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
• Correlation and Causation: 28
• Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period: 40
• The First Sex Differences: 46
• The Newborn Infant: 70
• Biology and Behavior: 82
• Brain Development: 102
• 3: 107
• Chapter Summary: 124
• Theories of Cognitive Development: 126
• Piagets Theory: 130
• Seeing Thinking and Doing in Infancy: 168
• Seeing Thinking and Doing in Infancy: 182
• 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: 295
• IQ Scores as Predictors of Important Outcomes: 302
• Alternative Perspectives on Intelligence: 314
• Theories of Social Development: 332
• 10: 351
• Emotional Development: 372
• 11: 381
• Culture and Childrens Emotional Development: 402
• Chapter Summary: 410
• Attachment to Others and Development of Self: 412
• 12: 420
• Ethnic Identity: 436
• In Review: 449
• The Family: 452
• 13: 458
• Mothers Fathers and Siblings: 468
• Adolescents as Parents: 474
• Lesbian and Gay Parents: 481
• Peer Relationships: 492
• 14: 499
• Peers in Groups: 508
• Chapter Summary: 528
• Moral Development: 532
• SchoolBased Interventions for Promoting Prosocial: 554
• The Fast Track Intervention: 566
• Chapter Summary: 568
• Review: 588
• Conclusions: 604
• The Sociocultural Context Shapes Development: 621
• Child Development Research Can Improve Childrens Lives: 628
• Glossary: 1
• 15: 9
• References: 51
• Glossary: 1
• Subject Index: 1

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