Introduction to Infant Development / Edition 2

by Alan Slater, Michael Lewis PhD

Overview

Infants may seem to do little more than eat, sleep, and play. Yet behind this misleadingly simplistic façade occurs an awe-inspiring process of development through which infants make sense of, and learn how to interact with the world around them.

Written by leading researchers in the field, Introduction to Infant Development, Second Edition, provides fascinating insight into the psychological development of infants. This new edition captures the latest research in the field, with new chapters on perceptual and cognitive development as well as memory development; the text also examines the role of gender, culture, and social class in infant development. The coverage of language development and motor development has also been revised to account for the latest research.
With enhanced pedagogical features throughout and a new Online Resource Center, Introduction to Infant Development is the ideal teaching and learning tool for those studying this intriguing field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199283057
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/12/2007
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	406
Product dimensions:	9.70(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

University of Exeter

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Table of Contents

1.. A Brief History of Infancy Research, Michael Lewis & Alan Slater2.. Basic Methods in Infant Research, Margaret Bendersky & Margaret W. Sullivan3.. Prenatal Development, Peter G. Hepper4.. Motor Development: How Infants Get Into the Act, Karen Adolph & Amy Joh5.. The Development of the Senses, Alan Slater, Tiffany Field, & Maria Hernandez-Reif6.. The Development of Intelligence in Infancy, Scott P. Johnson & Alan Slater7.. Categorization, Paul C. Quinn8.. Perception and Knowledge of the World, Gavin Bremner9.. Memory Development, Jane S. Herbert & Livier Pascalis10.. Language Development: From Speech Perception to First Words, George J. Hollich & Derek M. Houston11.. How Infants Perceive and Process Faces, Jennifer L. Ramsey-Rennels & Judith H. Langlois12.. Early Emotional Development, Michael Lewis13.. Social Development, Michael Lewis14.. Infants at Play: Development, Functions, and Partners, Marc H. Bornstein & Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda15.. Learning to Communicate, Viram K. Jaswal & Anne Fernald16.. Early Intervention Research, Services, and Policies, Robin Gaines Lanzi, Craig T. Ramey, & Sharon Landesman Ramey17.. Culture and Infancy, Jayanthi Mistry, Ila Deshmukh & M. Ann Easterbrooks18.. Health, Nutrition, and Atypical Development, John Worobey