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Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Doherty was at Leeds Met when he first started work on the text, but is currently working for the National Strategies. Mal Hughes is also co-author of our Woolfolk adaptation and the adapting author of Arnett ‘Adolescence’. He is currently at UWE. Klappentext The second edition of Child Development: Theory and Practice 0-11 has been fully revised and updated while retaining the authoritative, accessible and well structured writing style that proved popular in the first edition. The text is infused with the authors' passion and enthusiasm for the subject and their anecdotes provide engaging real-life examples of child development in practice. Zusammenfassung An invaluable resource for all those studying child development at foundation or undergraduate level: accessible, engaging, theoretically sound and rooted in real practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introducing Child Development 1 Issues in Child Development 2 Theories of Child Development 3 Research Methods 4 Nature and Nurture Part 2 Early and Physical Development 5 Prenatal Development 6 Neonatal Behaviour and Learning 7 The Body and Physical Growth 8 Sensory and Perceptual Development Part 3: Cogintive and Social Development 9 Cognitive Development 10 Language Development 11 Emotions and Personality 12 The Social and Moral World of the Child