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Preface | |
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Understanding Development: Why and how we Study Children and Adolescents | |
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Issues in Child Development | |
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Why we study the development of children and adolescents | |
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How we study the development of children and adolescents | |
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How we apply child development knowledge to support optimal development | |
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Theories of Development | |
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Basic principles and applications | |
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Theories of child and adolescent development | |
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How Do We Study Children and Adolescents? | |
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The scientific method | |
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Ethics in research with children and adolescents | |
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Finding and assessing information about development | |
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Beginnings | |
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How Children Develop: Nature Through Nurture | |
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The study of genetics and behavior | |
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The interaction of genes and environment | |
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The study of culture and behavior | |
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Prenatal Development, Birth and the Newborn | |
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Prenatal development | |
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The birth experience | |
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The newborn | |
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Building Blocks of Development: How Children Grow | |
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Physical Development: The Body and the Brain | |
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Brain development | |
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Motor development | |
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Sensation and perception | |
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Body growth and changes | |
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Nutrition | |
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Cognitive Development | |
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What is cognitive development? | |
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Theories of cognitive development | |
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Intelligence and Academic Achievement | |
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Intelligence | |
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Academic achievement | |
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Language Development | |
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Aspects of language | |
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Theories of language development | |
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Language and the brain | |
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Stages of language development | |
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Bilingualism and bilingual education | |
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Language disorders | |
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Emotional Development and Attachment | |
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Emotions: Universality and difference | |
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Attachment | |
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Development of emotions | |
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Emotions and emotional problems of childhood and adolescence | |
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Self, Identity and Moral Development | |
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Development of self-concept | |
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Self-esteem | |
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Development of gender identity | |
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Development of self-control | |
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Moral development | |
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Social Development: Parents, Peers and Beyond | |
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Social cognition | |
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Interactions with parents | |
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Interaction with peers | |
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Beyond parents and peers | |
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Contexts for Development | |
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Play, Extracurricular Activities, and Media Use | |
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The daily lives of children and adolescents | |
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The role of play | |
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Extracurricular activities | |
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Media use | |
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Families | |
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What constitutes a family? | |
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How do families function? | |
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Interventions for a better family life | |
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Health, Well-Being and Resilience | |
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Stress and coping | |
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Illnesses and other health threats | |
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The impact of poverty | |
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Child abuse and neglect | |
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Racial stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination | |
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Mental health and mental disorders | |
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Resilience | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Photo Credits | |