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Child Development : Principles & Perspectives by Greg Cook; Joan Littlefield Cook
$126.00 AUD
Category: Child Development | Series: MyDevelopmentLab Ser.
Child Development: Principles and Perspectives, 2E shows students the power of developmental research in practice! The topically-organized Child Development, Second Edition combines streamlined coverage with an application-driven active learning system. Cook and Cook focus students on how they ca Child Development: Principles and Perspectives, 2E shows students the power of developmental research in practice! The topically-organized Child Development, Second Edition combines streamlined coverage with an application-driven active learning system. Cook and Cook focus students on how they can promote positive child development by putting the science to work outside of the classroom.The approach recognizes that the majority of students enrolled in the child development course will likely interact in the future with children as educators, medical professionals, social workers, counselors, or as parents. For this reason, the authors punctuate each chapter with numerous applications, including interviews with a real parent (or child) and a real professional who in some way depends upon child development research.Child Development is supported by the new and improved MyDevelopmentLab, an exciting learning and assessment tool designed to increase student success in the classroom, and provide instructors with every resource needed to teach and administer their course. The latest version of MyDevelopmentLab features Virtual Child. This interactive simulation offers students the opportunity to act as a parent and raise a virtual child. New To This Edition top NEW- MyDevelopmentLab is an exciting learning and assessment tool designed to increase student success in the classroom, and provide instructors with every resource needed to teach and administer their course. The latest version of MyDevelopmentLab also features Virtual Child. NEW- Virtual Child: This interactive simulation offers students the opportunity to act as a parent and raise a virtual child. By making decisions about specific scenarios, students raise their child from birth to age 18 and see how their own decisions and parenting actions affect their child over time. At each age, students are given feedback about the various milestones their child has attained. As in real life, certain “unplanned” events may randomly be presented for students. Key stages of the child’s development will include personalized feedback. Virtual Child is available as a stand alone product or as part of MyDevelopmentLab. Chapters changes include: In response to reviewer feedback, the previously separate chapter on atypical development (previously Ch. 14) which covered giftedness, behavioral, emotional, developmental, and learning problems, and abuse and neglect, has been broken up and the content distributed throughout the text where most appropriate. Child Abuse & Neglect was moved to Ch. 4, Physical Development: Body, Brain, and Perception Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention problems and ADHD were moved to Ch. 6, Information Processing: The Development of Memory and Thought Mental Retardation, Gifted and Talented Children, Communication and Learning Disorders were moved to Chapter 7, Intelligence and Academic Skills. Conduct Disorders were moved to Chapter 11, Moral Development. Depression, Suicide and Resilience are now found in Ch. 9, Attachment, Temperament, and Emotion A new standalone chapter on Moral Development (chapter 10) has been added, separate from chapter 9, Becoming Who We Are: Development of Self and Gender. Cutting-edge research topics have been added or expanded throughout. For example, the new edition integrates: new coverage of probabilistic epigenesis (chapter 2); new research on health and safety issues (chapter 4); recent sociocultural views of cognitive development (chapter 5); research on autism spectrum disorders (chapter 6); new assessment approaches (chapter 7); new research on bilingualism and social and cultural dialects (chapter 8); the development of sexual orientation (chapter 9); new research on aggressive behavior, risk-taking behavior and positive youth development (chapter 11); adolescent romantic relationships (chapter 12); research on the family system, sibling relationships, grandparents and the extended family (chapter 13); research on video game playing and Internet use (chapter 14). A new critical thinking feature, Thinking Critically, replaces the Your Perspective boxes from the first edition. Approximately 500 new references have been added throughout. Roughly one-third of the Personal Perspective and Professional Perspective interviews have been replaced. Every effort was made to provide both a more diverse group of interviewees as well as to include more interviewees from the education field. Data, figures, and tables have been updated throughout. Features and Benefits top Are you looking to move away from an encyclopedic textbook to a text that balances science with application? Are your students interested in how child development research might be useful to them in their future lives? Accomplished teachers and active researchers, Greg and Joan Cook are both on top of the latest research in the field and intimately familiar with what students want out of a child development course. The authors' guiding philosophy is to give the reader a complete but digestible synthesis of the latest research in the field and also tie the material to the interests of the reader. Applications are emphasized throughout, and real people in real situations are introduced in every chapter. A Professional Perspective, an interview with a