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| The Nature Of Children’S Development | |
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| Tintroduction | |
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| Why Is Caring For Children Important? | |
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| What Are Some Historical Views Of Child Development? | |
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| What Characterizes Development? | |
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| How Is Child Development A Science? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Appendix: Careers In Child Development | |
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| Beginnings | |
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| Biological Beginnings | |
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| What Is The Evolutionary Perspective? | |
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| What Are The Genetic Foundations Of Development? | |
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| What Are Some Reproductive Challenges And Choices? | |
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| How Do Heredity And Environment Interact? The Nature-Nuture Debate | |
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| Reachnurturelearning Goals | |
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| Prenatal Development | |
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| What Is The Course Of Prenatal Development? | |
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| What Are Some Important Strategies That Enhance The Expectant Mother's Health And Prenatal Care? | |
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| What Are Some Potential Hazards To Prenatal Development? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Birth | |
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| What Happens During The Birth Process? | |
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| What Are Some Measures Of Neonatal Health And Responsiveness? | |
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| How Do Low Birth Weight And Preterm Infants Develop? | |
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| What Happens During The Postpartum Period? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Physical Development In Infancy | |
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| How Do Infants Grow And Develop Physically? | |
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| How Do Infants Develop Motor Skills? | |
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| How Can Infants’ Sensory And Perceptual Development Be Characterized? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Cognitive Development In Infancy | |
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| What Is Piaget’S Theory Of Infant Development? | |
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| How Do Infants Learn, Remember, And Conceptualize? | |
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| How Are Individual Differences In Infancy Assessed, And Do These Assessments Predict Intelligence? | |
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| What Are Some Early Environmental Influences On Intelligence? | |
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| What Is The Nature Of Language, And How Does It Develop In Infancy? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Socioemotional Development In Infancy | |
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| How Do Emotions And Personality Develop In Infancy? | |
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| How Do Social Orientation/Understanding And Attachment Develop In Infancy? | |
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| How Do Social Contexts Influence Socioemotional Development In Infancy? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Early Childhood | |
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| Physical Development In Early Childhood | |
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| How Does A Young Child’S Body And Brain Grow And Change? | |
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| How Do Young Children’S Motor Skills Develop? | |
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| What Are Some Important Aspects Of Young Children’S Health? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Cognitive Development In Early Childhood | |
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| What Are Three Views Of The Cognitive Changes That Occur In Early Childhood? | |
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| How Do Young Children Develop Language? | |
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| What Are Some Important Features Of Early Childhood Education? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Socioemotional Development In Early Childhood | |
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| Emotional And Personality Development | |
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| Families | |
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| Peer Relations, Play, And Television | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Middle And Late Childhood | |
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| Physical Development In Middle And Late Childhood | |
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| What Changes Take Place In Body Growth, The Brain, And Motor Development? | |
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| What Are The Central Issues In Children’S Health? | |
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| What Are The Prevalent Disabilities In Children? | |
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| Reach Your Leaning Goals | |
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| Cognitive Development In Middle And Late Childhood | |
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| What Is Piaget’S Theory Of Cognitive Development In Middle And Late Childhood? | |
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| What Is The Nature Of Children’S Information Processing? | |
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| How Can Children’S Intelligence Be Described? | |
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| What Changes In Language Development Occur In Middle And Late Childhood? | |
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| What Characterizes Children’S Achievement? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Socioemotional Development In Middle And Late Childhood | |
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| What Is The Nature Of Emotional And Personality Development In Middle And Late Childhood? | |
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| What Are Some Changes In Parenting And Families In Middle And Late Childhood? | |
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| What Changes Characterize Peer Relationships In Middle And Late Childhood? | |
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| What Are Some Important Aspects Of Schools? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Physical Development In Adolescence | |
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| What Is The Nature Of Adolescence? | |
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| What Are The Physical And Psychological Aspects Of Puberty? | |
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| What Are The Dimensions Of Adolescent Sexuality? | |
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| How Can Adolescents' Health And Health-Enhancing Assets Be Characterized? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Cognitive Development In Adolescence | |
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| How Do Adolescents Think And Process Information? | |
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| What Characterizes Adolescents’ Values, Moral Education, And Religion? | |
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| What Is The Nature Of Schools For Adolescents? | |
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| How Do Adolescents Experience Career Development? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Socioemotional Development In Adolescence | |
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| What Characterizes Emotional And Personality Development In Adolescence? | |
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| What Is The Nature Of Parent-Adolescent Relationships? | |
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| What Aspects Of Peer Relationships Are Important In Adolescence? | |
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| Why Is Culture An Important Context For Adolescent Development? | |
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| What Are Some Socioemotional Problems In Adolescence? | |
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| Reach Your Learning Goals | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Credits | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |