Child Psychological Science Summer 2021

by Alyson Jo Chroust

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East Tennessee State University
Subjects
Social Sciences
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Introduction to Child Development
  7. 1.1: Prelude to Lifespan Development
  8. 1.2: Lifespan Perspective
  9. 1.3: Conceptions of Age
  10. 1.4: Periods of Development
  11. 1.5: Issues in Lifespan Development
  12. 1.6: Historical Theories on Development
  13. 1.7: Contemporary Theories on Development
  14. 1.8: Research Methods
  15. 1.9: Research Involving Time-Spans
  16. 1.10: Experimental Research
  17. 2: Nature through Nurture; Heredity and Genetics
  18. 2.1: Heredity
  19. 2.2: Genotypes and Phenotypes
  20. 2.3: Genetic Disorders
  21. 2.4: Chromosomal Abnormalities
  22. 2.5: Behavioral Genetics
  23. 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
  24. 3.1: Prenatal Development
  25. 3.2: Teratogens
  26. 3.3: Maternal Factors
  27. 3.4: Prenatal Assessment
  28. 3.5: Complications of Pregnancy
  29. 3.6: Birth
  30. 3.7: Assessing the Neonate
  31. 4: Physical Development
  32. 4.1: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
  33. 4.2: Infant Sleep
  34. 4.3: Brain Maturation
  35. 4.4: Physical Development in Early Childhood
  36. 4.5: Sexual Development
  37. 4.6: Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood
  38. 4.7: Growth in Adolescence
  39. 4.8: Adolescent Brain
  40. 4.9: Adolescent Sexual Activity
  41. 5: Cognitive Development
  42. 5.1: Piaget and the Sensorimotor Stage
  43. 5.2: Infant Memory
  44. 5.3: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
  45. 5.4: Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development
  46. 5.5: Information Processing
  47. 5.6: Attention
  48. 5.7: Memory
  49. 5.8: Neo-Piagetians
  50. 5.9: Children's Understanding of the World
  51. 5.10: Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood
  52. 5.11: Information Processing
  53. 5.12: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
  54. 6: Motor Development
  55. 6.1: From Reflexes to Voluntary Movements
  56. 6.2: Sensory Capabilities
  57. 6.3: Motor Skill Development
  58. 6.4: Play
  59. 7: Intelligence
  60. 7.1: Theories of Intelligence
  61. 7.2: Measuring Intelligence - Standardization and the Intelligence Quotient
  62. 8: Language
  63. 8.1: Language
  64. 8.2: Language Development
  65. 8.3: Language Development
  66. 9: Psychosocial Development- Emotions, Temperament, Attachment
  67. 9.1: Psychosociological Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
  68. 9.2: Forming Attachments
  69. 9.3: Erikson - Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
  70. 9.4: Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
  71. 9.5: Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood
  72. 10: Psychosocial- Self, Moral, Family, and Peers
  73. 10.1: Parenting Styles
  74. 10.2: Sibling Relationships
  75. 10.3: Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
  76. 10.4: Friends and Peers
  77. 10.5: Family Life
  78. 10.6: Adolescents' Relationships
  79. 10.7: Gender
  80. 11: Developmental Psychopathology
  81. 11.1: Autism Spectrum Disorder
  82. 11.2: Children with Learning Disabilities
  83. 12: References
  84. OER Attribution Information
  85. Adolescence (References)
  86. Early Childhood (References)
  87. Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth (References)
  88. Infancy and Toddlerhood (References)
  89. Introduction to Lifespan Development (References)
  90. Back Matter
  91. Index
  92. Glossary
  93. Detailed Licensing