real-life professional who, in some way, relies upon child development research findings to do their job, allows students to read about the challenges these professionals face and the unique ways they approach these challenges. This feature may also open students eyes to previously unknown career paths. A Personal Perspective, an interview with real parents and/or children, connects chapter content to real-life childrearing issues. A Social Policy Perspective highlights the ways programs, laws, regulations, and other governing aspects of society can affect children positively and/or negatively. How do you get students to think critically about and make a personal connection with child development science? Every component of the Cook and Cook learning system is designed to promote critical thinking and personal reflection, so that students can move past a superficial understanding of the material and make it part of their lives. A chapter-opening case immediately asks students to put themselves in the shoes of someone who is facing a child development-related challenge. Think About... questions in the margins ask students to provide advice or solutions to the chapter-opening case based upon their understanding of the material they've just finished reading. End of the chapter Thinking Back... notes offer the authors' suggestions for how the chapter content could be used to advise the characters described in introductory case. Thinking Critically, found in the margins throughout the text, encourage elaborative rehearsal and help students to connect with the material on a deeper, more personal level. Perspective boxes focusing on parenting, professional and social policy applications are accompanied by probing questions that prompt students to think about concepts from different perspectives. How do you help students to become better active learners? Cook and Cook’s active learning system is built upon learning theory principles, with each component being visually linked to the others for navigational ease and reinforcement. Schema activating preview questions at the start of each major section orient students' thinking toward the material to follow. Let's Review questions appear at the end of each major section, with answers provided below and upside down, so in just a few seconds students can receive quick feedback on their understanding of the material. A Chapter Review in a question-and-answer format concludes each chapter, reminding students about the main questions addressed in the chapter and offering a quick summary of the most important concepts, organized by chapter subsection. Thinking Critically questions in the margins facilitate elaborative rehearsal. A running glossary appears in the margin, providing students with easy-to-access definitions of key terms. MyDevelopmentLab (www.mydevelopmentlab.com) promotes active learning through interactive animations and simulations, videos with linked assessment questions, and a unique Study Plan feature that adapts to students' performance on chapter Pre-Tests to help them focus their efforts on the areas where their knowledge is weakest. Is diversity coverage an important consideration for you? While tackling the challenge of describing the commonalities of development, the authors carefully integrate research studies that capture statistics and results from many cultures, and discuss the influences of culture and ethnicity on many aspects of development. Interviewees for the Personal Perspective and Professional Perspective boxes hail from a wide variety of cultural, ethnic, geographic and professional backgrounds, so that all students might “see themselves” in the text. Are your students asking for additional help learning and applying the concepts found in the textbook? Child Development is supported by MyDevelopmentLab, an online teaching and learning system featuring audio, video, animations, and simulations organized around an online version of the textbook. MyDevelopmentLab is accompanied by powerful assessment tools, including an adaptive Study Plan, that promote better, more efficient student learning. Visit www.mydevelopmentlab.com for more information. For those looking for extra practice in a portable, off-line format, the Grade Aid study guide offers Before You Read... tips for preparing for the material in the chapter, As You Read... activities to help students retain the information they are gathering, After You Read... assessments, and When You Have Finished... activities that take students deeper into the material. Table of Contents top CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING CHILD DEVELOPMENT DEFINING THE FIELD What Develops? What Drives Development? Nature, and Nurture, and Reciprocal Relationships THEORIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT What Is a Theory, and Why Are Theories Useful? Psychoanalytic Theories Behavioral and Social Learning Theories Cognitive Theories Biological Theories Contextual and Systems Theories USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD: RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT Descriptive Research Methods Correlational Research Methods: Measuring Associations Experimental Research Methods: Determining Cause and Effect Methods for Assessing Development Ethics in Research with Children APPLICATIONS OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND CAREERS RELATED TO CHILDREN Practical Applications of Child Development Research Personal Perspective “Meet First-Time Expectant Parents” Social Policy Perspective: “Every Day in America” Careers Related to Children Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a School Social Worker” CHAPTER 2 HEREDITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT GENES AND HUMAN REPRODUCTION Genes and the Magical Four-Letter