Child Development

Child Development: Its Nature and Its Course is McGraw-HillĹźs most empirically-driven textbook for the chronologically-organized, one semester child development course. Sophisticated, articulate, contextual, and solidly based in research, DeHart, Sroufe and Cooper provide a coherent and captivating introduction to the multifaceted world of child development, its theories, its themes, and contexts. The fifth edition features the most current research and theoretical findings available, and includes the trademark vignettes about three children who students follow throughout the text. The text emphasizes diversity, a focus on individual development as well as normativedevelopment, a balance between research and applications, and coverage of the latest developments within the discipline.Well known and highly respected author team, this book has always been known for solid psychological research.|Unique chapter on the contexts of development which presents a clear and straightforward overview of the topical issues or contexts which will be discussed in each age/stage of development|Opening Vignettes - each part begins and ends with three narratives profiling three diverse children and their families, these founded on solid research and are referred to throughout the chapter as illustrative examples of key concepts.|Epilogues Ĺź Based on the vignettes and found at the end of each part, this unique feature specifically embraces the task of integration between the various aspects of development. In addition, the epilogues are used for discussion of cross-cutting issues, such as the interplay between child and environment|New information on contexts of development (poverty, family structure, adolescent childbearing, etc.) from 2001 Census data.|New or updated coverage of many applied issues, including the use of folic acid to prevent birth defects, environmental influences on early brain development, the current status of the worldwide pediatric HIV epidemic and its effects on childrenĹźs development, long-term outcomes for low-birth-weight infants, effects of early day care, components of school readiness, high-stakes testing in elementary school, and adolescent romantic relationships.|Expanded coverage of early brain development and its implications for emotional, social, and cognitive development.|Updated coverage of genetic influences on development, including the implications of the Human Genome Project and current work on gene-environment interactions.|Extensive updating of information on childhood psychopathology, including the latest research results on autistic spectrum disorders and ADHD.|Marginal symbols linking material in the text to: o items on the Multimedia Courseware CD, ando relevant Internet resources through the textbook web site (including images, sound files, data banks, simulated experiments, practical child-rearing information, etc.).|Observational exercises at the end of each chapter.|End-of-text glossary.