Beschreibung:
This popular textbook is an authoritative chronological exploration of how the lives of children are shaped by biological and cultural factors. The book offers a lively, engaging, and always accessible examination of child development as a process involving the whole child within multiple, mutually influencing contexts.
Lightfoot/Cole/Cole present neuroscientific research and findings in the field in a way that helps students see the relevance of the course content in the context of their own livesEmphasis on the applications of child development through the "In the Field" feature
Part I: In the BeginningChapter 2: Biocultural FoundationsChapter 3: Prenatal Development and BirthPart II: InfancyChapter 4: The First 3 MonthsChapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in InfancyChapter 6: Social and Emotional Development in InfancyPart III: Early ChildhoodChapter 7: Language AcquisitionChapter 8: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early ChildhoodChapter 9: Social and Emotional Development in Early ChildhoodChapter 10: Contexts of DevelopmentPart IV: Middle ChildhoodChapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle ChildhoodChapter 12: School as Context for DevelopmentChapter 13: Social and Emotional Development in Middle ChildhoodPart V: AdolescenceChapter 14: Physical and Cognitive Development in AdolescenceChapter 15: Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence