Tamis-LeMonda-Preface

Brief Table of Contents

PART 1: FOUNDATIONS CHAPTER 1 Goals, Theories, and Methods 1 CHAPTER 2 Heredity, Environment, and the Brain 51 CHAPTER 3 Prenatal and Postnatal Health and Physical Development 89 PART 2: INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD CHAPTER 4 Perceptual and Motor Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood 126 CHAPTER 5 Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood 170 CHAPTER 6 Language Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood 210 CHAPTER 7 Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood 249 PART 3: EARLY CHILDHOOD CHAPTER 8 Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood 292 CHAPTER 9 Cognitive and Language Development in Early Childhood 327 CHAPTER 10 Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood 377 PART 4: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD CHAPTER 11 Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood 421 CHAPTER 12 Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood 456 CHAPTER 13 Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood 503 PART 5: ADOLESCENCE CHAPTER 14 Physical Development and Health in Adolescence 547 CHAPTER 15 Cognitive Development in Adolescence 587 CHAPTER 16 Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence 623