The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development is an authoritative, accessible and up-to-date account of all aspects of child development. Written by an international team of leading experts, it adopts an interdisciplinary approach and covers everything from prenatal development to education, pediatrics, neuroscience, theories and research methods, physical development, social development, cognitive development, psychopathology and parenting. It also looks at cultural issues, sex differences and the history of child development. This book is essential reading for students, researchers, health care professionals, social workers, education professionals and parents.

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Brian Hopkins is Professor of Developmental Psychology at Lancaster University and has published extensively in the field of developmental psychology. He is co-author of Neurobiology of Infant Vision (2003), co-editor of Motor Development in Early and Later Childhood (1993) and is editor of the journal Infant and Child Development.

Ronald G. Barr is the Canada Research Chair in Community Child Health Research at the University of British Columbia and Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC.

George F. Michel is a professor of psychology at De Paul University,  He is co-author of two books on developmental psychobiology and Editor-in-Chief of Developmental Psychobiology (the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology).

Philippe Rochat is Professor of Psychology at Emory University. In addition to numerous research articles, he is the editor of The Self in Infancy (1995); Early Social Cognition (1999), and the author of The Infant’s World  (2001).

• Clear user friendly format
• Written by an international team of leading experts
• An account of ALL aspects of child development
• An interdisciplinary approach , covering medical and cultural issues, education, sex differences, and the history of child development
• Colour images of MRI scans
• Over 200 illustrations
• Cross referencing between entries, two extensive indexes, and a guide to further reading

• Foreword;
• Introduction: what is development and interdisciplinarity? The concept of development: historical perspectives; Understanding ontogenetic development: debates about the nature of the epigenetic process; Defining ontogenetic development; Challenges for the future;
• Part I. Theories of Development;
• Part II. Methods in Child Development Research;
• Part III. Prenatal Development and the Newborn;
• Part IV. Domains of Development: from Infancy to Adolescence;
• Part V. Selected Topics;
• Part VI. Developmental Pathology;
• Part VII. Crossing the Borders;
• Appendix 1. Biographical sketches of key figures;
• Appendix 2. Milestones of motor development indicators of biological maturity;
• Appendix 3. The statistics of quantitative genetic theory;
• Glossary of terms;
• References;
• Name index;
• Subject index.

Jerome S. Bruner, Celia Moore, Gilbert Gottlieb, Brian Hopkins, Michael F. Mascolo, Kurt W. Fischer, Johan J. Bolhuis, Jerry A. Hogan, John Watson, Peter Fonagy, Norman H. Freeman, Gregor Schöner, Michael Rivkin, Morag L. Donaldson, Ype H. Poortinga, Sergio M. Pellis, John Worobey, Roger Bakeman, Adina R. Lew, Eric Taylor, William M. Bukowski, Ryan Adams, Patricia R. Cohen, Charlie Lewis, James E. Stevenson, Alexander von Eye, Jan B. Hoeksma, John J. McArdle, Helen L. Westcott, Ronald W. Oppenheim, Richard R. Ribchester, Simon H. Parson, William P. Fifer, Wenda R. Trevathan, Gavin Bremner, Tara C. Callaghan, Scott P. Johnson, Erin E. Hannon, Dima Amso, Beatrix Vereijken, Hildy S. Ross, Catherine E. Spielmacher, Nathan A. Fox, Cindy A. Stifter, Elliot Turiel, Ray D. Kent, Brian MacWhinney, Jane S. Herbert, Richard E. Tremblay, John E. Richards, Albert Gramsbergen, Barbara F. Finlay, Gert Westermann, Denis Mareschal, Edward C. Melhuish, Claire Hughes, Charles A. Nelson, Lauren J. Harris, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Robert J. Sternberg, Jane E. Clark, Peter K. Smith, Claes von Hofsten, Peter Bryant, Yvette Solomon, Michael Lewis, Joyce F. Benenson, Judy Dunn, Peter H. Wolff, Mark Bennett, Mary K. Rothbart, Julie Hwang, Hellgard Rauh, Simon Baron-Cohen, Christopher Gillberg, Ann Bigelow, Fiona Stanley, Ian M. Goodyer, Carla Sharp, Mary M. Smyth, Margaret Cousins, Digby Elliott, Margaret J. Snowling, Ian St James-Roberts, Roger D. Freeman, Maryke Groenveld, Frederick K. Kozak, James J. McKenna, Mijna Hadders-Algra, Michelle de Haan, Michael Cole, Jennifer Cole, Scott R. Robinson, Thalia C. Eley, Mark H. Johnson, William A. Harris, Leslie Smith, , John C. Fentress, Melissa Bowerman, Martin C. O. Bax, Elizabeth G. Menaghan, Robert H. Wozniak, David Olson, Pierre Mounoud, Kurt Kreppner, Eugene Subbotsky, Willis F. Overton, Ulrich Müller, Robert M. Malina

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