Infants may seem to do little more than eat, sleep, and play. Yet behind this misleadingly simplistic façade occurs an awe-inspiring process of development through which infants make sense of, and learn how to interact with, the world around them.Introduction to Infant Development 2/e offers a fascinating insight into the psychological development of infants, presented by some of the world's leading authorities on the subject.
This new edition captures the latest developments in the field, with new chapters on perceptual and cognitive development, memory development, and gender, culture, and social class. It also offers completely revised
treatments of language development, and motor development, making these topics more relevant and more engaging to the student audience.With new learning features throughout, and a new Online Resource Centre, Introduction to Infant Development is the ideal teaching and learning tool for studying this intriguing field.Online Resource Centre:The Online Resource Centre features the following
materials:For registered adopters of the book:- Figures from the book available to download, to facilitate lecture preparationFor students: - Multiple-choice question to check understanding, and support
revision
Infants may seem to do little more than eat, sleep, and play. Yet behind this misleadingly simplistic façade occurs an awe-inspiring process of development through which infants make sense of, and learn how to interact with, the world around them.Introduction to Infant Development 2/e offers a fascinating insight into the psychological development of infants, presented by some of the world's leading authorities on the subject.
This new edition captures the latest developments in the field, with new chapters on perceptual and cognitive development, memory development, and gender, culture, and social class. It also offers completely revised
treatments of language development, and motor development, making these topics more relevant and more engaging to the student audience.With new learning features throughout, and a new Online Resource Centre, Introduction to Infant Development is the ideal teaching and learning tool for studying this intriguing field.Online Resource Centre:The Online Resource Centre features the following
materials:For registered adopters of the book:- Figures from the book available to download, to facilitate lecture preparationFor students: - Multiple-choice question to check understanding, and support
revision
1: Michael Lewis and Alan Slater: A brief history of infancy
research
2: Margaret Bendersky and Margaret W. Sullivan: Basic methods in
infant research
3: Peter G. Hepper: Prenatal development
4: Karen Adolph and Amy Joh: Motor development: How infants get
into the act
5: Alan Slater, Tiffany Field and Maria Hernandez-Reif: The
development of the senses
6: Scott P. Johnson and Alan Slater: The development of
intelligence in infancy
7: Paul C. Quinn: Categorization
8: Gavin Bremner: Perception and knowledge of the world
9: Jane S. Herbert and Olivier Pascalis: Memory development
10: George J. Hollich and Derek M. Houston: Language development:
From speech perception to first words
11: Jennifer L Ramsey-Rennels and Judith H Langlois: How infants
perceive and process faces
12: Michael Lewis: Early emotional development
13: Michael Lewis: Social development
14: Marc H. Bornstein and Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda: Infants at
play: development, functions, and partners
15: Viram K. Jaswal and Anne Fernald: Learning to communicate
16: Robin Gaines Lanzi, Craig T. Ramey, and Sharon Landesman Ramey:
Early intervention research, services and policies
17: Jayanthi Mistry, Ila Deshmukh and M. Ann Easterbrooks: Culture
and infancy
18: John Worobey: Health, nutrition and atypical development
Edited by Alan Slater, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter and Michael Lewis, Institute for the Study of Child Development, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA
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