Understanding Children′s Development - Couverture souple

For the fifth edition, the entire text has been updated to take account of developments in the field, whilst retaining all the content and features that have made it so popular amongst both students and lecturers. Major revisions include:

• New and expanded chapters on antisocial behavior and on children and media
• New material on many topics such as: children and day care; developments in cognitive neuroscience; the physical punishment debate; changes in the adolescent brain
• Extended coverage of prosocial behavior, family contexts and involving children in research
• Expanded artwork program and full–color design

Each chapter provides lucid discussion of the material, enlivened by the inclusion of revealing case studies, real–world examples, ′Stop and Think′ boxes and ideas for classroom debate.

Online teaching and learning resources to accompany the text are available at www.wiley.com/college/smith

A very valuable text for everyone interested in children′s development. Professor Judith Dunn, Institute of Psychiatry, King′s College London Understanding Children′s Developmentis one of the best introductory treatments of this discipline that I know. Professor C. Philip Hwang, Gothenburg University, Sweden