Understanding human development: biological, social and psychological processes from conception to adult life /
Stephanie Thornton
- 1st ed.
- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- 663 p.
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.