Developing Child, The, Pearson New International Edition, 13th edition

Published by Pearson (August 27, 2013) © 2014

  • Helen Bee Stanford University
  • Denise Boyd Houston Community College
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The Developing Child gives students the tools they need to organise, retain, and apply information from the broad field of child psychology, while offering balanced coverage of theory and application.

Through The Developing Child Helen Bee and Denise Boyd generate excitement about scientific inquiry by connecting research with applications. All integrated features within the text are designed to engage students and provide them with the support they need to understand, learn, and apply the material.

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  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Basic Issues in the Study of Development
  • Part II: The Beginnings of Life
  • Chapter 2: Prenatal Development
  • Chapter 3: Birth and Early Infancy
  • Part III: The Physical Child
  • Chapter 4: Physical Development
  • Chapter 5: Perceptual Development
  • Part IV: The Thinking Child
  • Chapter 6: Cognitive Development I: Structure and Process
  • Chapter 7: Cognitive Development II: Individual Differences in Cognitive Abilities
  • Chapter 8: The Development of Language
  • Part V: The Social Child
  • Chapter 9: Personality Development: Alternative Views
  • Chapter 10: Concepts of Self, Gender, and Sex Roles
  • Chapter 11: The Development of Social Relationships
  • Chapter 12: Thinking about Relationships: Social-Cognitive and Moral Development
  • Part VI: The Whole Child
  • Chapter 13: The Ecology of Development: The Child within the Family System
  • Chapter 14: Beyond the Family: The Impact of the Broader Culture
  • Chapter 15: Atypical Development
  • Epilogue: Putting It All Together: The Developing Child

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