Ebook: Developmental psychology: childhood and adolescence

Introduction to developmental psychology and its research strategies -- Theories of human development -- Hereditary influences on development -- Prenatal development -- Birth and the newborn's readiness for life -- Physical development: the brain, body, motor skills, and sexual development -- Early cognitive foundations: sensation, perception, and learning -- Cognitive development: Piaget' theory, Case's Neo-Pitagetion theory, and Vygotsky's sociocultural veiwpoint -- Cognitive development: information-processing perspectives and connectionism -- Intelligence: measuring mental performance -- Development of language and communication skills -- Emotional development, temperament, and attachment -- Development of the self and social cognition -- Sex differences and similarities, gender-role development, and sexual behaviour -- Moral development, altruism, and aggression -- The family -- Extrafamilial influences: television, computers, schools, and peers.