Child development: understanding a cultural perspective/ Martin J. Packer.

Chapter 1: Introduction 1. A Cultural Perspective on Children's Development 2. Organization of the BookChapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives in Developmental Psychology Theoretical Perspectives in Developmental Psychology 1. Genetic Psychology 2. Behaviorism 3. Cognitive Developmental Psychology 4. Constructivist Psychology 5. Cultural PsychologyChapter 3: Interwoven Lines of Development 1. What is Evolution? 2. Evolution of Human Beings 3. Tracing the Origins of Language 4. Evolution of the Life Cycle 5. Sociocultural EvolutionChapter 4: Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn 1. Prenatal Development of Body and Brain 2. Birth: The First Developmental Transition 3. Infant Dependence: What the Newborn Cannot Do 4. Neonatal Capabilities: What the Newborn Can DoChapter 5: Infancy - A Practical Understanding of the World 1. The Infant's Practical Understanding 2. The World of Infancy: The Great-We 3. Caring for the Infant:Chapter 6: Infancy - Towards Biological Differentiation 1. Primary Emotions and their Regulation 2. Biological Developments During the First Year 3. The Transition at 1 Year: Biological differentiationChapter 7: Toddlerhood - A World of Irresistible Invitations 1. The World of Toddlerhood: Irresistible Invitations 2. Caring for the Toddler 3. Understanding Other People: Intentions in Action, and Family Customs 4. Biological Change During ToddlerhoodChapter 8: Toddlerhood - Towards Psychological Differentiation 1. The Toddler's Talk 2. How Language Changes the World of the Toddler 3. Understanding Material Representations 4. Self and Symbol: The Transition at 3 YearsChapter 9: Early Childhood - How Things Appear, And How They Are 1. Sociodramatic Play 2. Talking as both Doing and Understanding 3. The World of Early Childhood: Breaking from the VisualChapter 10: Early Childhood - Towards Inner and Outer 1. Understanding Other People: Prior Intentions and Conventional Scenarios 2. Caring for the Young Child 3. The Origins of Verbal Thinking 4. Becoming a Kind of Person 5. Biological Changes During Early ChildhoodChapter 11: Middle Childhood - Understanding Institutional Reality 1. The Transition at 5-to-7 Years 2. Learning Through Participation and Apprenticeship 3. Understanding Other People: Mental States, and Institutions with Roles and RulesChapter 12: Middle Childhood - Towards the Actual and the Possible 1. The Institution of School 2. Outside School and WorkChapter 13: The Teenage Years - Adolescent, or Adult? 1. Biological Changes in the Teenage Years 2. Constituting Adolescence 3. Adolescent Reasoning and Decision MakingChapter 14: The Teenage Years - Towards Adulthood 1. Who Is The Adolescent? 2. Peer Culture 3. Understanding Other People: Ethical and Epistemological RelativismChapter 15: Summing up 1. Stages, Transitions, and Trajectories 2. Theory of Mind, and the Normative Stances 3. Embodied, Embedded, and Distributed