An Introduction to Child Development

Thomas Keenan was a Professor in the School of Academic & Liberal Studies, Niagara College in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.  He was also an adjunct member of the Department of Psychology, Brock University.  He was a developmental psychologist with interests in children’s theory of mind, sarcasm & irony comprehension, and music. Subhadra Evans completed her PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She is currently serving as Associate Professor in the UCLA Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care Program, where she researches the impact of chronic pain on family and social relationships, and the use of mind-body medicine to treat chronic pain. She also teaches courses on Child Development, Health Psychology and Introductory Psychology. Dr Kevin Crowley was a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of South Wales. He has published research papers in a number of areas of child development, including bilingual language and literacy development, and play and learning in the early years.

This new and well-written edition will really help my students to understand developmental psychology.

• Introduction, Theories and MethodsThe Principles of Developmental PsychologyTheories of DevelopmentIntroduction: What is a Theory?Research Methodology in Developmental PsychologyThe Biological Foundations of DevelopmentThe Biological Foundations of Development I: Physical Growth, Motor Development and GeneticsThe Biological Foundations of Development II: The Developing BrainThe Development of Perception, Cognition and LanguagePerceptionTheories of Cognitive DevelopmentCognitive ProcessesThe Development of Language and CommunicationEmotional, Social and Moral DevelopmentEmotional DevelopmentSocial DevelopmentMoral DevelopmentApplied Human DevelopmentDevelopmental Psychopathology