Infants and Children in Context. Tara L. Kuther

      

Infants and Children in Context

      To FHM

      With love always, TKM

      Infants and Children in Context

       Tara L. Kuther

       Western Connecticut State University

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      Brief Contents

      1  List of Boxed Features

      2  Preface

      3  Acknowledgments

      4  About the Author

      5 Unit I Foundations of Child and Adolescent DevelopmentChapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Approaches and TheoriesChapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations of DevelopmentChapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn

      6 Unit II Infancy and ToddlerhoodChapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and ToddlerhoodChapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and ToddlerhoodChapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

      7 Unit III Early ChildhoodChapter 7: Physical Development in Early ChildhoodChapter 8: Cognitive Development in Early ChildhoodChapter 9: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

      8 Unit IV Middle ChildhoodChapter 10: Physical Development in Middle ChildhoodChapter 11: Cognitive Development in Middle ChildhoodChapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

      9  Glossary

      10  References

      Detailed Contents

      1  List of Boxed Features

      2  Preface

      3  Acknowledgments

      4  About the Author

      5 Unit I Foundations of Child and Adolescent DevelopmentChapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Approaches and TheoriesUnderstanding DevelopmentPeriods of DevelopmentPrenatal Period (Conception to Birth)Infancy and Toddlerhood (Birth to 2 Years)Early Childhood (2 to 6 Years)Middle Childhood (6 to 11 Years)Adolescence (11 to 18 Years)Domains of DevelopmentContexts of DevelopmentBasic Issues in Developmental ScienceNature and Nurture: How Do Nature and Nurture Influence Development?The Active Child: How Do Children Influence Their Own Development?Continuities and Discontinuities: In What Ways Is Development Continuous and Discontinuous?Theories of Child DevelopmentPsychoanalytic TheoriesFreud’s Psychosexual TheoryErikson’s Psychosocial TheoryBehaviorist and Social Learning TheoriesClassical ConditioningOperant ConditioningSocial Learning TheoryCognitive TheoriesPiaget’s Cognitive-Developmental TheoryInformation Processing TheoryContextual TheoriesVygotsky’s Sociocultural TheoryBronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Systems TheoryEthology and Evolutionary Developmental TheoryDynamic Systems TheoryResearch in Human DevelopmentThe Scientific MethodMethods of Data CollectionObservational MeasuresSelf-Report MeasuresPhysiological MeasuresResearch DesignsCase StudyCorrelational ResearchExperimental ResearchDevelopmental Research DesignsCross-Sectional Research DesignLongitudinal Research DesignCross-Sequential Research DesignResearch EthicsChapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations of DevelopmentGenetic Foundations of DevelopmentGeneticsCell ReproductionSex DeterminationGenes Shared by TwinsPatterns of Genetic InheritanceDominant–Recessive InheritanceIncomplete DominancePolygenic InheritanceGenomic ImprintingChromosomal and Genetic ProblemsGenetic DisordersDominant–Recessive DisordersX-Linked DisordersChromosomal AbnormalitiesMutationReproductive ChoicesGenetic CounselingReproductive TechnologyAdoptionPrenatal DiagnosisPrenatal Treatment of Genetic DisordersHeredity and EnvironmentBehavioral GeneticsMethods of Behavioral GeneticsGenetic Influences on Personal CharacteristicsGene–Environment InteractionsRange