Test Bank for Child Development Principles And Perspectives 2nd Edition Cook

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0205494064
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0205494064
• Author: Joan Littlefield Cook

The topically-organized Child Development, Second Edition combines streamlined coverage with an application-driven active learning system. Cook and Cook focus students on how they can promote positive child development by putting the science to work outside of the classroom.

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Table contents:

CHAPTER 1

EXPLORING CHILD DEVELOPMENT

DEFINING THE FIELD

What Develops?

What Drives Development? Nature, and Nurture, and Reciprocal Relationships

THEORIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT

What Is a Theory, and Why Are Theories Useful?

Psychoanalytic Theories

Behavioral and Social Learning Theories

Cognitive Theories

Biological Theories

Contextual and Systems Theories

USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD: RESEARCH IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Descriptive Research Methods

Correlational Research Methods: Measuring Associations

Experimental Research Methods: Determining Cause and Effect

Methods for Assessing Development

Ethics in Research with Children

APPLICATIONS OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND CAREERS RELATED TO CHILDREN

Practical Applications of Child Development Research

Personal Perspective “Meet First-Time Expectant Parents”

Social Policy Perspective: “Every Day in America”

Careers Related to Children

Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a School Social Worker”

CHAPTER 2

HEREDITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

GENES AND HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Genes and the Magical Four-Letter Code

Social Policy Perspective: “Protecting the Genetic Privacy of Citizens”

Human Reproduction and Cell Division

Personal Perspective: “Meet a Couple Who Used Artificial Insemination ”

HOW TRAITS AND GENETIC ABNORMALITIES ARE INHERITED

Dominant—Recessive Traits

Chromosome Abnormalities

Prenatal Screening and Genetic Testing

Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Genetic Counselor”

HOW GENES AND ENVIRONMENTS INTERACT

Range of Reaction

Canalization

Niche-Picking: I Gotta Be Me …

Probabilistic Epigenesis: Activating Your Genes

BEHAVIOR GENETICS: MEASURING THE HERITABILITY OF TRAITS

Behavior Genetics, Heritability, and Shared and Nonshared Environments

How Is Heritability Estimated?

Heritability of Complex Characteristics

CHAPTER 3

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTH

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT

Conception

Stages of Prenatal Development

TERATOGENS: HEALTH RISKS FOR THE BABY

Alcohol

Personal Perspective: “Meet a Family Who Adopted a Child with FAS”

Cocaine

Cigarette Smoking

Social Policy Perspective: “The Case of Malissa Ann Crawley”

Maternal Health

Maternal Age

Critical Periods

The Role of Fathers

THE PROCESS OF BIRTH

Stages of Birth

Options in Giving Birth: Choices and Alternatives

Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Certified Nurse—Midwife.”

Drugs during Labor and Delivery

The Partner’s Role: Helping During Birth

Birthing Complications: Something Isn’t Right

Here’s the Newborn!

INFANTS AT RISK: PREMATURITY AND INFANT MORTALITY

What Is Prematurity?

Infant Mortality

Prenatal Care: Having a Healthy Baby

BECOMING A FAMILY: PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO HAVING A NEWBORN

The Transition to Parenthood

Becoming the Big Brother or Sister

CHAPTER 4

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT: BODY, BRAIN, AND PERCEPTION

PHYSICAL GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR COORDINATION

Physical Growth

Reflexes: The Infant’s First Coordinated Movements

Voluntary Movements: The Motor Milestones

Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a Physical Therapist”

Nutrition and Eating-Related Problems

DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM

Structure of the Brain and Nervous System

Forming the Brain and Nervous System

The Role of Experience in Brain Development

Social Policy Perspective: “Can Mozart Stimulate Neural Connections in Infants?”

Neural Plasticity and Sensitive Periods

Larger Developmental Patterns in the Brain

PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

Robert Fantz and Visual Preferences

Habituation—Dishabituation Research

Vision

Auditory Perception

Perception of Smell and Taste

Intermodal Perception

HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES

Childhood Deaths and Safety Issues

Child Abuse and Neglect

Personal Perspective: One Survivor’s Story

CHAPTER 5

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: PIAGETIAN AND SOCIOCULTURAL VIEWS

PIAGET’S CONSTRUCTIVIST VIEW OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Piaget as a Child Prodigy

Constructivism and Interaction with the Environment

PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Stage 1: Sensorimotor Thought (Birth to 2 Years)

Personal Perspective: “Where Did It Go?”

Stage 2: Preoperational Thought (2 to 7 Years)

Stage 3: Concrete Operational Thought (7 to 11 Years)

Stage 4: Formal Operational Thought (Approximately Age 12 and Above)

Evaluation of Piaget’s Theory

Piaget’s Legacy

Professional Perspective: “Career Focus:Meet a Constructivist Teacher”

VYGOTSKY’S SOCIOCULTURAL VIEW OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Vygotsky’s Background: The Sociocultural Context for a New Theory

The Role of Speech and Language

Mediation: With a Little Help from Your Friends

The Zone of Proximal Development

Social Policy Perspective: “When Should Children Start School?”

Scaffolding: Support during Learning

RECENT SOCIOCULTURAL VIEWS OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Situated Cognition

Guided Participation

Thinking as Socially Shared Cognition: Two Heads Are Better than One

CHAPTER 6: INFORMATION PROCESSING: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEMORY AND THOUGHT

INFORMATION PROCESSING AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

What Is the Information-Processing Approach?

Processing Capacity and Efficiency

Attention and Attention Defecit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Personal Perspective: “Meet a Child with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder”

MEMORY DEVELOPMENT

Two Models of Memory: Stores and Networks

Working Memory

Long-Term Memory

Other Characteristics of Memory Development

Social Policy Perspective: “Children’s Eyewitness Testimony”

DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE AND STRATEGIES

Knowledge Base

Strategy Development

Professional Perspective: “Teaching Memory Strategies in the Classroom”

METACOGNITION AND THE CHILD’S DEVELOPING THEORY OF MIND

Metacognition and Metamemory

Theory of Mind

Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

CURRENT APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Computational Models of Thought

Fuzzy Trace Theory

Information Processing: Where Does It Stand?

CHAPTER 7

Intelligence and Academic Skills

Theories of Intelligence

Psychometric Approaches

Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory

Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

What about Creativity?

Assessing Intelligence

History of Intelligence Testing

Intelligence Testing Today

Professional Perspective: “Career Focus: Meet a School Psychologist”

Extremes of Intelligence

Ethnic Differences and Questions about Cultural Bias

Social Policy Perspective: “Ethnicity and IQ”

DEVELOPING Academic Skills

Mathematics

Reading

Personal Perspective: “Meet a Literacy Volunteer”

Writing

Problems with Academics: Communication and Learning Disorders

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