CDEV2 - Child and Adolescent Development

Cover
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Brief Contents
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Contents
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1 History, Theories, and Methods......Page 10
1-1 The Development of the Study of Child Development......Page 11
1-2 Theories of Development......Page 12
1-3 Controversies in Development......Page 23
1-4 How do we Study Development?......Page 25
2 Heredity......Page 32
2-1 Heredity: The Basics......Page 33
2-2 Chromosomal and Genetic Abnormalities......Page 37
2-3 Genetic Counseling and Prenatal Testing......Page 39
2-4 Heredity and the Environment......Page 41
3 Conception and Prenatal Development......Page 44
3-1 Conception: Against all Odds......Page 45
3-2 Infertility and Alternate ways of Becoming Parents......Page 47
3-3 Stages of Prenatal Development......Page 49
3-4 Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development......Page 52
4 Birth and the Newborn Baby: In the New World......Page 62
Countdown …......Page 63
4-1 The Stages of Childbirth......Page 64
4-2 Methods of Childbirth......Page 66
4-3 Birth Problems......Page 68
4-4 The Postpartum Period......Page 69
4-5 Characteristics of Neonates......Page 74
5 Infancy: Physical Development......Page 82
5-1 Physical Growth and Development......Page 83
5-2 Development of the Brain and Nervous System......Page 87
5-3 Motor Development......Page 91
5-4 SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 93
6 Infancy: Cognitive Development......Page 102
6-1 Cognitive Development: Jean Piaget......Page 103
6-2 Information Processing......Page 107
6-3 Individual Differences in Cognitive Functioning among Infants......Page 109
6-4 Language Development......Page 111
7 Infancy: Social and Emotional Development......Page 122
7-1 Attachment: Bonds that Endure......Page 123
7-2 When Attachment Fails......Page 127
7-3 Day Care......Page 132
7-4 Emotional Development......Page 134
7-5 Personality Development......Page 136
8 Early Childhood: Physical Development......Page 142
8-1 Growth Patterns......Page 143
8-2 Motor Development......Page 145
8-3 Health and Illness......Page 148
8-4 Sleep......Page 150
8-5 Elimination Disorders......Page 151
9 Early Childhood: Cognitive Development......Page 154
9-1 Jean Piaget’s Preoperational Stage......Page 155
9-2 Factors in Cognitive Development......Page 160
9-3 Theory of Mind......Page 161
9-4 Development of Memory......Page 162
9-5 Language Development: Why “Daddy Goed Away”......Page 163
10 Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development......Page 170
10-1 Dimensions of Child Rearing......Page 171
10-2 Social Behaviors......Page 174
10-3 Personality and Emotional Development......Page 180
10-4 Development of Gender Roles and Gender Differences......Page 182
11 Middle Childhood: Physical Development......Page 188
11-2 Weight......Page 189
11-3 Childhood Asthma......Page 191
11-4 Motor Development......Page 192
11-5 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)......Page 193
11-6 Learning Disorders......Page 194
12 Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development......Page 198
12-1 Piaget: The Concrete-Operational Stage......Page 199
12-2 Moral Development: The Child as Judge......Page 201
12-3 Information Processing: Learning, Remembering, Problem Solving......Page 203
12-4 Intellectual Development, Creativity, and Achievement......Page 208
12-5 Language Development and Literacy......Page 216
13 Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development......Page 220
13-1 Theories of Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood......Page 221
13-2 The Family......Page 224
13-3 Peer Relationships......Page 226
13-4 The School......Page 229
13-5 Social and Emotional Problems......Page 232
14 Adolescence: Physical Development......Page 240
14-1 Puberty: The Biological Eruption......Page 241
14-2 Emerging Sexuality and the Risks of Sexually Transmitted Infections......Page 246
14-3 Health in Adolescence......Page 248
14-4 Eating Disorders......Page 249
14-5 Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders......Page 250
15 Adolescence: Cognitive Development......Page 256
15-1 Piaget’s Stage of Formal Operations......Page 257
15-2 Gender Differences in Cognitive Abilities......Page 259
15-3 Moral Development......Page 260
15-4 The Adolescent in School......Page 262
15-5 Adolescents in the Workforce......Page 263
16 Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development......Page 270
16-1 Development of Identity: “Who am I?”......Page 271
16-2 Relationships with Parents and Peers......Page 274
16-3 Sexuality......Page 277
16-5 Suicide: When the Adolescent has Nothing—Except Everything—to Lose......Page 283
Answers to Study Tools Questions......Page 288
References
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Name Index
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Subject Index
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Review Cards......Page 323