Code Social Policy Perspective: “Protecting the Genetic Privacy of Citizens” Human Reproduction and Cell Division Personal Perspective: “Meet a Couple Who Used Artificial Insemination ” HOW TRAITS AND GENETIC ABNORMALITIES ARE INHERITED Dominant—Recessive Traits Chromosome Abnormalities Prenatal Screening and Genetic Testing Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Genetic Counselor” HOW GENES AND ENVIRONMENTS INTERACT Range of Reaction Canalization Niche-Picking: I Gotta Be Me ... Probabilistic Epigenesis: Activating Your Genes BEHAVIOR GENETICS: MEASURING THE HERITABILITY OF TRAITS Behavior Genetics, Heritability, and Shared and Nonshared Environments How Is Heritability Estimated? Heritability of Complex Characteristics CHAPTER 3 PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTH PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT Conception Stages of Prenatal Development TERATOGENS: HEALTH RISKS FOR THE BABY Alcohol Personal Perspective: “Meet a Family Who Adopted a Child with FAS” Cocaine Cigarette Smoking Social Policy Perspective: “The Case of Malissa Ann Crawley” Maternal Health Maternal Age Critical Periods The Role of Fathers THE PROCESS OF BIRTH Stages of Birth Options in Giving Birth: Choices and Alternatives Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Certified Nurse—Midwife.” Drugs during Labor and Delivery The Partner’s Role: Helping During Birth Birthing Complications: Something Isn’t Right Here’s the Newborn! INFANTS AT RISK: PREMATURITY AND INFANT MORTALITY What Is Prematurity? Infant Mortality Prenatal Care: Having a Healthy Baby BECOMING A FAMILY: PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO HAVING A NEWBORN The Transition to Parenthood Becoming the Big Brother or Sister CHAPTER 4 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: BODY, BRAIN, AND PERCEPTION PHYSICAL GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR COORDINATION Physical Growth Reflexes: The Infant’s First Coordinated Movements Voluntary Movements: The Motor Milestones Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Physical Therapist” Nutrition and Eating-Related Problems DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM Structure of the Brain and Nervous System Forming the Brain and Nervous System The Role of Experience in Brain Development Social Policy Perspective: “Can Mozart Stimulate Neural Connections in Infants?” Neural Plasticity and Sensitive Periods Larger Developmental Patterns in the Brain PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT Robert Fantz and Visual Preferences Habituation—Dishabituation Research Vision Auditory Perception Perception of Smell and Taste Intermodal Perception HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES Childhood Deaths and Safety Issues Child Abuse and Neglect Personal Perspective: One Survivor’s Story CHAPTER 5 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: PIAGETIAN AND SOCIOCULTURAL VIEWS PIAGET’S CONSTRUCTIVIST VIEW OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Piaget as a Child Prodigy Constructivism and Interaction with the Environment PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Stage 1: Sensorimotor Thought (Birth to 2 Years) Personal Perspective: “Where Did It Go?” Stage 2: Preoperational Thought (2 to 7 Years) Stage 3: Concrete Operational Thought (7 to 11 Years) Stage 4: Formal Operational Thought (Approximately Age 12 and Above) Evaluation of Piaget’s Theory Piaget’s Legacy Professional Perspective: “Career Focus:Meet a Constructivist Teacher” VYGOTSKY’S SOCIOCULTURAL VIEW OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Vygotsky’s Background: The Sociocultural Context for a New Theory The Role of Speech and Language Mediation: With a Little Help from Your Friends The Zone of Proximal Development Social Policy Perspective: “When Should Children Start School?” Scaffolding: Support during Learning RECENT SOCIOCULTURAL VIEWS OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Situated Cognition Guided Participation Thinking as Socially Shared Cognition: Two Heads Are Better than One CHAPTER 6: INFORMATION PROCESSING: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEMORY AND THOUGHT INFORMATION PROCESSING AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT What Is the Information-Processing Approach? Processing Capacity and Efficiency Attention and Attention Defecit/Hyperactivity Disorder Personal Perspective: “Meet a Child with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder” MEMORY DEVELOPMENT Two Models of Memory: Stores and Networks Working Memory Long-Term Memory Other Characteristics of Memory Development Social Policy Perspective: “Children’s Eyewitness Testimony” DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE AND STRATEGIES Knowledge Base Strategy Development Professional Perspective: “Teaching Memory Strategies in the Classroom” METACOGNITION AND THE CHILD’S DEVELOPING THEORY OF MIND Metacognition and Metamemory Theory of Mind Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders CURRENT APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Computational Models of Thought Fuzzy Trace Theory Information Processing: Where Does It Stand? CHAPTER 7 Intelligence and Academic Skills Theories of Intelligence Psychometric Approaches Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences What about Creativity? Assessing Intelligence History of Intelligence Testing Intelligence Testing Today Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a School Psychologist” Extremes of Intelligence Ethnic Differences and Questions about Cultural Bias Social Policy Perspective: “Ethnicity and IQ” DEVELOPING Academic Skills Mathematics Reading Personal Perspective: “Meet a Literacy Volunteer” Writing Problems with Academics: Communication and Learning Disorders