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The topically-organized Child Development, Second Edition combines streamlined coverage with an application-driven active learning system. Cook and Cook focus students on how they can promote positive child development by putting the science to work outside of the classroom. Looking for additional resources to help you understand the material and succeed in this course? MyDevelopmentLab contains study tools such as flashcards, self tests, videos, as well as MyVirtualChild which allows you to raise your own virtual child from birth through age 18 and monitor the results. Want to learn more about MyVirtualChild? Visit www.mydevelopmentlab.com and click on the 'watch this video' link to learn about MyVirtualChild.MyDevelpmentLab with MyVirtualChild is available at www.mydevelopmentlab.com.
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CHAPTER 1EXPLORING CHILD DEVELOPMENTDEFINING THE FIELDWhat Develops?What Drives Development? Nature, and Nurture, and Reciprocal RelationshipsWhat Is a Theory, and Why Are Theories Useful?Psychoanalytic TheoriesBehavioral and Social Learning TheoriesCognitive TheoriesBiological TheoriesContextual and Systems TheoriesDescriptive Research MethodsCorrelational Research Methods: Measuring AssociationsExperimental Research Methods: Determining Cause and EffectMethods for Assessing DevelopmentEthics in Research with ChildrenPractical Applications of Child Development ResearchPersonal Perspective "Meet First-Time Expectant Parents"Social Policy Perspective: "Every Day in America"Careers Related to ChildrenProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a School Social Worker"CHAPTER 2HEREDITY AND THE ENVIRONMENTGENES AND HUMAN REPRODUCTIONGenes and the Magical Four-Letter CodeSocial Policy Perspective: "Protecting the Genetic Privacy of Citizens"Human Reproduction and Cell DivisionPersonal Perspective: "Meet a Couple Who Used Artificial Insemination "HOW TRAITS AND GENETIC ABNORMALITIES ARE INHERITEDDominant-Recessive TraitsChromosome AbnormalitiesPrenatal Screening and Genetic TestingProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a Genetic Counselor"HOW GENES AND ENVIRONMENTS INTERACTRange of ReactionCanalizationNiche-Picking: I Gotta Be Me ...Probabilistic Epigenesis: Activating Your GenesBehavior Genetics, Heritability, and Shared and Nonshared EnvironmentsHow Is Heritability Estimated?Heritability of Complex CharacteristicsCHAPTER 3PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTHPRENATAL DEVELOPMENTConceptionStages of Prenatal DevelopmentTERATOGENS: HEALTH RISKS FOR THE BABYAlcoholPersonal Perspective: "Meet a Family Who Adopted a Child with FAS"CocaineCigarette SmokingSocial Policy Perspective: "The Case of Malissa Ann Crawley"Maternal HealthMaternal AgeCritical PeriodsThe Role of FathersStages of BirthOptions in Giving Birth: Choices and AlternativesProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a Certified Nurse-Midwife."Drugs during Labor and DeliveryThe Partner's Role: Helping During BirthBirthing Complications: Something Isn't RightHere's the Newborn!What Is Prematurity?Infant MortalityPrenatal Care: Having a Healthy BabyThe Transition to ParenthoodBecoming the Big Brother or SisterCHAPTER 4PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: BODY, BRAIN, AND PERCEPTIONPhysical GrowthReflexes: The Infant's First Coordinated MovementsVoluntary Movements: The Motor MilestonesProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a Physical Therapist"Nutrition and Eating-Related ProblemsStructure of the Brain and Nervous SystemForming the Brain and Nervous SystemThe Role of Experience in Brain DevelopmentSocial Policy Perspective: "Can Mozart Stimulate Neural Connections in Infants?"Neural Plasticity and Sensitive PeriodsLarger Developmental Patterns in the BrainPERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENTRobert Fantz and Visual PreferencesHabituation-Dishabituation ResearchVision Auditory