A Child's World - Hardcover

Papalia, Diane; Olds, Sally; Feldman, Ruth

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ISBN 10: 0070487855 ISBN 13: 9780070487857

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1998

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A perennial best-seller A Child's World continues to provide faculty and students alike with an engaging, comprehensive and highly applied exploration of the diverse worlds of child development. With it's 8th edition, authors Diane E. Papalia, Sally Wendkos Olds and Ruth Duskin Feldman have totally revamped the design, content and pedagogical features while at the same time retaining the engaging qualities of tone, style and substance. Throughout, the text remains true to it's purpose to emphasize the continuity of development from conception through adolescence and the interrelationships among the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial realms.

Complete coverage of the theories and issues of child development, hereditary and environmental influences on development, prenatal development, and the birth process is provided. The text also looks at the aspects of physical health, cognitive, personality and social development from infancy through adolescence. A clear and friendly writing style and lively presentation make this text the leading choice of both professors and students.

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About the Author:

As a professor, Diane E. Papalia has taught thousands of undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her bachelors degree, majoring in psychology, from Vassar College and both her masters degree in child development and family relations and her Ph.D. in life-span developmental psychology from West Virginia University. She has published numerous articles in such professional journals as Human Development, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Sex Roles, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and Journal of Gerontology. Most of these papers have dealt with her major research focus, cognitive development from childhood through old age.

Synopsis:

This work covers the theories and issues of child development, and hereditary and environmental influences on development, prenatal development, and the birth process. It also examines physical health, cognitive, personality and social development from infancy through adolescence.

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