Child development

Author: Baker
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: In the book Child Development, based on nearly six decades of university teaching experience and research practice, the author presents the physiological and psychological journey of individuals from the fertilized egg to adulthood. The author's creative motivation is to "offer a textbook that is intellectually stimulating," and it "must have sufficient theoretical depth while also covering the scope of the discipline as comprehensively as possible." In the fifth edition of the Chinese translation published by Jiangsu Education Press, with as many as nine hundred fifty sixteen-page formats, we can easily find evidence that this creative ideal has been realized. The book is divided into five parts. The author first introduces the basic theoretical perspectives in the field of developmental psychology and the research strategies of developmental psychology in the 20th century, and discusses the foundation of child development from the relationship between genetics and environment, physiology and psychology. Then, it specifically depicts the trajectory of child development from aspects such as cognition, language, personality, and sociality. In the final part, the author provides an in-depth and thoughtful discussion of the context of child development, including family, peers, media, and school environments. Reading through the entire book, you will easily find the footprints left by each of us at every stage of life, clearly see how each of us progresses from babbling to fluent speech, from knowing nothing and having no abilities to knowing everything and having all abilities, from complete dependence and attachment to parents and self-centeredness to independence, self-awareness, and self-interest. It will also clearly help you understand the role played by our parents, teachers, peers, and broader social media in every step we take. In this process, it encourages us to reflect on the path we have taken, reminds us to pay attention to the experiences and lessons we often overlook, and helps us understand what life choices we or our children should make in the future. In Child Development, the author highlights the latest developments in the field of developmental psychology, including new research on individual differences in psychological development and interdisciplinary research related to developmental psychology. From the layout of the textbook format and the addition or deletion of columns, to the themes and specific content of developmental psychology research, the author has made more refined and unique designs. For example, in some chapters, the "From Research to Practice" column has been added to discuss how to be a parent, catering to the social need to apply research findings to real life and combine theory with practice. It pays more attention to emerging social issues and their impact on child psychological development, including the development of children in unmarried single-parent families and the impact of video games and the Internet on the healthy growth of adolescents.