A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence

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Edition: 12th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-10-07
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

This fully-revised twelfth edition continues to provide the extensive cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, the innovative pedagogical learning system, and the balance between research and real-life applications that have madeA Child's Worlda favorite of students and professors alike. In the warmly-written and engaging style that has become their hallmark, Diane Papalia and Ruth Feldman continue to provide a chronological view of child development. The new edition includes a new feature, Did You Know...?, introducing each chapter by highlighting interesting and enlightening findings mentioned in the chapter.

Table of Contents

Studying A Child's World
A Child's World: How We Discover It
Forming a New Life: Conception, Heredity, and Environment
Pregnancy and Prenatal Development
Birth and the Newborn Baby
Physical Development and Health During the First Three Years
Cognitive Development during the First Three Years
Psychosocial Development during the First Three Years
Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
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