Childhood and Adolescence: Voyages in Development

Cover
About the Author
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Part 1: What Is Child Development?
	Chapter 1: History, Theories, and Methods
		Truth or Fiction?
		1.1 What Is Child Development? Coming to Terms with Terms
		1.2 Theories of Child Development
		1.3 Controversies in Child Development
		1.4 How Do We Study Child Development?
		1.5 Ethical Considerations
		Chapter Summary
		Key Terms
Part 2: Beginnings
	Chapter 2: Heredity and Conception
		Truth or Fiction?
		2.1 The Influence of Heredity on Development: The Nature of Nature
		2.2 Chromosomal and Genetic Abnormalities
		2.3 Heredity and the Environment: The Nature of Nurture
		2.4 Conception: Against All Odds
		2.5 Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology
		Chapter Summary
		Key Terms
	Chapter 3: Prenatal Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		3.1 The Germinal Stage: Wanderings
		3.2 The Embryonic Stage
		3.3 The Fetal Stage
		3.4 Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development
		Chapter Summary
		Key Terms
	Chapter 4: Birth and the Newborn Baby
		Truth or Fiction?
		4.1 Stages of Childbirth
		4.2 Methods of Childbirth
		4.3 Birth Problems
		4.4 The Postpartum Period
		4.5 Characteristics of Neonates
		4.6 Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
		Chapter Summary
		Key Terms
Part 3: Infancy
	Chapter 5: Infancy: Physical Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		5.1 Physical Growth and Development
		5.2 Nutrition: Fueling Development
		5.3 Development of the Brain and Nervous System
		5.4 Motor Development: How Moving
		5.5 Sensory and Perceptual Development: Taking in the World
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
	Chapter 6: Infancy: Cognitive Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		6.1 Cognitive Development: Jean Piaget
		6.2 Information Processing
		6.3 Social Influences on Early Cognitive Development
		6.4 Individual Differences in Cognitive Functioning among Infants
		6.5 Language Development
		6.6 Theories of Language Development: Can You Make a Houseplant Talk?
		Chapter Summary
		Key Terms
	Chapter 7: Infancy: Social and Emotional Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		7.1 Attachment: Bonds That Endure
		7.2 Issues in Attachment: Social Deprivation, Child Abuse, and Autism Spectrum Disorder
		7.3 Day Care
		7.4 Emotional Development
		7.5 Personality Development
		7.6 Gender Differences
		Chapter Summary
		Key Terms
Part 4: Early Childhood
	Chapter 8: Early Childhood: Physical Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		8.1 Growth Patterns
		8.2 Motor Development
		8.3 Nutrition
		8.4 Health and Illness
		8.5 Sleep
		8.6 Elimination Disorders
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
	Chapter 9: Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		9.1 Jean Piaget\'s Preoperational Stage
		9.2 Vygotsky\'s Views on Early Childhood Cognitive Development
		9.3 Other Factors in Early Childhood Cognitive Development: The Home Environment, Preschool, and Television
		9.4 Theory of Mind: What Is the Mind? How Does It Work?
		9.5 Development of Memory: Creating Files, Storing Them, Retrieving Them
		9.6 Language Development: Why \"Daddy Goed Away\"
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
	Chapter 10: Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		10.1 Influences on Development: Parents, Siblings, and Peers
		10.2 Social Behavior: In the World, among Others
		10.3 Personality and Emotional Development
		10.4 Development of Gender Identity, Gender Roles, and Gender Differences
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
Part 5: Middle Childhood
	Chapter 11: Middle Childhood: Physical Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		11.1 Growth Patterns
		11.2 Overweight and Obesity in Children
		11.3 Childhood Asthma
		11.4 Motor Development
		11.5 Disorders That Affect Learning
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
	Chapter 12: Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		12.1 Jean Piaget: The Concrete-Operational Stage
		12.2 Moral Development: The Child as Judge
		12.3 Information Processing: Learning, Remembering, Problem Solving
		12.4 Intellectual Development, Creativity, and Achievement
		12.5 Language Development
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
	Chapter 13: Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		13.1 Theories of Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood
		13.2 The Family
		13.3 Peer Relationships
		13.4 The School
		13.5 Social and Emotional Problems
		13.6 Child Sexual Abuse
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
Part 6: Adolescence
	Chapter 14: Adolescence: Physical Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		14.1 Adolescence
		14.2 Puberty: The Biological Eruption
		14.3 Brain Development
		14.4 Emerging Sexuality and the Risks of Sexually Transmitted Infections
		14.5 Health in Adolescence
		14.6 Eating Disorders: When Dieting Turns Deadly
		14.7 Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
	Chapter 15: Adolescence: Cognitive Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		15.1 The Adolescent in Thought: My, My, How \"Formal\"
		15.2 Gender Differences in Cognitive Abilities
		15.3 The Adolescent in Judgment: Moral Development
		15.4 The Adolescent in School
		15.5 The Adolescent at Work: Career Development and Work Experience
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
	Chapter 16: Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development
		Truth or Fiction?
		16.1 Development of Identity and the Self-Concept: \"Who Am I?\" (And Who Else?)
		16.2 Relationships with Parents and Peers
		16.3 Sexuality: When? What? (How?) Who? Where? and Why? - Not to Mention, \"Should I?\"
		16.4 Juvenile Delinquency
		16.5 Generation Z and Stress in America
		16.6 Suicide: When the Adolescent Has Nothing - Except Everything - to Lose
		16.7 Epilogue: Emerging Adulthood - Bridge between Adolescence and the Life Beyond
		Chapter Review
		Key Terms
Answers to Active Reviews
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index