Thornton, Stephanie <br/><br/>
Understanding human development: biological, social and psychological processes from conception to adult life / 
Stephanie Thornton 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York:  Palgrave Macmillan,  2008. 
 - 663 p. 
<br/><br/>Ch. 1: Studying human development --<br/><br/>PART 1: THE BEGINNING OF LIFE: <br/>Ch. 2: Bodies and brains; <br/>Ch. 3: Infant minds : perception, inference and understanding in the first 18 months; <br/>Ch. 4: Growing emotions : social and personal development in the first 18 months --<br/><br/>PART 2: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD: <br/>Ch. 5: Language; <br/>Ch. 6: Reasoning and conceptual understanding; <br/>Ch. 7: Memory, problem-solving and mechanisms of cognitive development; <br/>Ch. 8: Individual differences in cognition --<br/><br/>PART 3: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD: <br/>Ch. 9: Understanding other people; <br/>Ch. 10: Personality and identity; <br/>Ch. 11: Social relationships; <br/>Ch. 12: Prosocial and antisocial behaviour --<br/><br/>A FINAL COMMENT: <br/>Ch. 13: Toward a new view of development. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781403933058 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child development<br/>Developmental psychology
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>612.6  / THO/U