For courses in Child Development

Demonstrate how research translates into practice.

Organised topically and focused on practice, Children and Their Development, 7th Edition shows students the way scientists actually conduct research and study the discipline. A well-known and respected researcher in the field of child development, author Robert V. Kail provides a path to explore the theory, research, and application of modern child development from conception through adolescence. The book's accessible writing, modular format, and application-based features are designed to work together to help students see how research translates into practice.

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  Robert V. Kail is Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. His undergraduate degree is from Ohio Wesleyan University, and his Ph.D. is from the University of Michigan. Kail is editor of Child Development Perspectives and the editor emeritus of Psychological Science. He received the McCandless Young Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association, was named the Distinguished Sesquicentennial Alumnus in Psychology by Ohio Wesleyan University, and is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. He has also written Scientific Writing for Psychology: Lessons in Clarity and Style.

  Inhalt

• 1. The Science of Child Development
• 2. Genetic Bases of Child Development
• 3. Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn
• 4. Growth and Health
• 5. Perceptual and Motor Development
• 6. Theories of Cognitive Development
• 7. Cognitive Processes and Academic Skills
• 8. Intelligence and Individual Differences in Cognition
• 9. Language and Communication
• 10. Emotional Development
• 11. Understanding Self and Others
• 12. Moral Understanding and Behavior
• 13. Gender and Development
• 14. Family Relationships
• 15. Influences Beyond the Family