Child DevelopmentReaders are provided with an especially clear and coherent understanding of the sequence and underlying processes of child development, and the effective topical organization emphasizes to readers the way in which all of the domains of development relate - physical, cognitive, emotional, and social-throughout the book. Berk revised the book offering readers a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, expanded coverage of culture, and an enhanced focus on education, health, and social issues. While carefully considering the complexities of child development, Berk presents classic and emerging theories in an especially clear, engaging writing style, with a multitude of research-based and real-world examples. For anyone working with children, or those in the fields of child development, child psychology and childcare. |
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History Theory and Applied Directions 2 | 3 |
Research Strategies | 42 |
Biological Foundations Prenatal Development | 87 |
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ability adaptive adolescence adults asked attachment babies baby's become behavior biological birth body boys brain capacity caregiver cerebral cortex Chapter chil child development chromosomes classical conditioning COGNITIVE AND LANGUAGE cognitive development complex cultural developmental dishabituation dren dren's ecological systems theory effective emotional environment environmental ethnic example experiences factors Figure findings genetic girls heredity human individual infants influences information-processing interaction Kohlberg's LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT LEARNING ACTIVITY LEARNING OBJECTIVE LECTURE EXTENSION mature memory menarche ment mental metacognitive middle childhood months mothers motor skills newborn parents patterns peers percent person perspective physical growth Piaget's play pregnancy prenatal PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT preschoolers problems processing psychological puberty relationship response role school-age scores sensitive sexual social social learning theory stage stimulation strategies structures tasks teenagers temperament teratogens TEST BANK ITEMS theory thinking tion toddlers TRANSPARENCY understanding Vygotsky's words young children