(eBook PDF) Introduction to Infant Development: Canadian Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0195431650
- ISBN-13 : 978-0195431650
- Author: Alan Slater
Introduction to Infant Development, Canadian edition, offers fascinating insight into the psychological development of infants and explores the latest advancements in the field. Written by Canadian and international experts on the subject, this contributed volume offers an authoritative treatment of core concepts, while maintaining a consistent tone throughout. With broad and in-depth coverage, the text examines key topics such as the history and basic methods of infant research; categorization; face perception and processing; functions of play; culture and infancy; and health, nutrition, and atypical development. Engaging and accessible, this new Canadian edition is the most current account of infant development available.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 A Brief History of Infancy Research
Chapter 2 Basic Methods in Infant Research
Chapter 3 Prenatal Development
Chapter 4 Motor Development: How Infants Get into the Act
Chapter 5 The Development of the Senses
Chapter 6 The Development of Intelligence in Infancy
Chapter 7 Categorization
Chapter 8 Perception and Knowledgeof the World
Chapter 9 – Memory Development
Chapter 10 Learning to Communicate
Chapter 11 – Language Development: From Speech Perception to First Words
Chapter 12 How Infants Perceiveand Process Faces
Chapter 13 – Early Emotional Development
Chapter 14 Social Development
Chapter 15 Infants at Play: Development, Functions, and Partners
Chapter 16 Early Intervention Research, Services, and Policies
Chapter 17 Culture and Infancy
Chapter 18 Health, Nutrition, and Atypical Development
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