| Language Development | |
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| Early Childhood Education and Kindergarten Readiness | |
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| Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood | |
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| The Social and Emotional Self | |
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| Parenting | |
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| Friends and Play | |
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| Middle Childhood: The School Years (7 through 11 Years) | |
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| Physical Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| Growth of the Body and Brain | |
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| Motor Development and Physical Activity | |
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| Health and Safety Issues | |
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| Children with Exceptional Needs | |
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| Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| Concrete Operational Thought (Ages 7 through 11) | |
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| Information Processing: Memory Development | |
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| Information Processing: Knowledge, Strategies, and New Approaches | |
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| Learning to Communicate: Language in Middle Childhood | |
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| Cognition in Context | |
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| Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| The Social and Emotional Self | |
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| Families | |
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| Play, Friends, and Peer Popularity | |
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| Schools and the Media | |
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| Adolescence: The Transition toward Adulthood (12 Years and beyond) | |
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| Physical Development in Adolescence | |
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| Growth of the Body and Brain during Adolescence | |
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| Sexual Activity during Adolescence | |
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| Special Concerns about Teenage Sexual Activity | |
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| Adolescent Health Issues | |
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| Cognitive Development in Adolescence | |
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| Formal Operational Thought (12 Years and Above) | |
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| Recent Sociocultural Views of Cognitive Development | |
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| Intelligence | |
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| Learning to Communicate: Language in Adolescence | |
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| Cognition in Context: Adolescents Making Decisions | |
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| Socioemotional Development in Adolescence | |
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| Who Am I? Adolescents' Understanding of Themselves | |
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| Social Relationships: Family | |
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| Social Relationships: Peers | |
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| Contexts of Development | |