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About the Author
Unit I Foundations of Child and Adolescent Development
Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories
Chapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations of Development
Chapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn
1 Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories
It was a sunny day. I looked up at the bright sky as I leaned back in my stroller and pulled my hat down onto my head. The simplest of events, but it is one of my first memories. How old was I? Probably on the brink of early childhood. What is your first memory? Is it similarly vague? Were you engaging in an activity? Do you recall your surroundings and the people around you? How have you changed in the time since that early memory? Are there ways in which you remain the same? We will examine these questions and more throughout this book.
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Learning Objectives
1.1 Describe the periods, domains, and contexts of development.Video Activity 1.1: Sociocultural Influences on Development: Desegregation
1.2 Explain three basic issues in developmental science.Video Activity 1.2: How Poverty Affects Development Across Lifespan
1.3 Summarize six theoretical perspectives on human development.
1.4 Describe the methods and research designs used to study human development and the ethical principles that guide researchers’ work.
Chapter Contents
Understanding DevelopmentPeriods of DevelopmentPrenatal Period (Conception to Birth)Infancy and Toddlerhood (Birth to 2 Years)Early Childhood (2 to 6 Years)Middle Childhood (6 to 11 Years)Adolescence (11 to 18 Years)Domains of DevelopmentContexts of Development
Basic Issues in Developmental ScienceNature and Nurture: How Do Nature and Nurture Influence Development?The Active Child: How Do Children Influence Their Own Development?Continuities and Discontinuities: In What Ways Is Development Continuous and Discontinuous?
Theories of Child DevelopmentPsychoanalytic TheoriesFreud’s Psychosexual TheoryErikson’s Psychosocial TheoryBehaviorist and Social Learning TheoriesClassical ConditioningOperant ConditioningSocial Learning TheoryCognitive TheoriesPiaget’s Cognitive-Developmental TheoryInformation Processing TheoryContextual TheoriesVygotsky’s Sociocultural TheoryBronfenbrenner’s