(P/B) UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT

Παρουσίαση

Understanding Children's Development is the UK's best-selling developmental psychology textbook and has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and rigorous research-based approach. This dynamic text emphasizes the practical and applied implications of developmental research. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development from conception through to adolescence.

New to the 6th Edition: * Increased coverage in many areas, including ethics; children s rights; participatory research methods; three models of human plasticity; breastfeeding and cognitive development; fostering; non-resident or absent fathers; parenting styles in China; effects of domestic violence on children; physical punishment, and child maltreatment; the development and fostering of emotional intelligence; homophobic bullying and cyberbullying; and developing intercultural competence through education. * There are entirely new sections on immigration, acculturation, and friendships in multicultural settings; disruptive behaviour and oppositional defiant disorder; sexting; and adolescent bedtimes. * The Adolescence chapter has been extensively revised, covering work on the social brain, insights from neuroscience, evolutionary perspectives on risk-taking and peer relationships, romantic development, and use of mobile phones and the internet. (From the publisher)

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Preface to Sixth Edition
Acknowledgements
PART I THEORIES AND METHODS
Studying Development
Biological and Cultural Theories of Development
PART II PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTH
Prenatal Development and Birth
PART III T HE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE CHILD
Parents and Families
Siblings and the Peer Group
Developing Emotional Intelligence and Social Awareness
Play
Children and Media
Helping Others and Moral Development
Social Dominance, Aggression and Bullying
PART IV CHILDREN'S DEVELOPING MINDS
Perception
Language
Cognition: Piaget's Theory
Cognition: The Information Processing Approach
Children's Understanding of Mind
Learning in a Social Context
Intelligence and Attainment
Deprivation and Enrichment: Risk and Resilience
PART V ADOLESCENCE
Adolescence