Developing Child, The

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Denise Boyd received her Ed.D. in educational psychology from the University of Houston and has been a psychology instructor in the Houston Community College System since 1988. From 1995 until 1998, she chaired the psychology, sociology, and anthropology department at Houston Community College—Central. She has coauthored multiple Pearson texts: with Helen Bee, Lifespan Development (Sixth Edition) and The Growing Child (First Edition); and with Genevieve Stevens, Current Readings in Lifespan Development . A licensed psychologist, she has presented a number of papers at professional meetings, reporting research in child, adolescent, and adult development. She has also presented workshops for teachers whose students range from preschool to college.

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Contenu

• Part I: Introduction
• Chapter 1: Basic Issues in the Study of Development
• Part II: The Beginnings of Life
• Chapter 2: Prenatal Development
• Chapter 3: Birth and Early Infancy
• Part III: The Physical Child
• Chapter 4: Physical Development
• Chapter 5: Perceptual Development
• Part IV: The Thinking Child
• Chapter 6: Cognitive Development I: Structure and Process
• Chapter 7: Cognitive Development II: Individual Differences in Cognitive Abilities
• Chapter 8: The Development of Language
• Part V: The Social Child
• Chapter 9: Personality Development: Alternative Views
• Chapter 10: Concepts of Self, Gender, and Sex Roles
• Chapter 11: The Development of Social Relationships
• Chapter 12: Thinking about Relationships: Social-Cognitive and Moral Development
• Part VI: The Whole Child
• Chapter 13: The Ecology of Development: The Child within the Family System
• Chapter 14: Beyond the Family: The Impact of the Broader Culture
• Chapter 15: Atypical Development
• Epilogue: Putting It All Together: The Developing Child