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Brief Table of Contents | |
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Full Table of Contents | |
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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 | |