Understanding children's development / Peter K. Smith, Helen Cowie, Mark Blades.
Material type: TextSeries: Basic psychology (Oxford, England)Publication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxvii, 663 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0631228233 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 155.4 SMI
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This leading child development text, widely acclaimed for its international coverage and its rigorous research-based approach, has been thoroughly revised and updated:
Provides international coverage.
Takes a rigorous research-based approach.
Now includes an additional chapter on prenatal development and birth.
Student-friendly features include detailed case studies, suggestions for further reading, and ideas for classroom discussion.
Useful online support material, including multiple choice questions, to accompany this text is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/ucd.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Plates and Box Plates
- List of Figures and Box Figures
- List of Tables and Box Tables
- Series Preface
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Theories and Methods
- 1 Studying Development
- 2 Biological and Cultural Theories of Development
- Part II The Social World of the Child
- 3 Prenatal Development and Birth
- 4 Parents and Families
- 5 The Peer Group
- 6 Becoming Socially Aware
- 7 Play
- 8 Helping Others and Moral Development
- 9 Adolescence
- Part III Children's Developing Minds
- 10 Perception
- 11 Language
- 12 Cognition: Piaget's Theory
- 13 Cognition: the Information Processing Approach
- 14 Children's Understanding of Mind
- 15 Learning in a Social Context
- 16 Intelligence and Attainment
- 17 Deprivation and Enrichment: Risk and Resilience
- Appendix A Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participants
- Appendix B Careers in Psychology
- References
- Index
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Peter K. Smith is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Unit for School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths College, London. Helen Cowie is Professor of Psychology and on the senior management team of the School of Psychology and Counselling at the University of Surrey Roehampton.
Mark Blades is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sheffield.