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The Developing Child Helen Bee

The Developing Child By Helen Bee

The Developing Child by Helen Bee


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The Developing Child: International Edition by Helen Bee

The Developing Child gives students the tools they require to organize, retain and apply information from the broad field of child psychology, while offering balanced coverage of theory and application, with a strong emphasis on culture. KEY TOPICS: Prenatal Development; Birth and Early Infancy; Physical Development; Perceptual Development; Cognitive Development; Development of Language; Personality Development; Development of Social Relationships; Family System; Atypical Development. For individuals seeking to understand to better understand children.

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About Helen Bee

Denise Boyd received her Ed.D. in educational psychology from the University of Houston and has been a psychology instructor in the Houston Community College System since 1988. From 1995 until 1998, she chaired the psychology, sociology, and anthropology department at Houston Community College-Central. She has coauthored four other Allyn and Bacon texts: with Helen Bee, Lifespan Development (Fourth Edition), The Developing Child (Twelfth Edition), and The Growing Child (First Edition); and with Genevieve Stevens, Current Readings in Lifespan Development. A licensed psychologist, she has presented a number of papers at professional meetings, reporting research in child, adolescent, and adult development. She has also presented workshops for teachers whose students range from preschool to college.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction

1 Basic Issues in the Study of Development

Issues in the Study of Development

Two Key Questions

Influences on Development

The Ecological Perspective

Vulnerability and Resilience

Three Kinds of Change

Theories of Development

Psychoanalytic Theories

Cognitive Theories

Learning Theories

Comparing Theories

Finding the Answers: Research Designs and Methods

The Goals of Developmental Science

Studying Age-Related Changes

Descriptive Methods

Experimental Methods

Cross-Cultural Research

Research Ethics

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT Research: Responding to Media Reports of Research

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN The Real World: Helping Children Who Are Afraid to Go to School

THE NEXT STEP

PART 2: The Beginnings of Life

2 Prenatal Development

Conception and Genetics

The Process of Conception

Genotypes, Phenotypes, and Patterns of Genetic Inheritance

Development from Conception to Birth

The Stages of Prenatal Development

Sex Differences in Prenatal Development

Prenatal Behavior

Problems in Prenatal Development

Genetic Disorders

Chromosomal Errors

Teratogens: Maternal Diseases

Teratogens: Drugs

Other Teratogens and Maternal Factors

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT Research: Assisted Reproductive Technology

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN The Real World: Fetal Assessment and Treatment

THE NEXT STEP

3 Birth and Early Infancy

Birth

Birth Choices

The Process of Birth

Low Birth Weight

Behavior in Early Infancy

Reflexes and Behavioral States

Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Abilities

Learning

Temperament and Social Skills

Health and Wellness in Early Infancy

Nutrition, Health Care, and Immunizations

Illnesses

Infant Mortality

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT Research Variations in Infants' Cries

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN The real world Breast or Bottle?

PART 3: The Physical Child

4 Physical Development

The Brain and Nervous System

Growth Spurts

Synaptic Development

Myelination

Lateralization

Size, Shape, and Skills

Growth

Bones, Muscles, and Fat

Using the Body

The Endocrine and Reproductive Systems

Hormones

Sequence of Changes in Girls and Boys

The Timing of Puberty

Sexual Behavior in Adolescence

Prevalence of Sexual Behavior

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Teenage Pregnancy

Sexual Minority Youth

Health and Wellness

Health in Childhood

Excessive Weight Gain

Poverty and Children's Health

Risky Behavior in Adolescence

Mortality

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT Research Causes and Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN The real world A Good Night's Sleep for Kids (and Parents, Too!)

5 Perceptual Development

Thinking about Perceptual Development

Ways of Studying Early Perceptual Skills

Explanations of Perceptual Development

Sensory Skills

Seeing

Hearing and Other Senses

Perceptual Skills

Looking

Listening

Combining Information from Several Senses

Ignoring Perceptual Information

The Object Concept

Object Perception

Object Permanence

Perception of Social Signals

Early Discrimination of Emotional Expressions

Cross-Cultural Commonalities and Variations

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research Langlois's Studies of Babies' Preferences for Attractive Faces

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world Infant Responses to Maternal Depression

PART 4 The Thinking Child

6 Cognitive Development I: Structure and Process

Piaget's Basic Ideas

Schemes

Adaptation

Causes of Cognitive Development

Infancy

Piaget's View of the Sensorimotor Period

Challenges to Piaget's View of Infancy

The Preschool Years

Piaget's View of the Preoperational Stage

Challenges to Piaget's View of Early Childhood

Theories of Mind

False Belief and Theory of Mind across Cultures

Alternative Theories of Early Childhood Thinking

The School-Aged Child

Piaget's View of Concrete Operations

Different Approaches to Concrete Operational Thought

Adolescence

Piaget's View of Formal Operations

Post-Piagetian Work on Adolescent Thought

Development of Information-Processing Skills

Changes in Processing Capacity and Efficiency

Memory Strategies

Metamemory and Metacognition

Expertise

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research Elkind's Adolescent Egocentrism

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world Leading Questions and Children's Memory

7 Cognitive Development II: Individual Differences in Cognitive Abilities

Measuring Intellectual Power

The First IQ Tests

Modern IQ Tests

Stability of Test Scores

What IQ Scores Predict

Explaining Individual Differences in IQ Scores

Twin and Adoption Studies

Family Characteristics and IQ Scores

Interventions and IQ Scores

Interactions of Heredity and Environment

Explaining Group Differences in IQ or Achievement Test Scores

Ethnic Differences

Cross-Cultural Differences

Sex Differences

Alternative Views of Intelligence

Information-Processing Theory

Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

Creativity

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research The Flynn Effect

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world Stereotype Threat

8 The Development of Language

Before the First Word: The Prelinguistic Phase

Early Sounds and Gestures

Receptive Language

Learning Words and Word Meanings

The First Words

Later Word Learning

Constraints on Word Learning

Learning the Rules: The Development of Grammar and Pragmatics

Holophrases and First Sentences

The Grammar Explosion

Later Grammar Learning

Pragmatics

Explaining Language Development

Environmental Theories

Nativist Theories

Constructivist Theories

Individual and Group Differences in Language Development

Differences in Rate

Cross-Cultural Differences in Language Development

Learning to Read and Write

The Early Foundation: Phonological Awareness

Becoming Literate in School

Learning a Second Language

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research Sign Language and Gestures in Children Who Are Deaf

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world One Language or Two?

