Child development
/ Laura E. Berk
- 8th ed.
- New Dehli : PHI Learning, 2009
- xix, 652, [146] pages ill. (chiefly col.) 29 cm
Includes Glossary G-1 -- References R-1 -- Name index NI-1 -- Subject index SI-1.
personal note to students -- Preface for instructors -- Theory and research in child development -- History, theory, and applied directions -- Research strategies -- Foundations of development -- Biological foundations, prenatal development, and birth -- Infancy : early learning, motor skills, and perceptual capacities -- Physical growth -- Cognitive and language development -- Cognitive development : Piagetian, core knowledge, and Vygotskian perspectives -- Cognitive development : an information-processing perspective -- Intelligence -- Language development -- Personality and social development -- Emotional development -- Self and social understanding -- Moral development -- Development of sex differences and gender roles -- Contexts for development -- The family -- Peers, media, and schooling --