CHAPTER 8 Language Development What Is Language? Characteristics of Language The Structure of Language Theories of Language Development Learning Theory: Language as a Learned Skill Nativist Theory: Born to Talk Interaction Theories: Cognitive and Social Interactionist Approaches Development of Language: What Happens When? Infant Communication: How Language Starts From First Words to Conversation: Language in Early Childhood Perfecting Communication: Language in Middle Childhood and Adolescence Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a School Speech—Language Therapist” Issues in Language Development Bilingualism: Learning Two Languages Personal Perspective: “Meet a Bilingual Family” Social Policy Perspective: “Bilingual Education” Social and Cultural Dialects CHAPTER 9 Attachment, Temperament, and Emotion Attachment The Story of Attachment Research Mary Ainsworth and the Strange Situation Parent, Child, and Cultural Factors in Attachment Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Preschool Teacher” Fathers, Day Care, and Attachment Social Policy Perspective: “Parental Leave Policies in the United States and Other Nations” Early Attachment and Long-Term Outcomes Other Measures of Attachment Temperament Types of Temperaments Personal Perspective: “Meet the Parent of a Difficult Child” Other Approaches to Temperament Appreciating Temperamental Differences Emotion Infants’ Responses to Emotions Childhood Emotional Development Depression, Suicide, and Resilient Children Tying It Together: Attachment, Temperament, and Emotional Development CHAPTER 10 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF AND GENDER WHO AM I? THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF What Is “Self”? Changes in Self-Representation across Ages Personal Perspective: “Developing an Ethnic Identity” SELF-EVALUATION AND SELF-REGULATION Evaluating the Self Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a High School Guidance Counselor” Self-Regulation SEXUAL MATURATION AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION Sexual Maturation Early and Late Maturation The Development of Sexual Orientation THEORIES AND ISSUES IN GENDER DEVELOPMENT Similarities and Differences Between Boys and Girls Social Policy Perspective: “Single Sex Schools: Increasing Opportunity or a Return to Educational Segregation?” Theories of Gender Development: A Brief Survey The Development of Gender Concepts and Sex-Typed Behaviors CHAPTER 11 MORAL DEVELOPMENT MORAL REASONING AND EMOTIONS Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Reasoning Guilt and Empathy: The Roles of Emotions in Moral Development MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGGRESSION Aggressive Behavior Bullying Conduct Disorder Juvenile Delinquency and Gangs Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Juvenile Probation Officer” MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND RISKY BEHAVIORS Substance Use and Abuse Teen Driving Teen Sexual Activity Teenage Pregnancy Social Policy Perspective: “The Sex Education Debate” POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT What is Positive Youth Development? Prosocial Reasoning and Behavior Religiosity and Spirituality Personal Perspective: “Through Our Eyes” Resilient Children How Can Adults Help Foster Positive Youth Development? CHAPTER 12 PEERS, PLAY, AND POPULARITY Peer Relations, Friendships, AND DATING Social Relations among Infants and Toddlers Friendships during the Preschool and Childhood Years Gender Segregation among Childhood Friends Friends and Peers in Adolescence Transition to Dating and Romantic Relationships CHILDREN’S PLAY The Social Levels of Play: Parten’s Classic Study Types of Play from Infancy through Adolescence Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Toy Company Executive” Personal Perspective: “Play at Different Ages” Cultural Differences in Play POPULAR AND UNPOPULAR CHILDREN Categories of Popular and Unpopular Children A Social Cognition Model of Peer Relations Consequences of Peer Rejection Social Policy Perspective: “How Should We Deal with Aggressive Students?” CHAPTER 13 Families FAMILY LIFE The Family System Parenting: Best Practices for Raising Children Discipline: What’s a Parent to Do? Social Policy Perspective: “Should Parents Be Licensed?” Personal Perspective: “Carrots or Sticks?” Mothers, Fathers, and Co-Parenting Sibling Relationships Grandparents and the Family System Changing Family Structures Marital Conflict and Divorce Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Psychotherapist Who Works with Divorced Parents and Children” Never-Married Households Starting Over: Stepfamilies Adopted Children Families with Lesbian or Gay Parents Ethnic Minority Families CHILD CARE: WHO’S WATCHING THE KIDS? Nonparental Care and Its Effects Child Care Quality Self-Care: Latchkey Kids Chapter 14 Schools, Media, and Culture Schools and Development Early Childhood Education and Kindergarten Readiness Social Policy Perspective: “Project Head Start: What Lies Ahead?” Effective Schooling: What Does It Take? Cross-National and Ethnic Differences in Schooling Personal Perspective: “Meet a Teen With a Music Talent” How Can We Prevent Problems in Schooling? Children and the Media What Kinds of Media Are Children Using? What Are the Effects of Media? State of the Art: Newer Forms of Media Explaining Media’s Effects Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Marketing Executive” Cultural Contexts for Development Cultural Orientations: Individualism and Collectivism What’s the Neighborhood Like? Urban and Rural Poverty Coming to America: Immigration and Acculturation Explaining Culture’s Influence ...Show more
DEVELOPING CHILD 11ED by Denise Boyd; Helen Bee
$125.00 AUD
Category: Child Development | Series: MyDevelopmentLab Ser.
