Child development : international edition

Berk, L E

Child development : international edition - 9th - London : Pearson Education, 2012 - xix, 652p.

Text includes: Historical foundations; Recent theoretical perspectives; Genetic foundations; Childbirth; Birth complications; The course of physical growth; Brain development; Factors affecting physical growth; Puberty: the physical transition to adulthood; Cognitive development: an information-processing perspective: Language development; Emotional development; Self and social understanding; The family; Peer relations. Includes glossary.

While carefully considering the complexities of child development, the author presents classic and emerging theories in an especially clear, engaging writing style, with a multitude of research-based, real-world, and cross-cultural examples. Strengthening the connections among developmental domains and among theory, research, and applications, this edition's extensive revision brings forth the most recent scholarship, representing the changing field of child development.

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