For courses in Child Development, Child and Adolescent Development, and Developmental Psychology. Appealing to the many different backgrounds and career goals of students who take child development, this text offers a balanced coverage of theory and research-with a focus on the application. A chronological presentation filled with useful student learning tools. New to this edition is the Prentice Hall Observations in Child Development CD-ROM. This CD-ROM brings to life more than 30 key concepts discussed in the text. - Observations in Child Development CD-ROM - brings to life more than 30 key concepts discussed in the narrative of the text. - Reworked and expanded opening two chapters - features new information on the history and background of the field. - Applying Child Development feature - couples with a short bulleted Recap to conclude each major section within a chapter. - From Research to Practice boxes in each chapter, discuss research in child development and how it can be used both in terms of everyday child-rearing issues and for public policy-e.g., the accuracy of childrens memories and their admissibility in court proceedings; dealing with the dangers of cyberspace; and the problem of schoolyard bullies. - Informed Consumer of Development feature - expands on the chapters coverage by showing the relevance and application to everday situations. - Developmental Diversity sections - considers how cultural factors relevant to development both unite and diversity our contemporary, global society. - Careers in Child Development boxes appear in most chapters. - Child.Links connect students to the Companion Website via marginal icons throughout the text - Prologues and chapter-closing Epilogues - presents brief vignettes reflecting current events linked with critical-thinking application questions describing an individual or situation relevant to a specific developmental issue. - Extensive instructional framework guides students through the chapter material: Looking Ahead-previews the chapters contents and provides learning objectives; Looking Back-summarizes the chapters key points; Marginal Glossary-defines new terminology when first introduced. - Added and expanded topics and areas including; ethnography; brain development; cultural differences in autobiographical memories; emotional regulation and relational aggression; home schooling; teenage stress; alcohol consumption.