Amazing Infant

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5392-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Tiffany Field, world renowned infant development scholar, writes an engaging and comprehensive book that collects and reviews the latest findings in the field, exploring cutting edge research and contemporary theories about infant development.
- An engaging and accessible book that integrates research, theory, and real life experiences and practices to provide a closer look at how infancy research is conducted.
- Features illustrative photos and data graphs covering research from recent years.
- Draws on recent advances in neuroscience to examine the progress made in the areas of prenatal and cognitive development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Field, Tiffany

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Michael Lewis vi

Preface vii

Acknowledgments viii

1. How infancy research is conducted 1

2. Being a fetus (Prenatal Growth and Development 17

3. Coming into the world (The Perinatal Period) 41

4. Being in tune with the world (The Early Senses) 71

5. Body-Talk with Parents and Others (Social Development) 97

6. Being Emotional and Temperamental (Emotional and Personality Development) 119

7. Moving Around in the World and Making Objects Do Things and Things Happen (Motor and Cognitive Development) 137

8. Finally Using Words (Language Development) 163

9. Taking Turns with Peers (More Social Development) 177

Appendix: My Diary on Tory’s First Year 199

Glossary on Infant Development and Caregiving 225

Bibliography 273

References 317

Über Autor(innen)

Tiffany Field is director of the Touch Research Institute and a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Psychology, and Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Her publications include Infancy (1990) and Touch (2001).