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Understanding human development: biological, social and psychological processes from conception to adult life / Stephanie Thornton

By: Thornton, StephanieMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 663 pISBN: 9781403933058Subject(s): Child development Developmental psychologyDDC classification: 612.6

Contents:

Ch. 1: Studying human development -- PART 1: THE BEGINNING OF LIFE: Ch. 2: Bodies and brains; Ch. 3: Infant minds : perception, inference and understanding in the first 18 months; Ch. 4: Growing emotions : social and personal development in the first 18 months -- PART 2: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD: Ch. 5: Language; Ch. 6: Reasoning and conceptual understanding; Ch. 7: Memory, problem-solving and mechanisms of cognitive development; Ch. 8: Individual differences in cognition -- PART 3: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD: Ch. 9: Understanding other people; Ch. 10: Personality and identity; Ch. 11: Social relationships; Ch. 12: Prosocial and antisocial behaviour -- A FINAL COMMENT: Ch. 13: Toward a new view of development.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	612.6 THO/U (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P15203

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Ch. 1: Studying human development --

PART 1: THE BEGINNING OF LIFE:
Ch. 2: Bodies and brains;
Ch. 3: Infant minds : perception, inference and understanding in the first 18 months;
Ch. 4: Growing emotions : social and personal development in the first 18 months --

PART 2: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD:
Ch. 5: Language;
Ch. 6: Reasoning and conceptual understanding;
Ch. 7: Memory, problem-solving and mechanisms of cognitive development;
Ch. 8: Individual differences in cognition --

PART 3: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD:
Ch. 9: Understanding other people;
Ch. 10: Personality and identity;
Ch. 11: Social relationships;
Ch. 12: Prosocial and antisocial behaviour --

A FINAL COMMENT:
Ch. 13: Toward a new view of development.

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