PART 5 The Social Child

9 Personality Development: Alternative Views

Defining Personality

Temperament

The Big Five

Genetic and Biological Explanations of Personality

The Biological Argument

Critique of Biological Theories

Learning Explanations of Personality

The Learning Argument

Critique of Learning Models

Psychoanalytic Explanations of Personality

The Psychoanalytic Argument

Freud's Psychosexual Stages

Erikson's Psychosocial Stages

Evidence and Applications

Critique of Psychoanalytic Theories

A Possible Synthesis

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research Locus of Control and Adolescent Health

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world Temperamental Surgency in the Toddler Classroom

10 Concepts of Self, Gender, and Sex Roles

The Concept of Self

The Subjective Self

The Objective Self

The Emotional Self

Self-Concept at School Age

Self-Concept and Identity in Adolescence

Ethnic Identity in Adolescence

Self-Esteem

The Development of Self-Esteem

Consistency of Self-Esteem over Time

The Development of the Concepts of Gender and Sex Roles

Developmental Patterns

Sex-Role Concepts and Stereotypes

Explaining Sex-Role Development

Biological Approaches

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research Gender Differences in Temperament: Real or Imagined?

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world Adolescent Rites of Passage

11 The Development of Social Relationships

Relationships with Parents

Attachment Theory

The Parent's Bond to the Child

The Child's Attachment to the Parent

Parent-Child Relationships in Adolescence

Variations in the Quality of Attachments

Secure and Insecure Attachments

Temperament and Attachment

Stability and Long-Term Consequences of Attachment Quality

Relationships with Peers

Peer Relationships in Infancy and the Preschool Years

Peer Relationships at School Age

Social Status

Peer Relationships in Adolescence

Sibling Relationships

Behavior with Peers

Prosocial Behavior

Aggression

Trait Aggression

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research Bullies and Victims

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world Rearing Helpful and Altruistic Children

12 Thinking About Relationships: Social-Cognitive and Moral Development

The Development of Social Cognition

Some General Principles and Issues

Describing Other People

Reading Others' Feelings

Describing Friendships

Understanding Rules and Intentions

Moral Development

Dimensions of Moral Development

Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development

Causes and Consequences of Moral Development

Alternative Views

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research: Preventing Violence by Increasing Children's Emotional Competence

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world: Learning and Unlearning Prejudice

PART 6 The Whole Child

13 The Ecology of Development: The Child within the Family System

Understanding the Family System

Family Systems Theory

Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Approach

Dimensions of Family Interaction

Individuals in the Family System

Warmth and Responsiveness

Methods of Control and Communication Patterns

Parenting Styles

Types of Parenting Styles

Parenting Styles and Development

Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences in Parenting Styles

Family Structure, Divorce, and Parental Employment

Family Structure

Divorce

Parents' Jobs

Social Support for Parents

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research To Spank or Not to Spank?

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world When Divorce Is Unavoidable

14 Beyond the Family: The Impact of the Broader Culture

Nonparental Care

Difficulties in Studying Nonparental Care

Effects of Early Nonparental Care on Development

Before- and After-School Care

The Impact of Schools

Early Childhood Education

Elementary School

The Transition to Secondary School

Engagement in and Disengagement from Secondary School

Homeschooling

The Impact of Entertainment Media

Television and Video Games

Computers and Electronic Multitasking

Macrosystem Effects: The Impact of the Larger Culture

Socioeconomic Status and Development

Race and Ethnicity

The Culture as a Whole

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research The Effects of Teenaged Employment

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world Choosing a Child Care Center

Chapter 15

Atypical Development

Understanding Atypical Development

Types of Problems

Theoretical Perspectives on Atypical Development

Developmental Psychopathology

Attention Problems and Externalizing Problems

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Conduct Disorder

Internalizing Problems

Eating Disorders

Depression

Adolescent Suicide

Atypical Intellectual and Social Development

Mental Retardation

Learning Disabilities

Giftedness

Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Schooling for Atypical Children

THINK CRITICALLY

CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH

Summary

Key Terms

THINKING ABOUT research Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE IN the real world Knowing When to Seek Professional Help

Epilogue

Putting It All Together: The Developing Child

Transitions, Consolidations, and Systems

From Birth to 24 Months

Central Processes

Influences on the Basic Processes

The Preschool Years

Central Processes

Influences on the Basic Processes

The Elementary School Years

The Transition between 5 and 7

Central Processes

Influences on the Basic Processes: The Role of Culture

Adolescence

Early and Late Adolescence

Central Processes and Their Connections

Influences on the Basic Processes

A Return to Some Basic Questions

What Are the Major Influences on Development?

Does Timing Matter?

What Is the Nature of Developmental Change?

What Is the Significance of Individual Differences?

A Final Point: The Joy of Development

Glossary

References

Photo Credits

Name Index

Subject Index

Additional information

GOR003718549
9780205696536
0205696538
The Developing Child: International Edition by Helen Bee
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Pearson Education (US)
2010-09-07
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