PerceptionPerception of Smell and TasteIntermodal PerceptionHEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUESChildhood Deaths and Safety IssuesChild Abuse and NeglectPersonal Perspective: One Survivor's StoryCHAPTER 5COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: PIAGETIAN AND SOCIOCULTURAL VIEWSPiaget as a Child ProdigyConstructivism and Interaction with the EnvironmentStage 1: Sensorimotor Thought (Birth to 2 Years)Personal Perspective: "Where Did It Go?"Stage 2: Preoperational Thought (2 to 7 Years)Stage 3: Concrete Operational Thought (7 to 11 Years)Stage 4: Formal Operational Thought (Approximately Age 12 and Above)Evaluation of Piaget's TheoryPiaget's LegacyProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus:Meet a Constructivist Teacher"Vygotsky's Background: The Sociocultural Context for a New TheoryThe Role of Speech and LanguageMediation: With a Little Help from Your FriendsThe Zone of Proximal DevelopmentSocial Policy Perspective: "When Should Children Start School?"Scaffolding: Support during LearningSituated CognitionGuided ParticipationThinking as Socially Shared Cognition: Two Heads Are Better than OneINFORMATION PROCESSING AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTWhat Is the Information-Processing Approach?Processing Capacity and EfficiencyAttention and Attention Defecit/Hyperactivity DisorderPersonal Perspective: "Meet a Child with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder"MEMORY DEVELOPMENTTwo Models of Memory: Stores and NetworksWorking MemoryLong-Term MemoryOther Characteristics of Memory DevelopmentSocial Policy Perspective: "Children's Eyewitness Testimony"DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE AND STRATEGIESKnowledge BaseStrategy DevelopmentProfessional Perspective: "Teaching Memory Strategies in the Classroom"Metacognition and MetamemoryTheory of MindAutism and Autistic Spectrum DisordersComputational Models of ThoughtFuzzy Trace TheoryInformation Processing: Where Does It Stand?CHAPTER 7Intelligence and Academic SkillsTheories of IntelligencePsychometric ApproachesSternberg's Triarchic TheoryGardner's Theory of Multiple IntelligencesWhat about Creativity?Assessing IntelligenceHistory of Intelligence TestingIntelligence Testing TodayProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a School Psychologist"Extremes of Intelligence Ethnic Differences and Questions about Cultural BiasSocial Policy Perspective: "Ethnicity and IQ"DEVELOPING Academic SkillsMathematicsReadingPersonal Perspective: "Meet a Literacy Volunteer"WritingProblems with Academics: Communication and Learning DisordersCHAPTER 8Language DevelopmentWhat Is Language?Characteristics of LanguageThe Structure of LanguageTheories of Language DevelopmentLearning Theory: Language as a Learned SkillNativist Theory: Born to TalkInteraction Theories: Cognitive and Social Interactionist ApproachesDevelopment of Language: What Happens When?Infant Communication: How Language StartsFrom First Words to Conversation: Language in Early ChildhoodPerfecting Communication: Language in Middle Childhood and AdolescenceProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a School Speech-Language Therapist"Issues in Language DevelopmentBilingualism: Learning Two LanguagesPersonal Perspective: "Meet a Bilingual Family"Social Policy Perspective: "Bilingual Education"Social and Cultural DialectsCHAPTER 9Attachment, Temperament, and EmotionAttachmentThe Story of Attachment ResearchMary Ainsworth and the Strange SituationParent, Child, and Cultural Factors in AttachmentProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a Preschool Teacher"Fathers, Day Care, and AttachmentSocial Policy Perspective: "Parental Leave Policies in the United States and Other Nations"Early Attachment and Long-Term OutcomesOther Measures of AttachmentTemperamentTypes of TemperamentsPersonal Perspective: "Meet the Parent of a Difficult Child"Other Approaches to TemperamentAppreciating Temperamental DifferencesEmotionInfants' Responses