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Understanding children's development / Peter K. Smith, Helen Cowie, Mark Blades.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Basic psychology (Oxford, England)Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2011Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxiv, 805 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405176016
  • 9781405176019
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.4 23
LOC classification:
  • BF721 .S57325 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Studying development -- Biological and cultural theories of development -- Prenatal development and birth -- Parents and families -- Siblings and the peer group -- Developing emotional intelligence and social awareness -- Play -- Children and media -- Helping others and moral development -- Social dominance, aggression and bullying -- Perception -- Language -- Cognition: Piaget's theory -- Cognition: the information processing approach -- Children's understanding of mind -- Learning in a social context -- Intelligence and attainment -- Deprivation and enrichment: risk and resilience -- Adolescence.
Summary: "This leading child development text has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and its rigorous research-based approach. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development from conception through to adolescence."--Publisher description.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 155.4 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A415528B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 155.4 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A415531B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 695-781) and index.

Studying development -- Biological and cultural theories of development -- Prenatal development and birth -- Parents and families -- Siblings and the peer group -- Developing emotional intelligence and social awareness -- Play -- Children and media -- Helping others and moral development -- Social dominance, aggression and bullying -- Perception -- Language -- Cognition: Piaget's theory -- Cognition: the information processing approach -- Children's understanding of mind -- Learning in a social context -- Intelligence and attainment -- Deprivation and enrichment: risk and resilience -- Adolescence.

"This leading child development text has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and its rigorous research-based approach. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development from conception through to adolescence."--Publisher description.

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