TY - BOOK AU - Berk, Laura E. TI - Child development SN - 0205198759 U1 - 155.4 PY - 1997/// CY - Boston PB - Allyn & Bacon KW - Child development N1 - 1. Theory and research in child development -- History, theory and applied directions -- Research strategies -- 2. Foundations of development -- Biological foundations, prenatal development and birth -- Infancy: early learning, motor skills and perceptual capacities -- Physical growth -- 3. Cognitive and language development -- Cognitive development: Piagetian and Vygotskian perspectives -- Cognitive development: an information-processing perspective -- Intelligence -- Language development -- 4. Personality and social development -- Emotional development -- Self and social understanding -- Moral development -- Development of sex-related differences and gender roles -- 5. Contexts for development -- The family -- Peers, media and schooling ER -