Berk, Laura E. <br/><br/>
Child development  
Laura E. Berk 
 - 9th ed. 
 - Boston :  Pearson,  c2013. 
 - xix, 652 p. (various pagings) :  col. ill. ;  29 cm. 
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<br/><br/>A personal note to students -- Preface for instructors -- Theory and research in child development -- History, theory, and applied directions -- Research strategies -- Foundations of development -- Biological foundations, prenatal development, and birth -- Infancy : early learning, motor skills, and perceptual capacities -- Physical growth -- Cognitive and language development -- Cognitive development : piagetian, core knowledge, and vygotskian perspectives -- Cognitive development : an information-processing perspective -- Intelligence -- Language development -- Personality and social development -- Emotional development -- Self and social understanding -- Moral development -- Development of sex differences and gender roles -- Contexts for development -- The family -- Peers, media, and schooling -- Glossary G-1 -- References R-1 -- Name index NI-1 -- Subject index SI-1. 
<br/><br/> Topically organized child development text with a cross-cultural and multi-cultural focus presenting up-to-date scholarship as well as research-based, practical applications. Berk takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains; emphasizing the complex interchanges between heredity and environment. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780205149766 0205149766 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012003119 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child development<br/>Child Care<br/>Developmental psychology<br/>Age group sociology
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.231 BE CH