Meadows, Sara,

Understanding child development : psychological perspectives and applications / Sara Meadows. - Second Edition. - 1 online resource.

Revised edition of the author's Understanding child development, 1986.

Preface -- Introducing the study of child development -- Biological bases of child development : evolution and genes -- Biological bases of child development : brain development -- Big developmental theories : Piaget, information-processing, Vygotsky : image: anne and the balloon -- The development of cognitive skills -- Language development -- Cognition and education -- Personality, emotion regulation, and an introduction to developmental psychopathology -- Social relationships and the family -- Peers and the child as social person -- Play -- Key terms.

9781315223223 9781351840248 1315223228

2017051130


Child psychology.
Child development.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General
PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General
PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development
PSYCHOLOGY / General


Electronic books.

BF721 / .M424 2018eb

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