The Development of Children

This is a new edition of the popular developmental psychology textbook, completely revised with a new lead author and 30 per cent new material."Cynthia Lightfoot" has completely revised the previous edition and added 30 per cent new material. It covers: neuroscience, applications, policy issues, and adolescence. It offers new coverage, with emphasis on urban and immigrant experience. Revised content reflects changes in the understanding of the growing brain. Profiles of people with development-related jobs show developmental psychology at work in the real world.Taking a chronological approach, the book uses a broad scientific framework to present development as an interaction of biological, social, and psychological processes and human culture. The sixth edition has been completely revised, with 30 per cent new material and coverage of hot topics.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS CYNTHIA LIGHTFOOT is Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA. She has also served as Vice President of the Jean Piaget Society. MICHAEL COLE is Professor of Psychology, Communication and Human Development at the University of California, USA. He is based at University College San Diego, USA, where he is the Director of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition. SHEILA R. COLE is a former journalist who specialized in writing about families, children, development and education.

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The Study of Human Development PART 1: IN THE BEGINNING Biocultural Foundations Prenatal Development and Birth PART 2: INFANCY The First Three Months Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy Social and Emotional Development in Infancy PART 3: EARLY CHILDHOOD Language Acquisition Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood Contexts of Development PART 4: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood School as a Context for Development Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood PART 5: ADOLESCENCE Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence Appendix Glossary References Indexes

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