Child Development /
- 9th ed.
- New Delhi : Pearson, 2017
- vp. ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
A best-selling, topically organized child development text, Berk's Child Development is relied on in classrooms worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style, exceptional cross-cultural and multi-cultural focus, rich examples, and long-standing commitment to presenting the most up-to-date scholarship while also offering students research-based, practical applications that they can relate to their personal and professional lives.
Part I: Theory and Research in Child Development 1 History, Theory, and Applied Directions 2 Research Strategies Part II: Foundations of Development 3 Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, and Birth 4 Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, and Perceptual Capacities 5 Physical Growth Part III: Cognitive and Language Development 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, and Vygotskian Perspectives 7 Cognitive Development: An Information-Processing Perspective 8 Intelligence 9 Language Development Part IV: Personality and Social Development 10 Emotional Development 11 Self and Social Understanding 12 Moral Development 13 Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles Part V: Contexts for Development 14 The Family 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling