Description
McGraw Hill Children 14th Edition 2021 by John W. Santrock
Overview
Children, Fourteenth Edition provides an overview of children's development, from biological beginnings through infancy and early childhood to adolescence. By highlighting the connections among different aspects of development, the text helps students better
understand the concepts covered.
Key Features
• Covers the latest research and statistics with more than 1,200 citations from 2016 to 2018.
• Thoroughly revised chapters on “Cognitive Development in Infancy,” “Cognitive
Development in Early Childhood,” and “Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late
Childhood.”
• Expanded sections on diversity and culture; genetics and epigenetics; neuroscience and
the brain; identity issues, especially gender and transgender; health; and technology.
• Unique Learning Goals System to provides extensive learning connections throughout the
chapters.
• Rich pool of online instructors and learning resources.
Table of Contents
Section 1: The Nature of Children’s Development
1 Introduction
Section 2: Beginnings
2 Biological Beginnings
3 Prenatal Development
4 Birth
Section 3: Infancy
5 Physical Development in Infancy
6 Cognitive Development in Infancy
7 Socioemotional Development in Infancy
Section 4: Early Childhood
8 Physical Development in Early Childhood
9 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
10 Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
Section 5: Middle and Late Childhood
11 Physical Development in Middle and Late Childhood
12 Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood
13 Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood
Section 6: Adolescence
14 Physical Development in Adolescence
15 Cognitive Development in Adolescence
16 Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
17 Social Psychology
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index