Developmental psychology : childhood and adolescence / David R. Shaffer and Katherine Kipp

By: Shaffer, David R | Kipp, KatherinePublication details: California : Thomson Wadsworth, c2007. Edition: 7th edDescription: xxxi, 661 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 8131502945; 9788131502945Subject(s): Child Psychology | Adolescent psychology | Developmental PsychologyDDC classification: 155.4 SHA

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Contents Include:

Part I. Introduction to Developmental Psychology

1. Introduction to developmental psychology and its research strategies
2. Theories of human development

Part II. Biological Foundations of Development

3. Hereditary influences on development
4. Prenatal development and birth
5. Infancy
6. Physical Development: The brain, the body and motor skills and sexual development

Part III. Cognitive Development

7. Cognitive Development:Piaget's Theory and Vygotsky's Sociocultural Viewpoint
8. Cognitive Development:Information-Processing Perspectives
9. Intelligence: measuring mental performance
10. Development of language and communication skills

Part IV. Social and Personality Development

11. Emotional development, Temperament, and Attachment
12. Development of the self and social cognition
13. Sex differences and gender-role development
14. Aggression, altruism and moral development

Part V. The context of Development

15. The context of Development I: The family
16. The context of Developments II: television, computers, schools and peers

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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