Child Development Upplaga 2

For courses in Child Development, Child and Adolescent Development, and Developmental Psychology. Appealing to the many different backgrounds and career goals of students who take child development, this text offers the most current, balanced coverage of theory and research - with a focus on the application of that research - woven into a rich chronological presentation filled with useful student learning tools. Feldman's unique approach illustrates the scope and diversity of the field of child and adolescent psychology and capitalizes on students' inherent interest in the subject by asking them to relate what they are learning to their own experience as developing humans. Feldman capitalizes on that interest, offers students a wealth of 'take home' information, and keeps that interest alive through a friendly, conversational style that reaps a lively classroom and engaged students. *New - New and expanded topics and areas - Supported with a wealth of contemporary research citations. Topics include, for example, behavioral genetics, cloning, evolutionary approaches, and Vygotsky; ethnography, gene therapy, new breast-feeding guidelines, automaticity in information processing, the N