Synopses & Reviews
Work more effectively and gauge your progress along the way! This
Study Guidethat is designed to accompany Vasta’s
Child Psychology, 4thEditioncontains chapter outlines, learning objectives, key terms, application exercises, critical thinking exercises, self-test questions, and practice exams. This guide was prepared by Alastair Younger of the University of Ottawa.
Building on the strengths that have made it successful through three editions, this new Fourth Editionof Child Psychologypresents a topical approach with an up-to-date, accurate, and balanced treatment of child psychology. The text captures the themes and emphases that characterize contemporary thinking in the field. In every respect--organization, emphases, and new material--this edition represents the most thorough revision of Child Psychology yet.
In this Fourth Edition, new coauthor Shari Ellis brings her expertise on the sociocultural perspective on development. Together, Shari Ellis and Scott Miller continue Ross Vasta's vision for the text.
Synopsis
This book is a topically organized introduction to child development from conception to adolescence. It examines child psychology from the perspectives of the three principal traditions which characterize the discipline today-the cognitive-developmental, environmental-learning and ethological orientations. Emphasizes the very latest issues and findings including the microgenetic research method, gene therapy, the social bases of early memory and family contributions to peer relations. This new edition includes a greater integration of contextual material, and an increased emphasis on cross- and multi-cultural research.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Perspective.
Theories of Child Development.
Research Methods.
Genetics: The Biological Context of Development.
Prenatal Development.
Physical Development: Birth, Motor Skills, and Growth.
Sensory and Perceptual Development.
Cognitive Development: The Piagetian Approach.
Cognitive Development: The Information-Processing Approach.
Cognitive Development: The Intelligence-Test Approach.
Language Development.
Early Social and Emotional Development.
Development of the Self.
Moral Development.
Gender-Role Development and Sex Differences.
Peer Relations.
Glossary.
References.
Photo Credits.
Sources for Chapter-Opening Vignettes.
Indexes.