Children: A Chronological Approach, Canadian Edition, 7th edition

Published by Pearson Canada (20 March 2024) © 2025

  • Robert V. Kail Purdue University
  • Theresa Zolner King's University

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Children: A Chronological Approach is designed to introduce you to the world of the developing child from initial gestation through adolescence. This is a broad period of development that sees stretches of rapid and slower change across many domains. This text is a science-based approach to understanding developmental change in children and adolescents from a chronological perspective. The text covers three main areas - physical, cognitive, and psychosocial change - in infancy, preschool, school age, and adolescent periods. In addition, the text includes information about development prior to birth as well as a basic introduction to theory and research in the field of developmental psychology.

The authentic Canadian context of the book, as well as the chronological unfolding of developmental events, will help your students to grasp child and adolescent development concepts in a way that is culturally meaningful and conceptually accessible to them.

Table of contents

  1. Child Development: Theories and Themes
  2. Research in Child Development
  3. Genetic Bases of Child Development
  4. Prenatal Development and Birth
  5. Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers
  6. Cognition in Infants and Toddlers
  7. Social and Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers
  8. Physical Growth in Preschool Children
  9. Cognitive Development in Preschool Children
  10. Social and Emotional Development in Preschool Children
  11. Physical Development in Middle Childhood
  12. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
  13. Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood
  14. Physical Growth in Adolescents
  15. Cognitive Processes in Adolescents
  16. Social and Emotional Development in Adolescents

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