Developmental psychology
Subtitle: childhood and adolescence
By: David R. Shaffer ... [et al.].
Edition: 4th Canadian ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 703
ISBN-13: 9780176503499
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Child psychology; Textbooks; Adolescent psychology; Enfants; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Psychologie; Adolescents
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to developmental psychology and its research strategies; title: Theories of human development; title: Hereditary influences on development; title: Prenatal development; title: Birth and the newborn's readiness for life; title: Physical development: the brain, body, motor skills, and sexual development; title: Early cognitive foundations: sensation, perception, and learning; title: Cognitive development: Piaget' theory, Case's Neo-Pitagetion theory, and Vygotsky's sociocultural veiwpoint; title: Cognitive development: information-processing perspectives and connectionism; title: Intelligence: measuring mental performance; title: Development of language and communication skills; title: Emotional development, temperament, and attachment; title: Development of the self and social cognition; title: Sex differences and similarities, gender-role development, and sexual behaviour; title: Moral development, altruism, and aggression; title: The family; title: Extrafamilial influences: television, computers, schools, and peers.