Synopses & Reviews
Through four editions, The Development of Children has provided students and instructors with a rigorous textbook that encompasses both scientific research and the authors' years of practical experience. For the Fifth Edition, Michael and Shelia Cole are joined by Cynthia Lightfoot, whose expertise and engaging style further enhances this well-respected book. Throughout the text, all three authors encourage students to better understand their own lives, as well as the process of development.
Table of Contents
1. The Study of Human Development
Part I. In the Beginning
2. The Human Heritage: Genes and Environment
3. Prenatal Development and Birth
Part II. Infancy
4. Infant Capacities and the Process of Change
5. The Achievements of the First Year
6. The End of Infancy
Part III. Early Childhood
7. Early Experience and Later Life
8. Language Acquisition
9. Early Childhood Thought: Islands of Competence
10. Social Development in Early Childhood
11. The Contexts of Early Childhood
Part IV. Middle Childhood
12. The Cognitive and Biological Attainments of Middle Childhood
13. Schooling and Development in Middle Childhood
14. Social Development in Middle Childhood
Part V. Adolescence
15. Biological and Social Foundations of Adolescence
16. The Cognitive and Psychological Achievements of Adolescence
Epilogue