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Table of content:
PART I: THE FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT.
1. Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development.
2. Theories and Contexts of Development.
3. Genetics, Prenatal Development, and the Neonate.
4. Physical Development.
PART II: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: BECOMING A PROBLEM SOLVER.
5. What Do Infants Know and When and How do They Know It?
6. The Symbolic Child: Piaget’s Theory and Beyond.
7. Understanding Self and Others.
8. Becoming Self-Directed Thinkers: Problem Solving and Memory.
9. Language Development.
10. Intelligence and School Achievement.
PART III: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: BECOMING A SOCIAL BEING.
11. Emotion, Temperament, and Personality Development.
12. Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care.
13. The Family and Other Contexts for Socialization.
14. Competing and Cooperating with Peers.
15. The Development of Sexuality and Gender Identity.
Glossary.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
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