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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development is an
authoritative, accessible and up-to-date account of all aspects of
child development. Written by an international team of leading
experts, it adopts an interdisciplinary approach and covers
everything from prenatal development to education, pediatrics,
neuroscience, theories and research methods to physical
development, social development, cognitive development,
psychopathology and parenting. It also looks at cultural issues,
sex differences and the history of child development. The
combination of comprehensive coverage, clear, jargon-free style and
user-friendly format will ensure this book is essential reading for
students, researchers, health care professionals, social workers,
education professionals, parents and anyone interested in the
welfare of children. Features include: * Foreword by Jerome Bruner
* Comprehensive coverage * Extensive glossary * Biographies of key
figures * Companion website, www.cambridge.org/hopkins * Clear,
user-friendly format
Clinics in Developmental Medicine No. 152
"Crying as a Sign, a Symptom and a Signal" brings the reader up
to date on new evidence concerning the developmental and clinical
significance of infant crying in the first few months and years of
life. Initially studied as a sign of disease, crying is now being
understood not only as a sign, but also as a symptom of problematic
functioning in early development. We now know much more about
normative patterns of development of infant crying and how they may
be manifest in a variety of clinical settings (emergency room
complaint, painful procedures, colic, temper tantrums, non-verbal
and mentally challenged infants). This has brought about a new
conceptualization of the significance of early infant crying which
an international team of experts describe and examine. In this
authoritative clinical text, both historical and methodological
perspectives are brought to a multidisciplinary synopsis of the new
understanding of this infant behavior.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development remains the most
authoritative and accessible account of all aspects of child
development. Written by an international team of experts, its
comprehensive coverage includes everything from prenatal
development to adolescence, pediatrics, theories and research
methods, physical development, social and emotional development,
perceptual and cognitive development, language development,
psychopathology, and parenting. The second edition has also been
thoroughly updated to reflect major developments over the last
decade in areas such as neuroscientific methods, developmental
cognitive and social neuroscience, the effects of environmental
influences on gene expression, and the relationship between human
development and evolution. Throughout 124 entries, the Encyclopedia
advocates an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to the study of
child development. With clear, jargon-free style and user-friendly
format, this is the essential reference for researchers and
students of child development, as well as healthcare professionals,
social workers, educators, and anyone interested in the well-being
of children.
This book shows how, and in what ways, prenatal development serves
as a preparation for life after birth. Largely, such explanation
stemming from the transnatal continuity theory has been ignored in
mainstream developmental psychology. However, since the advent of
real-time ultrasonography with humans, and increasingly refined
experiements with avian and mammalian species, plausible scenarios
linking prenatal and postnatal development are beginning to emerge.
One is the theory of fetal programming. Here, the authors provide
authoritative reviews of current knowledge regarding continuities
and discontinuities between prenatal and postnatal development of
brain-behavior relationships across a variety of species, including
humans.
The study of visual development has proceeded at a rapid pace in
recent years, and there have been theoretical and methodological
innovations across a wide range of disciplines. This book brings
together some of the most recent innovations from a neurobiological
perspective. Chapters cover the pre- to postnatal development of
vision, new insights into the concept of critical periods, object
and face recognition, as well as dynamic perception and visual
recognition memory in infants. The volume finishes with a detailed
overview of the development of visual functions from the
perspective of neural network modeling.
This book will appeal to psychologists, visual scientists and
infancy researchers with an interest in development of the visaul
system from a multidisciplinary perspective. An integrative
introduction is followed by chapters that challenge thinking about
development in terms of a nativist-empiricist dichotomy. Emphasis
is on cross-disciplinary research links and between chapters
readers will find cross-references.
This volume describes from an interdisciplinary perspective human
motor development using longitudinal study methods. The biological
basis of motor development is discussed, looking at mechanisms of
embryonic growth and fetal development. Fetal movement patterns and
developmental processes and adaptations that continue throughout
childhood are also treated. Chapters cover the mechanisms that
underlie the development of posture, goal-directed behavior,
movement patterns for communication and the acquisition of skills,
such as tool use and writing. The book also considers how the
developmental process can go wrong. Possible risk factors for
abnormal motor development are discussed and the adaptive processes
that accompany motor deficiencies in childhood and later life are
also described.
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