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Understanding Children's Development is the UK's best-selling developmental psychology textbook and has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and rigorous research-based approach. This dynamic text emphasizes the practical and applied implications of developmental research. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development from conception through to adolescence.
Preface to Sixth Edition xxi Acknowledgements xxv PART I THEORIES AND METHODS 1 Chapter 1 Studying Development 3 Chapter 2 Biological and Cultural Theories of Development 31 PART II PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTH 77 Chapter 3 Prenatal Development and Birth 79 PART III T HE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE CHILD 105 Chapter 4 Parents and Families 107 Chapter 5 Siblings and the Peer Group 161 Chapter 6 Developing Emotional Intelligence and Social Awareness 199 Chapter 7 Play 233 Chapter 8 Children and Media 265 Chapter 9 Helping Others and Moral Development 297 Chapter 10 Social Dominance, Aggression and Bullying 339 PART IV CHILDREN'S DEVELOPING MINDS 377 Chapter 11 Perception 379 Chapter 12 Language 405 Chapter 13 Cognition: Piaget's Theory 443 Chapter 14 Cognition: The Information Processing Approach 471 Chapter 15 Children's Understanding of Mind 513 Chapter 16 Learning in a Social Context 545 Chapter 17 Intelligence and Attainment 579 Chapter 18 Deprivation and Enrichment: Risk and Resilience 605 PART V ADOLESCENCE 643 Chapter 19 Adolescence 645 References (Visit the website to download the references - www.wiley.com/college/smith) Index 693
