Children

"CHILDREN"
by 'John W. Santrock'

Product Description
John Santrock's Children engages students and prepares them to interact with children in a variety of contexts. John Santrock’s Learning System pedagogy provides proven study tools that, together with an accessible presentation and many applications, foster a clear understanding of the content. The tenth edition features extensive new coverage of brain development, a reduced number of chapters, full integration of the latest research in the field, and a new Visual Assets Database for instructors.

About the Author
John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches developmental psychology and educational psychology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and introductory psychology at the undergraduate level. Dr. Santrock's research on father custody is widely cited and used in expert witness testimony to promote flexibility and alternative considerations in custody disputes. His research has included publication in the Journal of Educational Psychology that focus on the contextual aspects of affectively-toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He recently was a member of the editorial board of Developmental Psychology and his publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Eighth Edition; LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT, Seventh Edition; CHILDREN, Sixth Edition; PSYCHOLOGY, Sixth Edition; and EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.

Table of Contents

BRIEF CONTENTS
Preface
SECTION 1 The Nature of Children’s Development
1 Introduction
2 The Science of Child Development
SECTION 2 Beginnings
3 Biological Beginnings
4 Prenatal Development
5 Birth
SECTION 3 Infancy
6 Physical Development in Infancy
7 Cognitive Development in Infancy
8 Socioemotional Development in Infancy
SECTION 4 Early Childhood
9 Physical Development in Early Childhood
10 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
C11 Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
SECTION 5 Middle and Late Childhood
12 Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood
13 Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood
14 Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood
SECTION 6 Adolescence
15 Physical Development in Adolescence
16 Cognitive Development in Adolescence
17 Socioemotional Development in Adolescence