The Dynamic Child, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (September 25, 2024) © 2025

  • Frank Manis
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Frank Manis’s The Dynamic Child provides a unique, immersive learning experience. Utilizing a “learn-by-doing” approach, The Dynamic Child combines a compelling, original narrative with Manis’s best-selling MyVirtualChild simulation. The result is a learning resource that makes child development research and theory comprehensible and deeply meaningful.

The 3rd Edition has been updated with more than 2,100 new research citations, including more than 800 from 2018 through 2024. The updated MyVirtualChild 3.0 reflects issues today’s parents deal with, including social media use and screen time, bullying at school or online and more. In addition, the 3rd Edition includes 7 new videos on subjects like the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on schools and assisted reproductive technology.

Part 1: Foundations of Developmental Science

  1. The Study of Child and Adolescent Development
  2. Heredity and Environment
  3. Prenatal Development, Birth and the Newborn

Part 2: Infancy and Toddlerhood

  1. Physical Development and Health in Infants and Toddlers
  2. Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
  3. Social and Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers

Part 3: Early Childhood

  1. Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood
  2. Cognitive and Language Development in Early Childhood
  3. Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood

Part 4: Middle Childhood

  1. Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
  2. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
  3. Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

Part 5: Adolescence

  1. Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
  2. Cognitive Development in Adolescence
  3. Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence

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