Child and adolescent development in your classroom / Christi Crosby Bergin, David Allen Bergin
Imprint
Belmont : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012
Descript
xxviii, 676 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
CONTENT
Section 1: Foundations of child development -- Ways of thinking about children -- Physical development and health -- Section 2: The cognitive child -- Classic theories of learning and cognition -- Information processing, memory, and problem solving -- Cognitive ability: intelligence, talent, and achievement -- Section 3: The emotional child -- Attachment and personality -- Self-control and discipline -- Eomtional development -- Section 4: the social child -- Social cognition -- Social behavior -- Peers, friends, and play -- Section 5: The whole child -- Language and literacy -- The self-system and motivation -- The child in context: Family structure, child care, and media