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World of Children, The, 3rd edition

  • Joan Littlefield Cook, 
  • Greg Cook

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Overview

Helping students make connections between science and practice

 

The World of Children helps students connect the science and the practice of child development in a way that can positively change lives. The third edition features an active learning system that exposes students to real people facing real world child development challenges. It encourages readers to think critically about issues from multiple perspectives. The World of Children is a chronological child development text.

 

MyDevelopmentLab is available with World of Children, 3e. Through MyDevelopmentLab, students have access to MyVirtualChild, an interactive web-based simulation that allows students to raise a child from birth to age 18 and monitor the effects of their parenting decisions over time. 

 

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The teaching and learning experience with this program helps to:

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  • Improve Critical Thinking—Prompts throughout each chapter jumpstart readers’ critical thinking process.
  • Engage Students— Real-life cases encourage students apply what they are learning. Also, students can raise a child throught MyVirtualChild.
  • Explore Research— With over 600 new research citations, this new edition reflects the latest research in the field of child psychology.
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Published by Pearson (July 14th 2021) - Copyright © 2014

ISBN-13: 9780137615001

Subject: Psychology

Category: Lifespan Development

Overview

In this Section:

  1. Brief Table of Contents
  2. Full Table of Contents

1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part One: Beginnings

  • Chapter 1: Exploring Child Development
  • Chapter 2: Heredity and the Environment
  • Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth

Part Two: Infants and Toddlers: The First Years (Birth through 2 years)

  • Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers
  • Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
  • Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infants and Toddlers

Part Three: Early Childhood: The Playful Years (3 through 6 Years)

  • Chapter 7: Physical Development in Early Childhood
  • Chapter 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
  • Chapter 9: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Part Four: Middle Childhood: The School Years (7 through 11 Years)

  • Chapter 10: Physical Development in Middle Childhood
  • Chapter 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
  • Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Part Five: Adolescence: The Transition toward Adulthood (12 Years and beyond)

  • Chapter 13: Physical Development in Adolescence
  • Chapter 14: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
  • Chapter 15: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part One: Beginnings

  • Chapter 1: Exploring Child Development
    • Defining the Field
    • Theories of Child Development
    • Using the Scientific Method: Research in Child Development
    • Applications of Child Development Research and Careers Related to Children
  • Chapter 2: Heredity and the Environment
    • Genes and Human Reproduction
    • How Traits and Genetic Abnormalities Are Inherited
    • How Genes and Environments Interact
    • Behavior Genetics: Measuring the Heritability of Traits
  • Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
    • Prenatal Development
    • Teratogens: Health Risks for the Baby
    • The Process of Birth
    • Becoming a Family: Psychological Adjustments to Having a Newborn

Part Two: Infants and Toddlers: The First Years (Birth through 2 years)

  • Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infants and Toddlers
    • Infants at Risk: Prematurity and Infant Mortality
    • Growth of the Body and Brain
    • Sensory Capabilities
    • Motor Development
  • Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
    • Perceptual Development
    • Explaining Cognitive Development: Piaget's Constructivist View
    • Learning to Communicate
  • Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infants and Toddlers
    • Attachment
    • Temperament and Emotion
    • Social Relations and Play

Part Three: Early Childhood: The Playful Years (3 through 6 years )

  • Chapter 7: Physical Development in Early Childhood
    • Growth of the Body and Brain
    • Motor Development and Physical Activity
    • Health and Safety Issues
  • Chapter 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
    • Piaget's Stage 2: Preoperational Thought
    • Vygotsky's Sociocultural View of Cognitive Development
    • Information Processing
    • Language Development
    • Early Childhood Education and Kindergarten Readiness
  • Chapter 9: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
    • The Social and Emotional Self
    • Parenting
    • Friends and Play

Part Four: Middle Childhood: The School Years (7 through 11 Years)

  • Chapter 10: Physical Development in Middle Childhood
    • Growth of the Body and Brain
    • Motor Development and Physical Activity
    • Health and Safety Issues
    • Children with Exceptional Needs
  • Chapter 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
    • Piaget's Stage 3: Concrete Operational Thought (Ages 7 through 11)
    • Information Processing: Memory Development
    • Information Processing: Knowledge, Strategies, and New Approaches
    • Learning to Communicate: Language in Middle Childhood
    • Cognition in Context
  • Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
    • The Social and Emotional Self
    • Families
    • Play, Friends, and Peer Popularity
    • Schools and the Media

Part Five: Adolescence: The Transition toward Adulthood (12 Years and beyond)

  • Chapter 13: Physical Development in Adolescence
    • Growth of the Body and Brain during Adolescence
    • Sexual Activity during Adolescence
    • Special Concerns about Teenage Sexual Activity
    • Adolescent Health Issues
  • Chapter 14: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
    • Piaget's Stage 4: Formal Operational Thought (12 Years and Above)
    • Recent Sociocultural Views of Cognitive Development
    • Intelligence
    • Learning to Communicate: Language in Adolescence
    • Cognition in Context: Adolescents Making Decisions
  • Chapter 15: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
    • Who Am I? Adolescents’ Understanding of Themselves
    • Social Relationships: Family
    • Social Relationships: Peers
    • Contexts of Development

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