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1.

Child Development and Behavioral Pediatrics » Read Now
by Marc H. Bornstein, Janice L. Genevro. 194 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Touchpoints: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development » Read Now
by T. Berry Brazelton. 488 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

"Touchpoints" are the spurts of development, and the trying periods of regression that accompany them, throughout childhood. From pregnancy to first gradxe, all the concerns and questions that parents have about their child's behavior, feelings, and development are anticipated and answered in both...
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"Touchpoints" are the spurts of development, and the trying periods of regression that accompany them, throughout childhood. From pregnancy to first gradxe, all the concerns and questions that parents have about their child's behavior, feelings, and development are anticipated and answered in both chronological and reference form.(Addison-Wesley)
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Development in Infancy: An Introduction » Read Now
by Marc H. Bornstein, Michael E. Lamb, Douglas M. Teti. 502 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

This fourth edition of the best-selling topically-organized introduction to infancy reflects the enormous changes that have occurred in our understanding of infants and their place in human development over the past decade. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised to reflect current thinking and...
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This fourth edition of the best-selling topically-organized introduction to infancy reflects the enormous changes that have occurred in our understanding of infants and their place in human development over the past decade. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised to reflect current thinking and research in the field, and while classic studies continue to be cited, the text emphasizes studies published since the late 1990s. The authors have worked to maintain the readability for which this classic textbook has been known. This edition continues to be appropriate for use in classes at all levels-undergraduate and graduate-as well as in various disciplines-psychology, education, child development, nursing, and social work. The fourth edition features a number of improvements: the literature review has been thoroughly updated to reflect the results of new research; new figures have been provided to better explain important concepts and the results of recent studies; implications for practical applications and social policy have been emphasized throughout; the writing style has been revised to make the book attractive to students from diverse academic backgrounds; and orienting questions have been provided at the beginning of each chapter to facilitate understanding and learning.
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Infancy to Early Childhood: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Developmental Change » Read Now
by Robert N. Emde, John K. Hewitt. 393 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Behavioural genetics is a fast-growing, multidisciplinary field which attempts to explain the influence of genetic and environmental factors on behaviour through the lifespan. The preferred investigative technique for teasing out the differences between genetics and the environment is the...
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Behavioural genetics is a fast-growing, multidisciplinary field which attempts to explain the influence of genetic and environmental factors on behaviour through the lifespan. The preferred investigative technique for teasing out the differences between genetics and the environment is the longitudinal twin study. This book is the first complete publication from the MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study (MALTS) that is by far the most ambitious and comprehensive logitudinal twin study to date. The goal of such an in-depth study was merely not to provide thorough descriptions of developmental change between the ages of one and three years, but to offer an original theoretical framework that explains how change occurs in different domains and how genetics and the environment influence those changes. In fact, this rigorous study will set the agenda for developmental psychology and behavioural genetics for decades to come.
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The Child's Conception of the World » Read Now
by Jean Piaget. 398 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...of the world does the child naturally form at the different stages of its development? There are two essential...characteristics, etc., that the child can easily fail to...
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Childhood Studies: A Reader in Perspectives of Childhood » Read Now
by Jean Mills, Richard Mills. 206 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This text brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of childhood, how it has been treated historically and how such a concept is developing as we move into a new century.
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Research Manual in Child Development » Read Now
by Lorraine Nadelman. 467 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

THIS UNIQUE HANDS-ON LAB MANUAL IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES GREAT IDEAS AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHING RESEARCH COURSES INVOVING CHILD SUBJECTS.
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Cultural Processes in Child Development » Read Now
by Ann S. Masten. 180 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library
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Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development 2000-2001 » Read Now
by Ellen A.Farber, Margaret E.Hertzig. 639 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

