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Understanding children's development /

By: Smith, Peter K.
Contributor(s): Cowie, Helen | Blades, Mark.
Series: Basic psychology.Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003Edition: 4th ed.Description: xxvii, 663 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780631228233 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780631228233:.Subject(s): Child psychology | Child developmentDDC classification: 155.4
Contents:
Studying development -- Biological and cultural theories of development -- Prenatal development and birth -- Parents and families -- The peer group -- Becoming socially aware -- Play -- Helping others and moral development -- Adolescence -- Perception -- Language -- Cognition : Piaget's theory -- Cognition : the information processing approach -- Children's understanding of mind -- Learning in a social context -- Intelligence and attainment -- Deprivation and enrichment : risk and resilience -- Appendix A: Ethical principles for conducting research with human participants -- Appendix B: Careers in psychology.
Summary: Revised to take account of developments in the field, this edition includes new discussion of the major issues in current UK and European research as well as expanded coverage of the practical applications of this research.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [592]-643) and index.

Studying development -- Biological and cultural theories of development -- Prenatal development and birth -- Parents and families -- The peer group -- Becoming socially aware -- Play -- Helping others and moral development -- Adolescence -- Perception -- Language -- Cognition : Piaget's theory -- Cognition : the information processing approach -- Children's understanding of mind -- Learning in a social context -- Intelligence and attainment -- Deprivation and enrichment : risk and resilience -- Appendix A: Ethical principles for conducting research with human participants -- Appendix B: Careers in psychology.

Revised to take account of developments in the field, this edition includes new discussion of the major issues in current UK and European research as well as expanded coverage of the practical applications of this research.

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