TY - BOOK AU - Berk, Laura E. TI - Child development SN - 9788120340626 U1 - 305.231 PY - 2009/// CY - New Dehli PB - PHI Learning KW - Psychology KW - Child development N1 - 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 -- ER -