A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence

13. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-07-803543-2
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 640 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 1393 g

Martorell, Papalia, and Feldman continue to provide the extensive cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, innovative pedagogical learning system, and balance between research and real-life applications that has made A Child's World a favorite of students and professors alike.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martorell, Gabriela

Papalia, Diane

Feldman, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Enteringa Child’s WorldChapter 1:Studying A Child's WorldChapter 2: AChild's World: How We Discover ItPart2 BeginningsChapter 3: Forminga New Life: Conception, Heredity, and EnvironmentChapter 4:Pregnancy and Prenatal DevelopmentChapter 5: Birthand the Newborn BabyPart3 Infancy and ToddlerhoodChapter 6:Physical Development and Health During the First Three YearsChapter 7:Cognitive Development during the First Three YearsChapter 8:Psychosocial Development during the First Three YearsPart4 Early ChildhoodChapter 9:Physical Development and Health in Early ChildhoodChapter 10:Cognitive Development in Early ChildhoodChapter 11:Psychosocial Development in Early ChildhoodPart5 Middle ChildhoodChapter 12:Physical Development and Health in Middle ChildhoodChapter 13:Cognitive Development in Middle ChildhoodChapter 14:Psychosocial Development in Middle ChildhoodPart6 AdolescenceChapter 15:Physical Development and Health in AdolescenceChapter 16:Cognitive Development in AdolescenceChapter 17:Psychosocial Development in Adolescence

Über Autor(innen)

Feldman, Ruth
Ruth Duskin Feldman is an award-winning writer and educator. With Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds, she coauthored the fourth and the seventh through the twelfth editions of Human Development and the eighth through the twelfth editions of A Child's World. She also is coauthor, with Dr. Papalia, Harvey Sterns and Cameron J. Camp, of Adult Development and Aging. A former teacher, she has developed educational materials for all levels from elementary school through college and has prepared ancillaries to accompany the Papalia-Olds books. She is author or coauthor of four books addressed to general readers, including Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids? Perils and Profits of Growing Up Gifted. She has written for numerous newspapers and magazines and has lectured extensively and made national and local media appearances throughout the United States on education and gifted children. She received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University, where she was graduated with highest distinction and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Papalia, Diane
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.

Martorell, Gabriela
Gabriela Alicia Martorell was born in Seattle, Washington, but moved as a toddler to Guatemala. At eight, she returned to the United States and lived in Northern California until leaving for her undergraduate training at the University of California, Davis. After obtaining her B.S. in Psychology, she earned her Ph.D. in Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology with an interdisciplinary emphasis in Human Development from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She now works as a Full Professor of Psychology at Virginia Wesleyan University and serves as the chair of the Institutional Review Board. Gabi maintains an active teaching schedule and teaches courses in Introductory Psychology, Lifespan Human Development, Infant Development, Child Development, Adolescent Development, Culture and Development, Evolutionary Psychology, Research Methods, Original Research Project and Capstone community-based learning courses in Early Childhood Education and Adulthood and Aging. She is committed to teaching, mentoring, and advising. She recently concluded a 5-year longitudinal National Science Foundation grant focused on the retention of higher education students from traditionally underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and math. She is also a volunteer trainer for Court Appointed Special Advocates, and a group fitness instructor for the YMCA of South Hampton Roads.