Child Development: A Cultural Approach, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2020

  • Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Clark University
  • Lene Arnett Jensen Clark University
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Title overview

For courses in Child Development.

Help students understand how culture impacts development, and why it matters.

Child Development: A Cultural Approach helps students learn how to think culturally about human development throughout our diverse, increasingly globalised world. Author Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and new co-author Lene Arnett Jensen weave an engaging chronological narrative that traces development from birth through emerging adulthood, integrating current research and cross-cultural examples from around the globe throughout.

The 3rd Edition offers an expanded chapter organisation and additional cross-cultural perspectives to better highlight the cultural aspects of development.

Table of contents

  • 1. Child Development Today: Who, How, and Why
  • 2. Developmental Theories and Contexts: Past and Present
  • 3. Genetics and Prenatal Development
  • 4. Birth and the Newborn Child
  • 5. Infancy
  • 6. Toddlerhood
  • 7. Early Childhood
  • 8. Middle Childhood
  • 9. Early Adolescence
  • 10. Late Adolescence
  • 11. Emerging Adulthood
  • 12. The Future of Child Development

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