Dynamic Child, The, 2nd edition

I. Brief TOC
 
1. The Study of Child and Adolescent Development
2. Heredity and Environment     
3. Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn
4. Physical Development and Health in Infants and Toddlers
5. Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
6. Social and Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers
7. Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
8. Cognitive and Language Development in Early Childhood
9. Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
10. Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
11. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
12. Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood
13. Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
14. Cognitive Development in Adolescence
15. Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence
 
 
II. Detailed TOC
 
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
 
1. The Study of Child and Adolescent Development
1.1: Developmental Theories
1.2: Studying Child Development
 
2. Heredity and Environment
2.1: The Dynamic Gene
2.2: Genes and Environment in Human Behavior
2.3: Gene–Environment Transactions
2.4: Developmental and Bioecological Systems Approaches
 
3. Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn
3.1: Periods of Prenatal Development
3.2: Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development
3.3: Prenatal Care
3.4: Birth and the Newborn
 
PART II: INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD
 
4. Physical Development and Health in Infants and Toddlers
4.1: Raising Healthy Infants and Toddlers
4.2: Physical Growth and Brain Development
4.3: Motor Development
4.4: Sensory and Perceptual Development
 
5. Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
5.1: Piaget’s Theory of Sensorimotor Development
5.2: Specific Aspects of Cognitive Development
5.3: Language Development
 
6. Social and Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers
6.1: Social Understanding and Emotion in the First 2 Years
6.2: Temperament
6.3: Attachment
6.4: The Expanding Social World of the Toddler
 
PART III: EARLY CHILDHOOD
 
7. Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
7.1: Growth of the Body and Brain
7.2: Motor Development
7.3: Children’s Health and Safety
7.4: Child Maltreatment and Neglect
 
8. Cognitive and Language Development in Early Childhood
8.1: Advances and Limitation in Children’s Thinking: Piaget and Theory Theory
8.2: Information Processing and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
8.3: Vygotsky and the Sociocultural Approach
8.4: Language Development, Early Literacy, and Early Mathematics
8.5: Influences of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
 
9. Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
9.1: Understand the Self and Others
9.2: Emotional and Personality Development
9.3: Moral Development, Prosocial Behavior, and Aggression
9.4: Parent-Child Relationships
9.5: The Preschool and Child Care Contexts
 
PART IV: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
 
10. Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
10.1: Growth of the Body and Brain
10.2: Children in Motion
10.3: Children’s Health Issues
 
11. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
11.1: Piaget’s Concrete Operational Period
11.2: Information Processing and Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches
11.3: Intelligence in Children
11.4: Language Development and School Achievement
 
12. Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood
12.1: Development of Social and Emotional Competence
12.2: Family Relationships
12.3: Social Contexts Outside the Family
 
PART V: ADOLESCENCE
 
13. Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
13.1: The Physical and Psychological Impact of Puberty
13.2: The Adolescent Brain
13.3: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
13.4: Health Issues in Adolescence
 
14. Cognitive Development in Adolescence
14.1: The Development of Adolescent Thought
14.2: Academic Achievement in Adolescence
14.3: Educational Reforms
14.4: The World of Work
 
15. Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence
15.1: The Development of the Self
15.2: Moral and Religious Development
15.3: Adolescent Social Relationships and Positive Youth Development