Child DevelopmentLong considered the gold standard, the Seventh Edition of this best-selling topical approach to child development continues its tradition of being the most current and comprehensive text available. 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. In the Seventh Edition, Berk consulted with Canadian contributor Stuart Shanker, accomplished professor of developmental psychology at York University, to expand the text's coverage of Canadian content and to offer an integrated North American representation of the field. This balanced North American perspective provides students with a greatly enriched opportunity to learn about social and cultural contexts for development. Berk presents both classic and emerging theories in an especially clear, engaging writing style, with a multitude of research-based and real-world examples. Strengthening the connections between theory and applications, this edition's extensive revision highlights the most recent scholarship in the field, giving students an especially clear and coherent understanding of the sequence and underlying processes of child development. The effective topical organization consistently emphasizes the interrelatedness of all development - physical, cognitive, emotional, and social - throughout the text narrative and in special features. |
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... ovum unite at conception , the first cell of the new individual , the zygote , has 46 chromosomes , or 23 pairs , the same number as in the original cell . The chromosomes each duplicate and pair with one another . Crossing over takes ...
... ovum's size makes it a perfect target for the much smaller sperm , which measure only 1/500 of an inch . Conception About once every 28 days , in the middle of a woman's menstrual cycle , an ovum bursts from one of her ovaries , two ...
... ovum , the largest cell in the human body . When one of the sperm is success- ful at fertilizing the ovum , the resulting zygote will begin to duplicate . Jack Burns / Ace / Phototake Period of the zygote : seventh to ninth day . The ...
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RESILIENT CHILDREN | 10 |
Research Strategies 40 | 13 |
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