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ISBN-10 : 1119025030
ISBN-13 : 9781119025030
Author: Peter K. Smith, Helen Cowie, Mark Blades
Understanding Children’s Development is the UK’s best-selling developmental psychology textbook and has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and rigorous research-based approach.
This dynamic text emphasizes the practical and applied implications of developmental research. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development from conception through to adolescence.
Understanding Children’s Development 6th Table of contents:
PART I: THEORIES AND METHODS
CHAPTER 1: STUDYING DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT OBSERVED
WHAT IS ‘DEVELOPMENT’?
OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT BEHAVIOUR AND DEVELOPMENT
WORKING WITH THE DATA: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS
WHAT IMPLICATIONS DOES PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE HAVE FOR SOCIETY?
THE SCIENTIFIC STATUS OF PSYCHOLOGY
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 2: BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT
GENETICS AND THE GROUNDPLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT
THE BRAIN AND DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE
HOW BEHAVIOUR DEVELOPS: NATURE AND NURTURE
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST APPROACHES
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
PART II: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTH
CHAPTER 3: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTH
FROM CONCEPTION TO BIRTH
THE NATURE OF BIRTH
EARLY SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
TEMPERAMENT
THE MILLENNIUM COHORT STUDY (MCS): PATTERNS OF INFANT CARE IN THE UK AT 9 MONTHS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
PART III: THE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE CHILD
CHAPTER 4: PARENTS AND FAMILIES
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTACHMENT RELATIONSHIPS
BOWLBY’S ‘MATERNAL DEPRIVATION’ HYPOTHESIS
CARE OUTSIDE THE FAMILY
FATHERS
GRANDPARENTS
TYPES OF FAMILY
STYLES OF PARENTING
DIVORCE
STEP-PARENTING
PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT AND THE ‘SMACKING’ DEBATE
CHILD MALTREATMENT, NEGLECT AND ABUSE
MODELS OF PARENTING
THE MILLENNIUM COHORT STUDY (MCS): PATTERNS OF CHILDCARE IN THE UK AT 3 AND 5 YEARS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 5: SIBLINGS AND THE PEER GROUP
EARLY PEER RELATIONSHIPS
SIBLINGS
PEER RELATIONSHIPS IN PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL
FRIENDSHIP
THE IMPORTANCE OF PEER RELATIONS AND FRIENDSHIP
FAMILY AND PEER RELATIONSHIPS
GROUP SOCIALIZATION THEORY AND THE ROLE OF THE PEER GROUP: HOW IMPORTANT ARE FAMILIES?
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 6: DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIAL AWARENESS
HOW CHILDREN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND SELF AND OTHERS
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
UNDERSTANDING OTHERS’ EMOTIONS, DESIRES AND BELIEFS
DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
EARLY SEX DIFFERENCES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER IDENTITY
THEORIES OF SEX-ROLE IDENTIFICATION
CHILDREN’S AWARENESS OF AND ATTITUDES TO DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND NATIONAL GROUPS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 7: PLAY
CHARACTERISTICS OF PLAYFUL BEHAVIOUR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLAY
PLAY THEORISTS
THE BENEFITS OF PLAY: THE EVIDENCE
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 8: CHILDREN AND MEDIA
CHILDREN’S USE OF MEDIA
CHILDREN AND TELEVISION
COMPUTER GAMES
ADVERTISING TO CHILDREN
MEDIA INTERVENTIONS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 9: HELPING OTHERS AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
FACTORS INFLUENCING PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL REASONING
THE AGE OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUTH CRIME
CAN WE TEACH MORAL VALUES?
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 10: SOCIAL DOMINANCE, AGGRESSION AND BULLYING
DOMINANCE IN CHILDREN
AGGRESSION IN CHILDREN
BULLYING IN SCHOOL
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
PART IV: CHILDREN’S DEVELOPING MINDS
CHAPTER 11: PERCEPTION
METHODS FOR STUDYING INFANTS’ PERCEPTION
VISUAL PERCEPTION
AUDITORY PERCEPTION
INTERMODAL PERCEPTION
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 12: LANGUAGE
MAIN AREAS OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
SEQUENCES IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
THE TRANSITION TO LITERACY
LEARNING TO READ
DYSLEXIA
THEORIES OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 13: COGNITION: PIAGET’S THEORY
UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS: STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION
THE STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
THE SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
REINTERPRETATIONS OF PIAGET: THE SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
THE PREOPERATIONAL STAGE
REINTERPRETATIONS OF PIAGET: THE PREOPERATIONAL STAGE
THE CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE
REINTERPRETATIONS OF PIAGET: THE CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE
THE FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE
REINTERPRETATIONS OF PIAGET: THE FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE
PIAGET’S THEORY: AN OVERVIEW
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 14: COGNITION: THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPROACH
INFORMATION PROCESSING LIMITATIONS
STAGE-LIKE PERFORMANCE IN INFORMATION PROCESSING
MEMORY DEVELOPMENT
METACOGNITION
KNOWLEDGE AND MEMORY DEVELOPMENT
CONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY AND KNOWLEDGE
SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPROACH
CHILDREN’S EYEWITNESS RESEARCH
CHILDREN’S SUGGESTIBILITY
INTERVIEWING PROCEDURES
STRESS AND RECALL
SUMMARY OF EYEWITNESS RESEARCH
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 15: CHILDREN’S UNDERSTANDING OF MIND
THE FALSE-BELIEF TASK
CHILDREN’S KNOWLEDGE OF MIND BEFORE ABOUT 4 YEARS OF AGE
WHEN IS THEORY OF MIND ACHIEVED?
THEORY OF MIND AFTER 4 YEARS OF AGE
THEORIES ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERSTANDING THE MIND
DO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM OR ASD LACK AN UNDERSTANDING OF OTHERS’ MINDS?
HOW FAR CAN A DEFICIT IN UNDERSTANDING MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS CONTRIBUTE TO AN EXPLANATION OF ASD?
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 16: LEARNING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT
THE CHALLENGE OF VYGOTSKY
INDIVIDUAL MENTAL FUNCTIONING: ITS SOCIOCULTURAL ORIGINS
LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT
THE IMPACT OF BRUNER
IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION
IS SYNTHESIS POSSIBLE?
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 17: INTELLIGENCE AND ATTAINMENT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE TESTS
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
THE EARLY USES OF INTELLIGENCE TESTS
CONCEPTS OF INTELLIGENCE
SAVANTS
INTELLIGENCE IN A SOCIAL-CULTURAL CONTEXT
THE USE OF INTELLIGENCE TESTS
ATTAINMENT TESTS
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
CHAPTER 18: DEPRIVATION AND ENRICHMENT: RISK AND RESILIENCE
DEPRIVATION
EXTREME DEPRIVATION AND NEGLECT
THE EFFECTS OF INSTITUTIONAL REARING ON CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT
SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
EXPLANATORY MODELS
INTERVENTIONS: THE ROLE OF FAMILIES
NURTURE GROUPS
COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN THE USA
COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN THE UK
A CONTINUING DEBATE
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
PART V: ADOLESCENCE
CHAPTER 19: ADOLESCENCE
THE BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES OF PUBERTY
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PUBERTY
EFFECTS OF EARLY AND LATE MATURATION
RELATIONS WITH PEERS
ROMANTIC DEVELOPMENT
ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY
ADOLESCENCE AS A PERIOD OF TURMOIL, OR ‘STORM AND STRESS’
RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOURS
ADOLESCENCE IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
HISTORICAL CHANGES IN ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOUR
CHAPTER SUMMARY
DISCUSSION POINTS
FURTHER READING
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