| Description |
vi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Stages of development. Pregnant parents. Pre-natal influences. Low birth-weight babies and SIDS. Avoiding negative outcomes. Temperament. Birth and bonding. Choosing a name. Smoking. "Hothouse" babies. Breastfeeding. Nature and nurture. Early infancy - the development of perception. Innate abilities. Critical or sensitive periods. Theories of perceptual development. Piaget's theory. Enrichment versus differentiation. Squint eyesight. Cognitive perspective. Conducting research with infants. Late infancy - the development of attachment. Bonding. Separation anxiety. Cognitive maturity. Ethological view. Other functions of attachment. Early theories of attachment. Behaviourist and Freudian views. Bowlby's theory of attachment. Criticisms of Bowlby's views. Transitional objects. Psychodynamic perspective. Measuring attachment. End of infancy - acquiring language. Stages of language acquisition. Theories of language: learning theory, nativist theory, functional theory, interactionist theories. Cognitive and linguistic development. Language acquisition in deaf children. Behaviourist perspective. Pre-school years - cognitive development. Speeding up cognitive development. The evidence. Increasing intelligence. Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development. Bruner's theory of cognitive development. Compensatory programmes. Assessing intelligence in early childhood. Interviewing children. Influences on development. Socialisation. Enculturation. Gender development. Learning sex-appropriate behaviours. Healthy gender stereotypes. Self-concept. Self-development. Self-recognition. Other self-concepts. Homosexuality. Cross-cultural view of the self-concept. Sociocultural perspective. Biological perspective. Humanist perspective. Parental influences. Parenting style. Reward and punishment. Teaching moral behaviour. Parents and prejudice. Parents and aggressiveness. Parents and cognitive development. Parents and personality. Learning to become a parent. Prosocial or moral development. Development of aggression. Separation and deprivation. Attachment and loss. Effects of separation. Different kinds of separation. Long-term effects. Other childhood experiences of separation. Hospitalisation. Fostering. Divorce. Parental death. Adoption. Neo-natal special care. Childcare provision for parents who work. Studying children over time. Other family members and friends. Siblings and ordinal position effects. Grandparents. Friends. Stages of friendship. Popularity. Play. Value of play. Encouraging play. Only children (singletons). Media influences. What are the "media"? How the media exert their influence. Stereotypes. Counter-stereotypes. Displacement effect. Social depriviation. Stimulation hypothesis. Is television a good or bad thing? Television, violence and aggression. Atypical development. Physical disabilities. Causes of disability. Sensory impairment. Hearing impairment and deafness. Visual impairment and blindness. Genetic conditions. Down's syndrome. Fragile-X. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Other inherited disorders. Phenylketonuri (PKU) and hyperthroidism. Disabilities which develop pre- or perinatally. Spina bifida. Cerebral palsy. Chronic problems with onset during childhood. Diabetes. Asthma. Eczema and epilepsy. Childhood illness and injury. Personal success story. Genetic counselling. Coping with disability. Psychological disabilities. Particular psychological disabilities. Mental retardation. Specific learning difficulties. Autism. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Conduct disorder (delinquency). Bullying. Emotional disorders. Habit and eating disorders. Bedwetting. Stuttering. Obesity. Anorexia and bulimia. Mental illness. Special talents. Labelling. Therapeutic techniques. Privation. Deprivation and privation. Institutional care. Managing institutional care. Children reared in isolation. Physical under-development. Effects of privation. Attachment disorder. Effects of privation. Child abuse |
| Analysis |
Children Development |
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Children Development |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 174-185 |
| Subject |
Child development -- Psychology.
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Child psychology.
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| ISBN |
0340643927 |
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