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A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence Diane Papalia

A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence By Diane Papalia

A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence by Diane Papalia


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Offers cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, the innovative pedagogical learning system, and the balance between research and real-life applications. This book is suitable for students and professors.

A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence Summary

A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence by Diane Papalia

This fully-revised twelfth edition continues to provide the extensive cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, the innovative pedagogical learning system, and the balance between research and real-life applications that have made A Child's World a favorite of students and professors alike. In the warmly-written and engaging style that has become their hallmark, Diane Papalia and Ruth Feldman continue to provide a chronological view of child development. The new edition includes a new feature, Did You Know...?, introducing each chapter by highlighting interesting and enlightening findings mentioned in the chapter.

About Diane Papalia

As a professor, Diane E. Papalia has taught thousands of undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her bachelors degree, majoring in psychology, from Vassar College and both her masters degree in child development and family relations and her Ph.D. in life-span developmental psychology from West Virginia University. She has published numerous articles in such professional journals as Human Development, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Sex Roles, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and Journal of Gerontology. Most of these papers have dealt with her major research focus, cognitive development from childhood through old age. Ruth Duskin Feldman is an award-winning writer and educator. With Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds, she coauthored the fourth and the seventh through the twelfth editions of Human Development and the eighth through the twelfth editions of A Child's World. She also is coauthor, with Dr. Papalia, Harvey Sterns and Cameron J. Camp, of Adult Development and Aging. A former teacher, she has developed educational materials for all levels from elementary school through college and has prepared ancillaries to accompany the Papalia-Olds books. She is author or coauthor of four books addressed to general readers, including Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids? Perils and Profits of Growing Up Gifted. She has written for numerous newspapers and magazines and has lectured extensively and made national and local media appearances throughout the United States on education and gifted children. She received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University, where she was graduated with highest distinction and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Studying A Child's World Chapter 2: A Child's World: How We Discover It Chapter 3: Forming a New Life: Conception, Heredity, and Environment Chapter 4: Pregnancy and Prenatal Development Chapter 5: Birth and the Newborn Baby Chapter 6: Physical Development and Health During the First Three Years Chapter 7: Cognitive Development during the First Three Years Chapter 8: Psychosocial Development during the First Three Years Chapter 9: Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood Chapter 10: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood Chapter 11: Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood Chapter 12: Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood Chapter 13: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood Chapter 14: Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood Chapter 15: Physical Development and Health in Adolescence Chapter 16: Cognitive Development in Adolescence Chapter 17: Psychosocial Development in Adolescence

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GOR008581813
9780071221634
0071221638
A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence by Diane Papalia
Used - Very Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
20101116
640
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