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Book SynopsisThorough. Accurate. Reliable. Engaging. These are just a few words used by adopters and reviewers of
Child Development. The topically-organized 16th edition continues with Santrock''s highly contemporary tone and focus, featuring over 1,000 new citations. The popular Connections theme shows students the different aspects of children''s development to help them better understand the concepts. Used by hundreds of thousands of students over fourteen editions, the proven learning goals system provides a clear roadmap to course mastery. The new Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, found in the preface, highlights the many updates the authors have made in these critical areas.
Table of ContentsSECTION 1 THE NATURE OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT1 Introduction
2 Contexts of Development: Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Technology
SECTION 2 BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT3 Biological Beginnings
4 Prenatal Development and Birth
5 Physical Development and Health
6 Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development
SECTION 3 COGNITION AND LANGUAGE7 Historical Foundations of Cognitive Developmental Theories
8 Information Processing
9 Intelligence
10 Language Development
SECTION 4 SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT11 Emotional Development
12 The Self and Identity
13 Gender
14 Moral Development
15 Families
16 Peers
17 Schools and Achievement
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