Child Development: A Topical Approach and Making the Grade

A new entry for the growing topically-organized segment of this market, this book presents pivotal research and theories in a more readable, accessible style than books currently available. This first edition teams Diane Papalia's teaching and writing expertise with Ruth Feldman's professional writing, and it introduces Dana Gross, a child development researcher and professor at St. Olaf's College in Minnesota. Applauded by reviewers for its combination of research coverage with applications and real-life examples, this new text also includes Papalia's hallmark of superior coverage of cross-cultural and social policy topics. - Link-Ups to Look For open each part in the text and show students the important connections between domains in each period of life. - Guideposts (or learning objectives) begin each chapter by giving boxed, broad overview questions to help students focus on the chapter's key ideas. They are repeated in the chapter margins next to the corresponding text discussion. - Boxed Features explore topics in greater detail, giving instructors the option of focusing on research, culture, social policy and historical comparisons.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 About Child Development 1 The Study of Child Development 2 Theory and Research Part 2 Foundations of Development 3 Forming a New Life: Conceptions, Heredity, and Environment 4 Prenatal Development and Birth 5 Physical Development Part 3 Cognitive Development 6 Lanuage Development 7 Intelligence and Creativity 8 Theories of Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky 9 Learning, Information Processing, and Academic Skills Part 4 Psychosocial Development 10 Emotional Development 11 The Family 12 Self, Gender, and Identity Development 13 Moral Development 14 Peers, Schooling, and Media Epilogue: Putting It All Together Glossary Bibliography Credits Name Index Subject Index

About the Author :
Diane E. Papalia As a professor, Diane E. Papalia has taught thousands of undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her bachelor's degree, majoring in psychology, from Vassar College and both her master's 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. She is especially interested in intelligence in old age and factors that contribute to the maintenance of intellectual functioning in late adulthood. She is a Fellow in the Gerontological Society of America. She is the coauthor, with Sally Wendkos Olds and Ruth Duskin Feldman, of A Child's World, now in its eighth edition; of Psychology with Sally Wendkos Olds; and of Adult Development and Aging, with Cameron J. Camp and Ruth Duskin Feldman. Ruth Duskin Feldman is an award-winning writer and educator. With Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds, she coauthored the fourth and seventh editions of Human Development and the eighth edition of A Child's World. She also is coauthor, with Dr.Papalia 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.