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This fully-revised eleventh edition continues to provide the extensive cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, the innovative pedagogical learning system, and the balance between research and real-life applications that have made A Child’s World a favorite of students and professors alike. In the warmly-written and engaging style that has become their hallmark, Diane Papalia and Ruth Feldman continue to provide a chronological view of child development; the new edition expands the coverage of cultural and historical influences on development, highlights the latest research in cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary theory, and features a new and improved Visual Assets Database for instructors.
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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1 Studying a Child's World
- Chapter 2 A Child's World: How We Discover It
- Chapter 3 Forming a New Life: Conception, Heredity, and Environment
- Chapter 4 Pregnancy and Prenatal Development
- Chapter 5 Birth and the Newborn Baby
- Chapter 6 Physical Development and Health During the First Three Years
- Chapter 7 Cognitive Development During the First Three Years
- Chapter 8 Psychosocial Development During the First Three Years
- Chapter 9 Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
- Chapter 10 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
- Chapter 11 Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
- Chapter 12 Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
- Chapter 13 Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
- Chapter 14 Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
- Chapter 15 Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
- Chapter 16 Cognitive Development in Adolescence
- Chapter 17 Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Name Index
- Subject Index
