A lively and engaging new edition, this book examines child development as a process involving the whole child within multiple, mutually influencing contexts. With an emphasis on biological and cultural factors, it explores the pathways of development shared by all children plus the diverse developmental patterns that unfold in them as individuals. INDICE: The Study of Human Development .Part I: IN THE BEGINNING .Biocultural Foundations .Prenatal Development and Birth .Part II: INFANCY.The First Three Months .Physical and Cognitive Development in the First Two Years .Emotional and Social Development during Infancy .Part III: EARLY CHILDHOOD.Language Acquisition .Physical and Cognitive Development of Early Childhood .Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood .Contexts of Development .Part IV: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD .Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood .Schoolas a Context for Development .Social and Emotional Developments in Middle Childhood .Part V: ADOLESCENCE .Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence.Social and Emotional Development during Adolescence
- ISBN: 978-1-4641-2888-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 667
- Fecha Publicación: 25/06/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido