Child and adolescent development/
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| Language: | English |
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Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall,
1997
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part One. The study of child and adolescent development: 1. A developmental perspective 2. Theories of development
- Part Two. The beginnings of human life: 3. Heredity, environmental influences, and prenatal development 4. Childbirth and the neonate
- Part Three. Child development: 5. Perspectives on child development 6. Physical development: growth, motor skills and disabilities 7. Physical development: nutrition, sleep, health care, sexual development and sex education 8. Cognitive development: perception, language, reading and a piagetian perspective 9. Cognitive development: information processing, intelligence and school 10. Emotional development: attachment, trust, and security 11. Emotional development: emotions, temperament and the self 12. Social development: the family, society and socialization 13. Social development: peer relationships, television, gender roles and moral development
- Part four. Adolescent development: 14. Perspectives on adolescent development: meaning, psychic disequilibrium identity, developmental tasks and anthropologistsʹ views 15. Physical development: endocrine glands, sexual maturation and education, physical growth, body image and nutrition 16. Cognitive development: Formal operational thought, scholastic aptitude and school 17. Emotional development: emotions, the self and behavior 18. Social development: family, social relationships, sexual behavior, and morality
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Photo credits
- Name index
- Subject index