Thorough. Accurate. Reliable. Engaging. These are just a few of the words used by adopters and reviewers of John Santrock's Child Development. The new topically-organised fourteenth edition continues with Santrock's highly contemporary tone and focus, featuring over 1,000 new citations. The popular Connections theme shows students the different aspects of children's development to help them better understand the concepts. Used by hundreds of thousands of students over thirteen editions, Santrock's proven learning goals system provides a clear roadmap to course mastery.

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Preface

SECTION 1. THE NATURE OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
1. Introduction

SECTION 2. BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT.
2. Biological Beginnings
3. Prenatal Development and Birth
4. Physical Development and Health
5. Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

SECTION 3. COGNITION AND LANGUAGE.
6. Cognitive Developmental Approaches
7. Information Processing
8. Intelligence
9. Language Development

SECTION 4. SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
10. Emotional Development
11. The Self and Identity
12. Gender
13. Moral Development

SECTION 5. SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF DEVELOPMENT.
14. Families
15. Peers
16. Schools and Achievment
17. Culture amd Diversity

Glossary
References
Credits
Name Index
Subject Index

John W. Santrock
(University of Texas at Dallas)

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