Understanding children's development / Peter K. Smith, Helen Cowie, Mark Blades

By: Smith, Peter K [author]
Contributor(s): Cowie, Helen | Blades, Mark
Language: English Series: Basic psychologyPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2011Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxiv, 805 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781405176019 Subject(s): Child psychology | Child developmentDDC classification: 155.4 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Studying development -- Biological and cultural theories of development -- Prenatal development and birth -- 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 -- 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 -- Adolescence.
Summary: This leading child development text has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and its rigorous research-based approach. 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 695-781) and index.

Studying development -- Biological and cultural theories of development -- Prenatal development and birth -- 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 -- 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 -- Adolescence.

This leading child development text has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and its rigorous research-based approach. 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.

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