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Infancy and Childhood. Paperback, Cengage TAGS: PSYC3201
Developmental Psychology, 6th Canadian edition provides a clear and engaging overview of how infants and children grow and develop. It combines the best theories, research, and practical advice from experts in the field, helping you understand the “why“ behind the developmental processes. The new edition includes recent research from 2023, providing insights into cross-cultural communities, and features the latest studies and statistics.
What's New
- Updated various sections, including the “Cross-Cultural Studies” section, the “Evolutionary Theory” section including Tomasello’s “Neo-Vygotskian” theory, and the “Implications for Education: Piaget and Vygotsky” section
- Added new references to the Developmental Issues box, including those as recent as 2022. Updated the section on genetic tests and newborns’ abilities to discriminate prosody of utterances, as well as how infants’ sensitivity to phoneme discrimination is influenced by maternal SES
- Added content throughout the text, including Indigenous content on extended family support and Bill C-92 implications, “Hereditary Contributions to Personality”, marijuana statistics, neuroscience and Piaget’s early framework, socioeconomic status and IQ, creative self-concept and activity, and STEM skills between boys and girls. Also included research on household division of labour
- Added and updated statistics as recent as 2023, covering common diseases vaccines are used for including Covid 19; how parents rely on grandparents for care for their children, extended families including Indigenous communities; and the linguistic landscape of Canada including the number of languages and Indigenous languages in Canada
- Added discussions throughout the text on various topics, including children with FASD, conduct disorders or ADHD and the available assessments; the impacts of smoking or vaping during pregnancies; and the issue of microplastics
- Updated figures and new photos added throughout the chapters
Features
- Introductions and chapter summaries provide students with a preview of what will be covered
- Concept Checks are located at strategic points within each chapter for students to review their comprehension of the content. These can include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, essay and scenario-based questions
- Running glossary, key terms lists and comprehensive end-of-book glossary
- Inside Track boxes highlight current Canadian research and researchers
- Applying Research to Your Life boxes give students useful tools for becoming wise consumers of the research
- Focus on Research boxes discuss classic and recent studies that illuminate the topics and issues of development
- Developmental Issues boxes highlight applied questions important to development
- What Do You Think? Feature is designed to encourage students to think about current controversies and to apply what they have learned in formulating their own reasoned position on developmentally significant issues
- Teaching resources available, including Instructor Guide, PowerPoints, and a MindTap Educator’s Guide
- MindTap is an online learning platform that gives professors complete control to craft a personalized, engaging learning experience that challenges students. MindTap delivers access to an eTextbook, study tools, a variety of activities and auto-graded assessment options, and student performance reporting