to EmotionsChildhood Emotional DevelopmentDepression, Suicide, and Resilient ChildrenTying It Together: Attachment, Temperament, and Emotional DevelopmentCHAPTER 10What Is "Self"?Changes in Self-Representation across AgesPersonal Perspective: "Developing an Ethnic Identity"SELF-EVALUATION AND SELF-REGULATIONEvaluating the SelfProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a High School Guidance Counselor"Self-RegulationSEXUAL MATURATION AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONSexual MaturationEarly and Late MaturationThe Development of Sexual OrientationSimilarities and Differences Between Boys and GirlsSocial Policy Perspective: "Single Sex Schools: Increasing Opportunity or a Return to Educational Segregation?"Theories of Gender Development: A Brief SurveyThe Development of Gender Concepts and Sex-Typed BehaviorsCHAPTER 11MORAL DEVELOPMENTMORAL REASONING AND EMOTIONSKohlberg's Stages of Moral Reasoning Guilt and Empathy: The Roles of Emotions in Moral DevelopmentMORAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGGRESSIONAggressive Behavior BullyingConduct Disorder Juvenile Delinquency and GangsProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a Juvenile Probation Officer"MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND RISKY BEHAVIORSSubstance Use and AbuseTeen DrivingTeen Sexual ActivityTeenage PregnancySocial Policy Perspective: "The Sex Education Debate"POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENTWhat is Positive Youth Development?Prosocial Reasoning and Behavior Religiosity and Spirituality Personal Perspective: "Through Our Eyes"Resilient Children How Can Adults Help Foster Positive Youth Development?CHAPTER 12PEERS, PLAY, AND POPULARITYPeer Relations, Friendships, AND DATINGSocial Relations among Infants and ToddlersFriendships during the Preschool and Childhood YearsGender Segregation among Childhood FriendsFriends and Peers in AdolescenceTransition to Dating and Romantic RelationshipsCHILDREN'S PLAYThe Social Levels of Play: Parten's Classic StudyTypes of Play from Infancy through AdolescenceProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a Toy Company Executive"Personal Perspective: "Play at Different Ages"Cultural Differences in PlayPOPULAR AND UNPOPULAR CHILDRENCategories of Popular and Unpopular ChildrenA Social Cognition Model of Peer RelationsConsequences of Peer RejectionSocial Policy Perspective: "How Should We Deal with Aggressive Students?"CHAPTER 13FamiliesFAMILY LIFEThe Family SystemParenting: Best Practices for Raising ChildrenDiscipline: What's a Parent to Do?Social Policy Perspective: "Should Parents Be Licensed?"Personal Perspective: "Carrots or Sticks?"Mothers, Fathers, and Co-ParentingSibling RelationshipsGrandparents and the Family SystemChanging Family StructuresMarital Conflict and DivorceProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a Psychotherapist Who Works with Divorced Parents and Children"Never-Married HouseholdsStarting Over: StepfamiliesAdopted ChildrenFamilies with Lesbian or Gay ParentsEthnic Minority FamiliesCHILD CARE: WHO'S WATCHING THE KIDS?Nonparental Care and Its EffectsChild Care QualitySelf-Care: Latchkey Kids Chapter 14Schools, Media, and CultureSchools and DevelopmentEarly Childhood Education and Kindergarten ReadinessSocial Policy Perspective: "Project Head Start: What Lies Ahead?"Effective Schooling: What Does It Take?Cross-National and Ethnic Differences in SchoolingPersonal Perspective: "Meet a Teen With a Music Talent"How Can We Prevent Problems in Schooling?Children and the MediaWhat Kinds of Media Are Children Using?What Are the Effects of Media?State of the Art: Newer Forms of MediaExplaining Media's EffectsProfessional Perspective: "Career Focus: Meet a Marketing Executive"Cultural Contexts for DevelopmentCultural Orientations: Individualism and CollectivismWhat's the Neighborhood Like? Urban and Rural PovertyComing to America: Immigration and AcculturationExplaining Culture's Influence
