An Introduction to Child Development (SAGE Foundations of Psychology series) - Tapa blanda

Thomas Keenan; Subhadra Evans

 
9781412911153: An Introduction to Child Development (SAGE Foundations of Psychology series)
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ISBN 10: 141291115X ISBN 13: 9781412911153
Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009

Sinopsis

The Second Edition of An Introduction to Child Development has been fully updated to provide a comprehensive survey of the main areas of child development, from infancy through to adolescence.

 

Equipping students with an appreciation of critical issues in the field and an understanding of empirical research that bears on the study of children, the text provides balanced coverage of topics and theoretical perspectives that represent both classic and cutting edge work in child development.

 

In terms of new content, it now covers more on the biological foundations of development, plus new chapters on moral development and applied developmental psychology.

 

The Second Edition includes the following features:

 

- learning points

- section & chapter summaries,

- end-of-chapter glossaries

- suggestions for further reading

- sample multiple choice questions

- sidebars featuring in depth discussions of key research findings or points of debate within the field of child development.

 

The text comes with a dedicated website with resources for both students and instructors.

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Acerca de los autores

 

Thomas Keenan was a Professor in the School of Academic & Liberal Studies, Niagara College in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.  He was also an adjunct member of the Department of Psychology, Brock University.  He was a developmental psychologist with interests in children’s theory of mind, sarcasm & irony comprehension, and music. 


Subhadra Evans completed her PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She is currently serving as Associate Professor in the UCLA Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care Program, where she researches the impact of chronic pain on family and social relationships, and the use of mind-body medicine to treat chronic pain. She also teaches courses on Child Development, Health Psychology and Introductory Psychology.

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Editorial
SAGE Publications Ltd
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
141291115X
ISBN 13 
9781412911153
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
2
Número de páginas
424
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9780761962205: An Introduction to Child Development (SAGE Foundations of Psychology series)

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ISBN 10:  0761962204 ISBN 13:  9780761962205
Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2001
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