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List of Contributors xxi Preface to Third Edition xxiii Part I Introduction 1 1 The Scope and Methods of Developmental Psychology 3 Alan Slater, Scott P. Johnson and Darwin Muir 2 Theories and Issues in Child Development 41 Scott P. Johnson, Alan Slater and Ian Hocking 3 The Nature-Nurture Debate 79 Alan Slater Part II Infancy 107 4 Prenatal Development 109 Christine Moon and William P. Fifer 5 Perception, Knowledge and Action in Infancy 143 J. Gavin Bremner, Kirsty Dunn and Diana S.Y. Tham 6 Emotional Development and Attachment Relationships 183 Elizabeth Meins 7 Early Social Interactions with People and Objects 213 Cintia Rodríguez, Julia Benassi, Luisa Estrada, and Nicolás Alessandroni 8 The Development of Self and Gender 259 Wendy Lawrenson Part III Childhood 303 9 Cognitive Development 305 Margaret Anne Defeyter 10 The Development of Language 341 Heather M. Hill and Stan A. Kuczaj II 11 Acquiring a Theory of Mind 381 Peter Mitchell 12 Reading and Mathematics in Developmental Psychology 407 Peter Bryant 13 Memory Development and Eyewitness Testimony 439 Stephen J. Ceci, Stanka A. Fitneva, Cagla Aydin and Nadia Chernyak 14 Play and the Beginnings of Peer Relationships 477 Peter K. Smith 15 Prosocial Tendencies, Antisocial Behaviour and Moral Development in Childhood 511 Daniel Hart, Neeta Goel and Robert Atkins Part IV Adolescence 541 16 Cognitive Development in Adolescence 543 Kang Lee, Gizelle Anzures and Alejo Freire 17 Social Development 577 Tirza H.J. Van Noorden and William M. Bukowski Part V Practical Issues 611 18 Educational Implications 613 Alyson Davis and Naomi Winstone 19 Risk and Resilience in Development 645 Leslie Morrison Gutman and Eirini Flouri 20 Social Problems in Schools 683 Peter K. Smith and Julian Elliott 21 Atypical Development 715 Sarah Norgate Glossary 751 Names Index 785 Subject Index 805

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