The first edition of this annual progress report was published more than 30 years ago. The 2002 report offers a number of clear studies on the latest research findings in the field of child psychiatry and child development.
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Revealing the Inner Worlds of Young Children: The Macarthur Story Stem Battery and Parent-Child Narratives » Read Now
by Robert N. Emde, David Oppenheim, Dennis P. Wolf. 407 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Typically, we make sense of our experiences and interactions in a way that is guided by emotion and that takes the form of a narrative or a story. Using narratives, we can tell others about our experience, share common meanings, imagine possibilities, and co-construct new meanings. It is thus a...
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Typically, we make sense of our experiences and interactions in a way that is guided by emotion and that takes the form of a narrative or a story. Using narratives, we can tell others about our experience, share common meanings, imagine possibilities, and co-construct new meanings. It is thus a momentous development when, at around age three, a child acquires the capacity to construct narratives. The book reports the work of a 20-year collaboration between 36 psychologists who have created and investigated a new tool to elicit and analyze children's narratives. This tool is the MacArthur Story Stem Battery, a systematic collection of story beginnings that are referred to as 'stems.' These stems are designed to elicit information from children about their representational worlds. This method is particularly exciting because using it allows developmental psychologists to gain information directly from children about their emotional states and what they are able to understand, and in turn, to use this information to explore significant emotional differences among children.
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The Early Years: A Reader » Read Now
by Sandra Smidt. 268 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Using classroom examples and students' experiences of working with young children, The Early Years provides a unique range of perspectives on early childhood education. Contributors include:* experts in the field such as Lilian Katz, Janet Moyles and Mary Jane Drummond* established teachers and...
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Using classroom examples and students' experiences of working with young children, The Early Years provides a unique range of perspectives on early childhood education. Contributors include:* experts in the field such as Lilian Katz, Janet Moyles and Mary Jane Drummond* established teachers and practitioners* students enrolled on an Early Childhood Studies Scheme.
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Models of Cognitive Development » Read Now
by Ken Richardson. 246 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

In spite of its obvious importance and popularity, the field of cognitive development remains highly fragmented, scientifically. Instead of theoretical convergence towards a generally accepted set of principles, there remains a vast diversity of models of what knowledge and reasoning are, and how...
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In spite of its obvious importance and popularity, the field of cognitive development remains highly fragmented, scientifically. Instead of theoretical convergence towards a generally accepted set of principles, there remains a vast diversity of models of what knowledge and reasoning are, and how they develop. Courses and books tend to deal with this perplexing situation by simply presenting students with either a specific, favoured line, or by offering selections from the theoretical salad. As a result, students have great difficulty in obtaining a cohesive picture of the area. They are frequently bewildered by the diversity of schools, frameworks and approaches, with seemingly little connection between them. More seriously, they are deprived of a critical grasp of the area, and thus forced into a habit of early selectivity, rote memory of specific models in isolation, and regurgitation at exams. This in turn deprives the area of cognitive development of important critical impetus for future improvement. Models of Cognitive Development is an attempt to overcome these problems. It does this by arguing that the vast diversity of theories or models can be organised into groups according to a much smaller set of underlying assumptions or preconceptions, which themselves can be historically interrelated. By understanding these, students may be helped to find their way more confidently around the area as a whole, to see the 'wood' as well as the theoretical forest, and thus find themselves in a position to react to individual models more positively and more critically. Such criticism may, in turn, assist theoretical progress and unity in the future. Models of Cognitive Development covers all the contemporary theoretical and research strands in the area, with numerous examples, in a clear and straightforward manner, and should be useful to all students, researchers, and comparative theoreticians in the area.
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Parenting and Child Development in "Nontraditional" Families » Read Now
by Michael E. Lamb. 368 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Parenting and Child Development in "Nontraditional" Families Parenting and Child Development in "Nontraditional" Families...CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Parenting and...
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Parent-Child Interaction and Parent-Child Relations in Child Development » Read Now
by Marion Perlmutter. 198 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Parent-Child Relations in Child Development The Minnesota Symposia...Parent-Child Relations in Child Development The Minnesota Symposia...and parent-child relations in...
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Play in Early Childhood: From Birth to Six Years » Read Now
by Mary D. Sheridan. 56 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Play and development are key topics for all who work with young children. Based on the pioneering work of Mary D. Sheridan, Play in Early Childhood is an introductory text which explains how children's play develops and how they develop as they play. Play in Early Childhood features:*over eighty...
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Play and development are key topics for all who work with young children. Based on the pioneering work of Mary D. Sheridan, Play in Early Childhood is an introductory text which explains how children's play develops and how they develop as they play. Play in Early Childhood features:*over eighty illustrations*descriptions of play at each stage of development, from birth to six years*outlines of different play sequences*information on children with special needs*practical advice on the adult's role in providing for play.This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the needs of early years workers and students on courses leading to awards in child care and education
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Television and Child Development » Read Now
by Judith van Evra. 232 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library