Child Development by Robert S. Feldman, Nandita Babu [Paperback]

Child Development, 8E, offers students a balanced, up-to-date overview of developmental theory and research with a focus on application to students’ personal lives and future careers. It covers the full range of childhood and adolescence, from the moment of conception through the end of adolescence. The eighth edition incorporates a significant amount of new and updated information. For instance, the revision addresses important issues such as the concept of race as a social construct, malnutrition, the effects of poverty on development and the impact of media and technology on child Development. The new edition also incorporates changes relating to psychological disorders reflecting the publication of diagnostic and statistical manual of mental health disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5). replacement and updation of Chapter openers and epilogues to introduce students to the real-world implications of the Chapter topic inclusion of new topics such as bullying as a form of violence, Cyberbullying, reducing media exposure prior to bedtime to help sleep, concept of race as a social construct, role of hormones in Activation of behaviour and brain and replacement of Term mental retardation with intellectual disability examples and topics from the Indian context includes reference to the trauma of Gujarat earthquake of 2001 and super cyclone in Odisha in 1999, researches in bullying and Cyberbullying in India, Indian data in child abuse, early childhood education in India, importance of culture in shaping moral conceptualizations, obesity, crime against children, etc.table of Contents: 1. An introduction to child Development 2. Theoretical perspectives and research 3. The start of life: genetics and prenatal development 4. Birth and the new-born infant 5. Physical development in infancy 6. Cognitive development in infancy 7. Social and Personality Development in infancy 8. Physical development in pre-schoolers 9. Cognitive development in the preschool years 10. Social and Personality Development in the preschool years 11. Physical development in middle childhood 12. Cognitive development in middle childhood 13. Social and Personality Development in middle childhood 14. Physical development in adolescence 15. Cognitive development in adolescence 16. Social and Personality Development in adolescence.