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    The Cambridge Encyclopedia of child development / edited by Brian Hopkins ; associate editors, Ronald G. Barr [and others].

    • Title:The Cambridge Encyclopedia of child development / edited by Brian Hopkins ; associate editors, Ronald G. Barr [and others].
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Hopkins, B.
      Barr, Ronald G.
    • Published/Created:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Child development--Encyclopedias.
    • Description:xiv, 670 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 610-627) and indexes.
    • ISBN:0521651174
    • Contents:Foreword / Jerome S. Bruner
      Introduction : what is development and interdisciplinarity?
      concept of development : historical perspectives / Celia Moore
      Understanding ontogenetic development : debates about the nature of the epigenetic process / Gilbert Gottlieb
      What is ontogenetic development? / Brian Hopkins
      challenge of interdisciplinarity : metaphors, reductionism, and the practice of interdisciplinary research / Brian Hopkins
      Neuromaturational theories / Brian Hopkins
      Constructivist theories / Michael F. Mascolo and Kurt W. Fischer
      Ethological theories / Johan J. Bolhuis and Jerry A. Hogan
      Learning theories / John S. Watson
      Psychoanalytical theories / Peter Fonagy
      Theories of the child's mind / Norman H. Freeman
      Dynamical systems approaches / Gregor Schoner
      Data collection techniques
      Magnetic resonance imaging / Michael J. L. Rivkin
      Clinical and non-clinical interview methods / Morag L. Donaldson
      Cross-cultural comparisons / Ype H. Poortinga
      Cross-species comparisons / Sergio M. Pellis
      Developmental testing / John Worobey
      Observational methods / Roger Bakeman
      Experimental methods / Adina R. Lew
      Parent and teacher rating scales / Eric Taylor
      Self and peer assessment of competence and well-being / William M. Bukowski and Ryan Adams
      Research design : epidemiological designs / Patricia R. Cohen
      Cross-sectional and longitudinal designs / Charlie Lewis
      Twin and adoption studies / Jim Stevenson
      Data analysis
      Indices of efficacy / Patricia R. Cohen
      Group differences in developmental functions / Alexander von Eye
      Multilevel modeling / Jan B. Hoeksma
      Structural equation modeling / John J. McArdie
      Research and ethics
      Ethical considerations in studies with children / Helen L. Westcott
      Conceptions and misconceptions about embryonic development / Ronald W. Oppenheim
      Prenatal development of the musculoskeletal system in the human / Simon H. Parson and Richard R. Ribchester
      Normal and abnormal prenatal development / William P. Fifer
      birth process / Wenda R. Trevathan
      status of the human newborn / Wenda R. Trevathan
      Cognitive development in infancy / Gavin Bremner
      Cognitive development beyond infancy / Tara A. Callaghan
      Perceptual development / Scott P. Johnson, Erin E. Hannon and Dima Amso
      Motor development / Beatrix Vereijken
      Social development / Hildy S. Ross and Catherine E. Spielmacher
      Emotional development / Nathan A. Fox and Cynthia A. Stifter
      Moral development / Elliot Turiel
      Speech development / Raymond D. Kent
      Language development / Brian MacWhinney
      Development of learning and memory / Jane S. Herbert
      Aggressive and prosocial behavior / Richard E. Tremblay
      Attention / John E. Richards
      Brain and behavioral development (I) : sub-cortical / Albert Gramsbergen
      Brain and behavioral development (II) : cortical / Barbara Finlay
      Connectionist modeling / Gert Westermann and Denis Mareschal
      Daycare / Edward C. Melhuish
      Executive functions / Claire Hughes
      Face recognition / Charles A. Nelson
      Handedness / Lauren Julius Harris
      Imitation / Andrew N. Meltzoff
      Intelligence / Robert J. Sternberg
      Locomotion / Jane E. Clark
      Parenting and the family / Charlie Lewis
      Play / Peter K. Smith
      Prehension / Claes Von Hofsten
      Reading and writing / Peter Bryant
      Schooling and literacy / Yvette Solomon
      Selfhood / Michael Lewis
      Sex differences / Joyce F. Benenson
      Siblings and peers / Judy Dunn
      Sleep and wakefulness / Peter H. Wolff
      Socialization / Mark Bennett
      Temperament / Mary K. Rothbart and Julie Hwang
      'At-risk' concept / Hellgard Rauh
      Autism / Simon Baron-Cohen
      Behavioral and learning disorders / Christopher Gillberg
      Blindness / Ann Bigelow
      Cerebral palsies / Fiona Stanley
      Child depression / Ian M. Goodyer and Carla Sharp
      Developmental coordination disorder / Mary M. Smyth and Margaret Cousins
      Down's syndrome / Digby Elliott
      Dyslexia / Margaret J. Snowling
      Hearing disorders / Roger D. Freeman, Maryke Groenveld and Frederick K. Kozak
      Prematurity and low birthweight / Mijna Hadders-Algra
      Prolonged infant crying and colic / Ian St. James-Roberts
      Sudden infant death syndrome / James J. McKenna
      Williams syndrome / Michelle De Haan
      Anthropology / Michael Cole and Jennifer Cole
      Behavioral embryology / Scott R. Robinson
      Behavior genetics / Thalia C. Eley
      Cognitive neuroscience / Mark H. Johnson
      Developmental genetics / William A. Harris
      Education / Leslie Smith
      Ethology / John C. Fentress
      Linguistics / Melissa Bowerman
      Pediatrics / Martin C. O. Bax
      Sociology / Elizabeth G. Menaghan
      Appendices : biographical sketches of key figures
      App. James Mark Baldwin / Robert H. Wozniak
      App. Alfred Binet / Peter Bryant
      App. John Bowlby / Peter Fonagy
      App. Jerome S. Bruner / David Olson
      App. George E. Coghill / Ronald W. Oppenheim
      App. Erik Erikson / Peter Fonagy
      App. Viktor Hamburger / Ronald W. Oppenheim
      App. Jean Piaget / Pierre Mounoud
      App. Wilhelm T. Preyer / Kurt Kreppner
      App. Lev S. Vygotsky / Eugene Subbotsky
      App. Heinz Werner / Willis F. Overton and Ulrich Muller
      App. Donald Winnicott / Peter Fonagy
      App. Milestones of motor development and indicators of biological maturity / Robert M. Malina
      App. statistics of quantitative genetic theory / Thalia C. Eley.
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