Table of Contents:
  • List of plates and box plates
  • List of figures and box figures
  • List of tables and box tables
  • Series preface
  • Preface
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the third edition
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part One. Theories and methods: 1. Studying development 2. The biological perspective
  • Part Two. The social world of the child: 3. Parents and families 4. Friends and school 5. Becoming socially aware 6. Play 7. Helping others and moral development 8. Adolescence
  • Part Three. Children