Understanding Children's Development (3rd Edition) (Basic Psychology S.)

Peter K. Smith

ISBN 10: 0631194126 / ISBN 13: 9780631194125

Editore: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom, Oxford, 1997

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This leading child development text has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and its rigorous research-based approach. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development, including biological, social, moral and cognitive components. For the fourth edition, the entire text has been updated to take account of recent developments in the field. Major revisions include: coverage of a range of theoretical perspectives - from evolutionary developmental psychology to cultural-ecological and social-constructionist viewpoints a new chapter on prenatal development and birth extensive new material on developments in attachment theory extended discussion of implications of the social contexts of learning for cognition and education recent perspectives on disadvantage.Each chapter provides lucid discussion of the material, enlivened by the inclusion of revealing case studies, and ideas for classroom discussion. Throughout the text the practical and applied implications of developmental research are emphasized and discussed. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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• Titolo: Understanding Children's Development (3rd Edition) (Basic Psychology S.)
• Editore: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom, Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0631194126
• ISBN 13: 9780631194125
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Edizione: terza edizione
• Condizione: Very Good
• Peso: 1039 grammi

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Riassunto

This leading child development text has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and its rigorous research-based approach. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development, including biological, social, moral and cognitive components. For the fourth edition, the entire text has been updated to take account of recent developments in the field. Major revisions include: coverage of a range of theoretical perspectives - from evolutionary developmental psychology to cultural-ecological and social-constructionist viewpoints a new chapter on prenatal development and birth extensive new material on developments in attachment theory extended discussion of implications of the social contexts of learning for cognition and education recent perspectives on disadvantage.Each chapter provides lucid discussion of the material, enlivened by the inclusion of revealing case studies, and ideas for classroom discussion. Throughout the text the practical and applied implications of developmental research are emphasized and discussed.

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There is no other book on the market that comes near in its scholarship, coverage and accessibility. Professor Martyn Barrett, University of Surrey

A very valuable text for everyone interested in children′s development. Professor Judith Dunn, Institute of Psychiatry, King′s College London Understanding Children′s Developmentis one of the best introductory treatments of this discipline that I know. Professor C. Philip Hwang, Gothenburg University, Sweden