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Understanding children's development /

By: Smith, Peter K.
Contributor(s): Cowie, Helen | Blades, Mark.
Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2015Edition: Sixth edition.Description: xxv, 709 p. : ill. (coloured) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781118772980 (pbk.); 9781118772980:; 1118772989 (pbk.).Subject(s): Child psychology | Child developmentDDC classification: 155.4
Contents:
Preface to sixth edition -- Acknowledgements -- Part I : theories and methods. Chapter 1 : studying development. Chapter 2 : biological and cultural theories of development -- Part II : prenatal development and birth. Chapter 3 : prenatal development and birth -- Part III : the social world of the child. Chapter 4 : parents and families. Chapter 5 : siblings and the peer group. Chapter 6 : developing emotional intelligence and social awareness. Chapter 7 : play. Chapter 8 : children and media. Chapter 9 : helping others and moral development. Chapter 10 : social dominace, aggression and bullying -- Part IV : children's devlopimg minds. Chapter 11 : perception. Chapter 12 : language. Chapter 13 : cognition : Piaget's theory. Chapter 14 : cognition : the information processing approach. Chapter 15 : children's understanding of mind. Chapter 16 : learning in a social context. Chapter 17 : intelligence and attainment. Chapter 18 : deprivation and enrichment : risk and resilience -- Part V : adolescence. Chapter 19 : adolescence -- References -- Index.
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 and index.

Preface to sixth edition -- Acknowledgements -- Part I : theories and methods. Chapter 1 : studying development. Chapter 2 : biological and cultural theories of development -- Part II : prenatal development and birth. Chapter 3 : prenatal development and birth -- Part III : the social world of the child. Chapter 4 : parents and families. Chapter 5 : siblings and the peer group. Chapter 6 : developing emotional intelligence and social awareness. Chapter 7 : play. Chapter 8 : children and media. Chapter 9 : helping others and moral development. Chapter 10 : social dominace, aggression and bullying -- Part IV : children's devlopimg minds. Chapter 11 : perception. Chapter 12 : language. Chapter 13 : cognition : Piaget's theory. Chapter 14 : cognition : the information processing approach. Chapter 15 : children's understanding of mind. Chapter 16 : learning in a social context. Chapter 17 : intelligence and attainment. Chapter 18 : deprivation and enrichment : risk and resilience -- Part V : adolescence. Chapter 19 : adolescence -- References -- Index.

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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