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Child development / Laura E. Berk.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2006.Edition: 7th edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0205449131
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.231 BER
Contents:
1. History, theory, and applied directions 2. Research strategies 3. Biological foundations, prenatal development, and birth 4. Infancy : early learning, motor skills, and perceptual capacities 5. Physical growth 6. Cognitive development : Piagetian, core knowledge, and Vygotskian perspectives 7. Cognitive development : an information-processing perspective 8. Intelligence 9. Language development 10. Emotional development 11. Self and social understanding 12. Moral development 13. Development of sex differences and gender roles 14. The family 15. Peers, media, and schooling
Summary: "Laura Berk, renowned professor and researcher in the field of child development, has revised her Child Development text, adding new pedagogy, a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, expanded coverage of culture, and an enhanced focus on education, health, and social issues, including many social policy topics addressed throughout the text. Berk's revision provides contemporary and cohesive coverage on contexts for development, including but also extending beyond the family to peers, schooling, media, neighborhoods, communities, and societal values and priorities
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Includes bibliographical references and index.


1. History, theory, and applied directions
2. Research strategies
3. Biological foundations, prenatal development, and birth
4. Infancy : early learning, motor skills, and perceptual capacities
5. Physical growth
6. Cognitive development : Piagetian, core knowledge, and Vygotskian perspectives
7. Cognitive development : an information-processing perspective
8. Intelligence
9. Language development
10. Emotional development
11. Self and social understanding
12. Moral development
13. Development of sex differences and gender roles
14. The family
15. Peers, media, and schooling

"Laura Berk, renowned professor and researcher in the field of child development, has revised her Child Development text, adding new pedagogy, a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, expanded coverage of culture, and an enhanced focus on education, health, and social issues, including many social policy topics addressed throughout the text. Berk's revision provides contemporary and cohesive coverage on contexts for development, including but also extending beyond the family to peers, schooling, media, neighborhoods, communities, and societal values and priorities

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