Introduction
About the Authors
Preface
Introduction
Reasons to Learn About Child Development
Historical Foundations of the Study of Child Development
Enduring Themes in Child Development
Methods for Studying Child Development
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Prenatal Development
The Birth Experience
The Newborn Infant
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Nature and Nurture
Brain Development
The Body: Physical Growth and Development
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Piaget’s Theory
Information-Processing Theories
Sociocultural Theories
Dynamic-Systems Theories
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Perception
Motor Development
Learning
Cognition
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Language Development
Nonlinguistic Symbols and Development
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Understanding Who or What
Understanding Why, Where, When, and How Many
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
What Is Intelligence
Measuring Intelligence
IQ Scores as Predictors of Important Outcomes
Genes, Environment, and the Development of Intelligence
Alternative Perpectives on Intelligence
Acquisition of Academic Skills: Reading, Writing, and Mathematics
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Psychoanalytic Theories
Learning Theories
Theories of Social Cognition
Ecological Theories of Development
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
The Development of Emotions in Childhood
Regulation of Emotion
Individual Differences in Emotion and Its Regulation
Children's Emotional Development in the Family
Culture and Children's Emotionals Development
Children's Understanding of Emotion
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
The Caregiver-Child Attachment Relationship
Conceptions of the Self
Ethnic Identity
Sexual Identity or Orientation
Self-Esteem
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Family Dynamics
The Role of Parental Socialization
Mothers, Fathers, and Siblings
Changes in Families in the United States
Maternal Employment and Child Care
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
What Is Special About Peer Relationships?
Friendships
Peers in Groups
Status in the Peer Group
The Role of Parents in Children's Peer Relationships
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Moral Judgment
The Early Development of Conscience
Prosocial Behavior
Antisocial Behavior
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Theoretical Approaches to Gender Development
Milestones in Gender Development
Comparing Girls and Boys
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Key Terms
Introduction
Theme 1: Nature and Nurture: All Interactions, All the Time
Theme 2: Children Play active Roles in Their Own Development
Theme 3: Development Is Both Continuous and Discontinuous
Theme 4: Mechanisms of Developmental Change
Theme 5: The Sociocultural Context Shapes Development
Theme 6: Individual Differences
Theme 7: Child-Development Research Can Improve Children's Lives
Critical Thinking Questions
References
Name Index
Subject Index