Child Development, 4/E
Robert S. Feldman, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst

ISBN-10: 0131732471
ISBN-13: 9780131732476

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Cloth; 624 pp
Published: 02/10/2006

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For courses in Child Development, taught Chronologically.

Courses may be in psychology, education, nursing, social work or human development.

 

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Introduces students to the theories, research, and applications of child and adolescent development. Child Development 4e features a variety of student-focused tools that make the study of development interesting and engaging with an emphasis on practical, take-home information that students can use now and in the future.

How do you connect the material covered in the course to students from varying majors?

Child Development 4e has an increased emphasis on helping students to understand the link between various careers and findings from the field of child development.

  • Applying Child Development--Present a series of questions designed to help students think about the chapter's content and apply it to their daily experience. These sections include critical thinking questions that challenge students to think from the perspective of various professionals who use developmental research in their careers, such as educators, health providers, social workers, etc.
  • Careers in Child Development--interviews with individuals who work in a career that relies on the information from the field of child development. Connects  students to the wide-range of careers that rely on developmental research and information.

How do you connect material covered in the course to the everyday lives of your students?

Many of the student focused features of Child Development 4e are designed to create a connection between the material in the text and the lives of students. Capitalizing on students inherent interest in the subject, Child Development 4e drives students to relate to what they are learning by examining their own experiences.

  • From Research to Practice boxes--appear in each chapter to focus discussion on how developmental research can be used in everyday life. From child-rearing issues to applying developmental research to public policy, this boxed feature helps students think about developmental research outside of the classroom.
  • Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development--expand on the chapter coverage by showing relevance and application to everyday situations, such as finding a child-care provider.
  • Observations in Child Development CD-ROM--brings to life more than 30 key concepts discussed within the narrative of the text. Each video contains an introduction to the concept being illustrated as well as commentary describing what is taking place at crucial points in the video. Questions follow each video for students to use as review, quizzing, or for further discussion.

 How do you incorporate diversity into your course?

Developmental Diversity sections highlight issues relevant to today's multicultural society. This feature helps to remind students of the concepts within child development that unite and diversify our global community.

 

Child Development, Fourth Edition features a variety of student-focused applications that make the study of

development interesting and engaging with an emphasis on practical, take-home information for students of varying

majors and backgrounds. Chronologically arranged.

 

New topics added or expanded in the 4th edition of Child Development, 4e:

 

Chapter 1: media violence, sensitive and critical periods, normative age-graded events, plasticity key term

Chapter 2: survey research, heuristic value of naturalistic observation and ethnography, neurophysiological methods including fMRI and CAT scans, cognitive neuroscience

Chapter 3: change in number of human genes, ultrasound sonography, AIDS transmission/infant cases, father emotional/physical abuse during pregnancy, relationship between environmental factors such as poverty and exposure to teratogens, role of father and prenatal development/teratogens, new HIV data, mother's age on pregnancy, statistics on IVF success rates, organizational effects of hormones estrogen and androgens, gene therapy

Chapter 4: new "Careers in Development" interview, infant mortality and ethnicity, postpartum depression and case of Andrea Yates, question of whether infants show true imitation, neonate reflexes, relationship of father age and preterm deliveries

Chapter 5: dynamic systems theory, association between obesity in infancy and later life, SIDS causes relating to respiratory occlusion reflex, infant nutritional guidelines, pincer grasp, cross-national data on breastfeeding

Chapter 6: media viewing in infants, autobiographical memory in infants, cross-cultural similarities in noun:verb proportion

Chapter 7: cross-cultural differences in self-recognition

Chapter 8: UN report on Childhood Under Threat, brain alterations due to abuse

Chapter 9: Reggio Emilia preschool approach, computer use by preschoolers, characteristics of effective preschools, forensic developmental psychology

Chapter 10: personal parent coaches, more on instrumental aggression

Chapter 11: Treatment of ADHS using behavior therapy, more on treatment of obesity, funding for mainstream/full inclusion, use of antidepressants and children, cochlear implants

Chapter 12: school readiness and poverty, relationship of speed-time-distance in Piaget' theory

Chapter 13: bullying and cyber-bullying, multigenerational families, gay and lesbian parenting, relationship of status and popularity

Chapter 14: exercise and stress reduction, brain development and death penalty, sleep deprivation in adolescents

Chapter 15: "No Child Left Behind" act, primary orientation model regarding effects of employment, more on limitations to formal operational thought, internet gambling

Chapter 16: mixed benefits of high self-esteem, bisexuality, transgenderism, gender difference in self-esteem, explaining the decline in teen pregnancy

 

1: An Introduction to Child Development

2: Theoretical Perspectives and Research

3: The Start of Life: Genetics and Prenatal Development

4: Birth and the Newborn Infant

5: Physical Development in Infancy

6: Cognitive Development in Infancy

7: Social and Personality Development in Infancy

8: Physical Development in the Preschool Years

9: Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years

10: Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years

11: Physical Development in Middle Childhood

12: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

13: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

14: Physical Development in Adolescence

15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence

16: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

 

    For courses in Child Development, Child and Adolescent Development, and Developmental Psychology.

    Appealing to the many different backgrounds and career goals of students who take child development, this text offers the most current, balanced coverage of theory and research-with a focus on the application of that research-woven into a rich chronlogical presentation filled with useful student learning tools. New to this edition is the Prentice Hall Observations in Child Development CD-ROM. This CD-ROM brings to life more than 30 key concepts discussed in the text.

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