A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence

Description

This fully-revised twelfth edition continues to provide the extensive cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, the innovative pedagogical learning system, and the balance between research and real-life applications that have made A Child's World a favorite of students and professors alike. In the warmly-written and engaging style that has become their hallmark, Diane Papalia and Ruth Feldman continue to provide a chronological view of child development. The new edition includes a new feature, Did You Know...?, introducing each chapter by highlighting interesting and enlightening findings mentioned in the chapter. Cover Copy_right About the Authors Dedication Brief Contents Contents Preface Part_1_Entering_a_Child‘s_World 1 Studying a Child’s World 2 A Child’s World: How We Discover It Part_2_Beginnings 3 Forming a New Life: Conception, Heredity, and Environment 4 Pregnancy and Prenatal Development 5 Birth and the Newborn Baby Part_3_Infancy_and_Toddlerhood 6 Physical Development and Health during the First Three Years 7 Cognitive Development during the First Three Years 8 Psychosocial Development during the First Three Years Part_4_Early_Childhood 9 Physical Development andHealth in Early Childhood 10 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood 11 Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood Part_5_Middle_Childhood 12 Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood 13 Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood 14 Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood Part_6_Adolescence 15 Physical Development and Health in Adolescence 16 Cognitive Development in Adolescence 17 Psychosocial Development in Adolescence Glossary Bibliography Credits Name_Index Subject_Index