Child Development

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Long considered the standard text in child development, the Eighth Edition of this best-selling book continues its tradition of being the most current and comprehensive text available. The author has revised the text, adding new pedagogy, a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, expanded coverage of culture, and an enhanced focus on education, health, and social issues, including many social policy topics addressed throughout the text. Berk’s revision provides contemporary and cohesive coverage on contexts for development, not only includingfamily but extending beyond the family to peers, schooling, media, neighborhoods, communities, and societal values and priorities. This book will be immensely useful to the postgraduate students of psychology, researchers in the field, clinical psychologists, and also to those who have an abiding interest in holistic child development. Table of Contents A Personal Note to Students. Preface for Instructors. Part I: Theory and Research in Child Development 1. History, Theory, and Applied Directions. 2. Research Strategies. Part II: Foundation 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. Glossary. References. Name Index. Subject Index.