How Children Develop

Robert S. Siegler, Judy S. DeLoache, Nancy Eisenberg

Macmillan, 2006 - Psychology - 635 pages

In its first edition, this highly anticipated textbook for the topically-organized child development course provided a fresh, non-encyclopedic approach, offering the latest, straight-from-the-research understanding of child development without overwhelming the student with inessential detail.

The new edition brings those hallmark features forward, again providing a thoroughly contemporary, streamlined introduction to the study of child development that emphasizes fundamental principles, enduring themes, and important recent studies. Student-friendly pedagogy, a new chapter on gender, and an enhanced media and supplements package further enrich this accessible, engaging, and informative text.

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Contents

• An Introduction to Child Development: 2
• Ways Is It Discontinuous?: 13
• Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period: 40
• Pent Maril Developmental Processes: 47
• Fetal Experience: 55
• The Newborn Infant: 70
• Biology and Behavior: 82
• Brain Development: 102
• Chapter Summary: 124
• Theories of Cognitive Development: 126
• Piagets Theory: 130
• 5: 132
• Educational Applications of InformationProcessing Theories: 153
• View of Childrens Nature: 161
• Seeing Thinking and Doing in Infancy: 168
• Review: 184
• Learning: 194
• Chapter Summary: 208
• Development of Language and Symbol: 210
• 7: 218
• Chapter Summary: 252
• Conceptual Development: 254
• Time: 280
• Chapter Summary: 290
• Intelligence and Academic Achievement: 292
• 9: 298
• IQ Scores as Predictors of Important Outcomes: 302
• Alternative Perspectives on Intelligence: 314
• Theories of Social Development: 332
• Theories of Social Cognition: 350
• 10: 351
• Emotional Development: 372
• 11: 381
• Individual Differences in Emotion and Its Regulation: 391
• Culture and Childrens Emotional Development: 402
• Chapter Summary: 410
• Attachment to Others and Development of Self: 412
• The Family: 452
• 13: 458
• Homelessness: 467
• Peer Relationships: 492
• 14: 499
• Peers in Groups: 508
• Chapter Summary: 528
• 15: 534
• Review: 544
• Chapter Summary: 568
• Review: 576
• Gender Comparisons: 589
• Conclusions: 604
• Conclusions: 608
• Children Play Active Roles in Their Own Development: 610
• Mechanisms of Developmental Change: 616
• The Sociocultural Context Shapes Development: 621
• ChildDevelopment Research Can Improve Childrens Lives: 628
• Glossary: 1
• 350: 25
• 490: 40
• 492: 49
• References: 51
• 372: 68
• 387: 75
• Glossary: 1
• 508: 2

Bibliographic information

• Title: How Children Develop
• Authors: Robert S. Siegler, Judy S. DeLoache, Nancy Eisenberg
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2006
• ISBN: 0716795272, 9780716795278
• Length: 635 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Developmental / Child; Psychology / General