How Children Develop (Canadian Edition)

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Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2020-02-25
Publisher(s): Worth Publishers
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Summary

Canadian Instructors and researchers have their own version of the authoritative, acclaimed How Children Develop, with coauthor Susan Graham integrating Canadian-based studies and examples to the book’s authoritative topical examination of child and adolescent development. How Children Develop: Canadian Edition introduces core concepts and impactful discoveries with an unparalleled integration of theory and Canadian-based research and applications—all in a style that is immediately understandable and relevant to students. The new edition includes a robust and carefully curated video program, called out within the margins of the text.

Table of Contents

Preface


1 An Introduction to Child Development


2 Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period


3 Biology and Behaviour


4 Theories of Cognitive Development


5 Seeing, Thinking, and Doing in Infancy


6 Development of Language and Symbol Use


7 Conceptual Development


8 Intelligence and Academic Achievement


9 Theories of Social Development


10 Emotional Development


11 Attachment to Others and Development of Self


12 The Family


13 Peer Relationships


14 Moral Development


15 Gender Development


16 Conclusions


Glossary References


Name Index


Subject Index

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