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Tables of Contents for An Introduction to Child Development
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
xi
Foreword
xiii
The Principles of Developmental Psychology
1
16
Introduction
1
1
What is `development'?
2
1
Principles of life-span development
3
2
Themes and issues in developmental psychology
5
7
The structure of the book
12
2
How to use this book
14
1
Glossary
15
2
Theories of Development
17
27
What is a theory?
17
2
Theories of human development
19
16
Cognitive developmental theories
35
5
Glossary
40
4
Research Methodology in Developmental Psychology
44
25
Introduction
44
1
Measurement techniques: how to gather data about children
45
7
Research design
52
6
Research designs to study development
58
4
Ethical issues in research on child development
62
2
Glossary
64
5
The Biological Foundations of Development
69
25
The course of physical growth
69
5
Motor development
74
4
Brain development
78
4
Genes and behaviour
82
7
Glossary
89
5
Perceptual Development
94
24
Introduction
94
1
Why study perception?
95
1
Theories of perceptual development
96
3
Ways of studying perceptual development in infants
99
3
The development of the senses
102
4
The development of vision
106
8
Perceptual development across the life span
114
1
Glossary
115
3
Cognitive Development
118
28
Introduction
118
1
Piaget's theory of cognitive development
119
13
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of cognitive development
132
5
Information processing theories
137
4
Glossary
141
5
The Development of Language and Communication
146
27
Introduction
146
1
Theories of language development
147
6
Preverbal communication
153
1
Phonological development
154
2
Semantic development
156
5
The development of syntax/grammar
161
2
The development of pragmatics
163
6
Glossary
169
4
Emotional Development
173
25
Introduction
173
1
The development of emotional expressions
174
3
The development of emotional understanding
177
3
Emotion regulation
180
3
The development of attachment
183
6
Temperament
189
7
Glossary
196
2
Social Development
198
26
Introduction
198
1
Theories of social development
199
1
Types of play and their functions
200
3
The developmental course of peer interaction
203
3
Determinants of peer acceptance
206
3
Friendship
209
3
Social cognitive development
212
9
Glossary
221
3
Developmental Psychopathology
224
20
Introduction
224
2
The measurement of psychopathology
226
4
The development of some significant childhood disorders
230
6
Risk and resilience
236
4
Prevention and treatment
240
2
Glossary
242
2
Afterword
244
4
References
248
29
Index
277