Understanding children's development /
Smith, Peter K.
Understanding children's development / Peter K. Smith, Helen Cowie, Mark Blades. - 4th ed. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003. - xxvii, 663 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Basic psychology . - Basic psychology (Oxford, England) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [592]-643) and index.
Studying development -- Biological and cultural theories of development -- Prenatal development and birth -- Parents and families -- The peer group -- Becoming socially aware -- Play -- Helping others and moral development -- Adolescence -- Perception -- Language -- Cognition : Piaget's theory -- Cognition : the information processing approach -- Children's understanding of mind -- Learning in a social context -- Intelligence and attainment -- Deprivation and enrichment : risk and resilience -- Appendix A: Ethical principles for conducting research with human participants -- Appendix B: Careers in psychology.
0631228233 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2002012889
Child psychology.
Child development.
BF721 / .S57325 2003
155.4
Understanding children's development / Peter K. Smith, Helen Cowie, Mark Blades. - 4th ed. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003. - xxvii, 663 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Basic psychology . - Basic psychology (Oxford, England) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [592]-643) and index.
Studying development -- Biological and cultural theories of development -- Prenatal development and birth -- Parents and families -- The peer group -- Becoming socially aware -- Play -- Helping others and moral development -- Adolescence -- Perception -- Language -- Cognition : Piaget's theory -- Cognition : the information processing approach -- Children's understanding of mind -- Learning in a social context -- Intelligence and attainment -- Deprivation and enrichment : risk and resilience -- Appendix A: Ethical principles for conducting research with human participants -- Appendix B: Careers in psychology.
0631228233 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2002012889
Child psychology.
Child development.
BF721 / .S57325 2003
155.4