Berk, Laura E. <br/><br/>
Child development / 
Laura E. Berk. 
 - 7th edition 
 - Boston :  Pearson/Allyn and Bacon,  c2006. 
 - 1 v. (various pagings) :  col. ill. ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>BRIEF CONTENTS:<br/><br/>PART 1;<br/>Theory and Research in Child Development   2<br/>Chapter 1 History, Theory, and Applied Directions 2<br/>Chapter 2 Research Strategies  40<br/><br/>PART II:<br/>Foundations of Development     68<br/>Chapter 3 Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, and Birth   68<br/>Chapter 4 Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, and Perceptual capacities    124<br/>Chapter 5 Physical Growth    170<br/><br/>PART III:<br/>Cognitive and Language Development  218<br/>Chapter 6 Cognitive Development: Piagetian, core knowledge, and vygotskian perspectives   218<br/>Chapter 7 Cognitive Development: An information processing perspective 270<br/>Chapter 8 Intelligence     312<br/>Chapter 9 Language Development  352<br/><br/>PART IV<br/>Personality and Social Development   394<br/>Chapter 10 Emotional Development  394<br/>Chapter 11 Self and Social Understanding  436<br/>Chapter 12 Moral Development  474<br/>Chapter 13 Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles 518<br/><br/>PART V:<br/>Contexts for Development  556<br/>Chapter 14  The Family  556<br/>Chapter 15 Peers, Media, and Schooling   596<br/> <br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0205449131 (alk. paper) 0205457738 9780205457731 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child development.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>WS 105 B512c 2006