Most balanced presentation of research and applications Feldman's Child Development, 6e offers students a balanced and up-to-date study of theory and research with a focus on application to students' personal lives and future careers. Child Development 6e introduces students to the theories, researc Most balanced presentation of research and applications Feldman's Child Development, 6e offers students a balanced and up-to-date study of theory and research with a focus on application to students' personal lives and future careers. Child Development 6e introduces students to the theories, research, and applications of child and adolescent development. Organized chronologically, the book features a variety of student-focused tools that make the study of development interesting and engaging. It highlights the interrelationships between theory, research, and application, accentuating the scope and diversity of the field. It also illustrates how child developmentalists use theory, research, and applications to help solve significant social problems. An emphasis on practical, take-home information provides students with lessons they can use both now and in the future. Teaching & Learning Experience Personalize Learning - The new MyDevelopmentLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Apply Developmental Science and Engage Students - A strong balance of research and applications maintains student interest throughout every section in the text. Improve Critical Thinking - Reflective questions included within MyVirtualChild encouraging students to think critically and apply chapter content to real life situations as they raise their own virtual child. Explore Research - "From Research to Practice" and "Are You an Informed Consumer of Development?" show students how they can apply the concepts they're learning in the text to real life situations. Understand Culture and Diversity - "Developmental Diversity" sections highlight issues relevant in today's multicultural society. Support Instructors - Class Prep, MyVirtualChild, Video embedded PowerPoints, MyTest, clicker questions, and an instructor's manual provide extensive support for instructors. Note: MyDevelopmentLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyDevelopmentLab, please visit: www.mydevelopmentlab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MyDevelopmentLab. VP: 9780205258840 ...Show more
Infants & Children & Children 6th Ed by Berk Laura
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Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: MyDevelopmentLab Ser.
Berk’s signature storytelling style invites students to actively learn beside the text’s “characters” who share their influential experiences and developmental milestones. Students are provided with an exceptionally clear and coherent understanding of child development, emphasizing the interrelatedness Berk’s signature storytelling style invites students to actively learn beside the text’s “characters” who share their influential experiences and developmental milestones. Students are provided with an exceptionally clear and coherent understanding of child development, emphasizing the interrelatedness of all domains-physical, cognitive, emotional, and social-throughout the text narrative and in special features. Focusing on education and social policy as critical pieces of the dynamic system in which the child develops, Berk pays meticulous attention to the most recent scholarship in the field. Berk helps students connect their learning to their personal and professional areas of interest and their future pursuits as parents, educators, heath care providers, social workers, and researchers.Theory and Research in Child Development, Foundations of Development, Infancy and Toddlerhood: the First Two years, Early Childhood: Two to Six Years, Middle Childhood: Six to Eleven Years.Child Development ...Show more
Infants and Children by Laura E. Berk (Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Illinois State University, USA)
$125.00 AUD
Category: Infants and Toddlers | Series: MyDevelopmentLab Ser.
"Writing Style: fabulous! Information in these chapters is consistently presented in a clear, concise style. The reader is very much 'involved' in the material." - Deb Gural, Red River College. "I particularly appreciate Berk's inclusion of multicultural perspectives. It is important to help students, p "Writing Style: fabulous! Information in these chapters is consistently presented in a clear, concise style. The reader is very much 'involved' in the material." - Deb Gural, Red River College. "I particularly appreciate Berk's inclusion of multicultural perspectives. It is important to help students, particularly those who are just beginning their professional preparation, to put what we know about young children and their development into a cultural context. This text does that masterfully with words AND with pictures." - Nancy Freeman, University of South Carolina. "The thing that I am most impressed with is the examples the author uses. I found that often I had new insights in to child development issues even though I have been teaching and working in the field for years. These insights were so well thought out that I think that they would be very helpful students when learning the material. " - John Prange, Irvine Valley College. "As always, Berk provides a comprehensive discussion of developmental issues. What I appreciate is that the text provides good coverage of areas that are often neglected by other texts (especially applied developmental issues)." ...Show more
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