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Child development / Laura E. Berk.

By: Publication details: Boston : Pearson, 2013.Edition: 9th edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings ) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780205149766
  • 0205149766
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.231 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.9 .B464 2013
Contents:
A personal note to students -- Preface for instructors -- Theory and research in child development -- History, theory, and applied directions -- Research strategies -- Foundations of development -- Biological foundations, prenatal development, and birth -- Infancy : early learning, motor skills, and perceptual capacities -- Physical growth -- Cognitive and language development -- Cognitive development : piagetian, core knowledge, and vygotskian perspectives -- Cognitive development : an information-processing perspective -- Intelligence -- Language development -- Personality and social development -- Emotional development -- Self and social understanding -- Moral development -- Development of sex differences and gender roles -- Contexts for development -- The family -- Peers, media, and schooling -- Glossary G-1 -- References R-1 -- Name index NI-1 -- Subject index SI-1.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A personal note to students -- Preface for instructors -- Theory and research in child development -- History, theory, and applied directions -- Research strategies -- Foundations of development -- Biological foundations, prenatal development, and birth -- Infancy : early learning, motor skills, and perceptual capacities -- Physical growth -- Cognitive and language development -- Cognitive development : piagetian, core knowledge, and vygotskian perspectives -- Cognitive development : an information-processing perspective -- Intelligence -- Language development -- Personality and social development -- Emotional development -- Self and social understanding -- Moral development -- Development of sex differences and gender roles -- Contexts for development -- The family -- Peers, media, and schooling -- Glossary G-1 -- References R-1 -- Name index NI-1 -- Subject index SI-1.

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