TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Peter K. AU - Cowie,Helen AU - Blades,Mark TI - Understanding children's development T2 - Basic psychology SN - 0631228233 (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 155.4 SMI PY - 2003/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Child psychology KW - Child development N1 - 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 ER -