| Description |
xi, 579 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Foreword - David A Hamburg -- Historical and Methodological Introduction -- Part One: Conception Through Birth -- Development from Conception to Birth -- Genetic Abnormalities -- Influence of Prenatal Environment on Constitution -- Perinatal Events That Affect Consititution or Mother-Infant Interaction -- Part Two: Early Characteristics And Development -- The Development of Basic Characteristics of Infants -- Sensory and Perceptual Abilities -- Developmental Milestones -- The Basic Mechanisms -- Part Three: The Fundamental Processes -- Cognitive Development - Judith E Sims-Knight -- Early Communicative and Language Behavior - Paula N Menyuk -- Social Development of the Infant -- Part Four: The Social Context -- Influence of Environment -- Deprivation and Enrichment -- Reasons for Studying Infants - ʺ Chapter One: Historical and Methodological Introduction -- The Beginnings of Behavioral Study of Infants -- Modern Research Techniques -- Research Issues -- Summary -- Overview of Prenatal Development - ʺ Chapter Two: Development from Conception to Birth -- Development of Organ Systems of Special Interest -- Variants of Prenatal Development -- Summary -- Embryology Sources -- Heredity, Environment, and Constitution - ʺ Chapter Three: Genetic Abnormalities -- Specific Disorders -- Genetic Diagnosis -- Genetic Counseling -- Summary -- Maternal Diseases - ʺ Chapter Four: Influence of Prenatal Environment on Constitution -- Chronic Conditions of the Mother -- Other Possible Factors -- Effects of Nonpsychotropic Drugs -- The Problems of Psychotropic Drugs and Their Study -- Legal Psychotropic Drugs -- Illegal Psychotropic Drugs -- Direct Effects of External Environment -- Prenatal Stress -- Issues in Teratology -- Summary -- Complications of Delivery - ʺ Chapter Five: Perinatal Events That Affect Constitution or Mother-Infant Interaction -- Ways to Avoid or Counteract Complications -- Drugs Used during Delivery -- Effects of Drugs -- Childbirth Practices -- Mother-Infant Bonding -- Summary -- How Babies Spend Their Time - ʺ Chapter Six: The Development of Basic Characteristics of Infants -- Rhythmic Activities -- Affective Behaviors -- Traits or Temperament -- Summary -- Importance of Studying Sensory and Perceptual Development - ʺ Chapter Seven: Sensory and Perceptual Abilities -- Research Techniques -- Tactile Sensitivity (The Skin Senses) -- Taste -- Smell -- Audition -- Vision -- Responses to Visual Stimuli in Relation to Other Senses -- Summary -- Physical Development - ʺ Chapter Eight: Developmental Milestones -- Motor Development -- Developmental Testing -- Summary -- Habituation of the Orienting Response - ʺ Chapter Nine: The Basic Mechanisms -- Conditioning -- Imitation -- Memory -- Summary -- Historical Perspective - ʺ Chapter Ten: Cognitive Development -- Piaget's Interactionist Theory -- Research Testing Piaget's Theory -- Skills Theory -- Categorization -- Summary -- Introduction and Overview - ʺ Chapter Eleven: Early Communicative and Language Behavior -- From Prelanguage to Language Behavior -- Language Behavior -- Factors That Affect Language Development -- Summary -- Attachment - ʺ Chapter Twelve: Social Development of the Infant -- Early Social Interactions -- Fathers' Role in Infants' Social Development -- Peer Relations and Play -- Summary -- Institutionalization - ʺ Chapter Thirteen: Influence of Environment: Deprivation and Enrichment -- Multiple Mothering -- Preventing or Overcoming Deprivation Effects through Intervention Programs -- Biology and the Effects of Experience -- Summary |
| Analysis |
Babies Development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Child development.
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Fetus.
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Infant psychology.
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Child Development [MESH]
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Child Development.
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Child Psychology [MESH]
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Psychology, Child.
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Fetus [MESH]
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Fetus.
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Mother-Child Relations [MESH]
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Mother-Child Relations.
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Child Development.
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Psychology, Child.
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Embryonic and Fetal Development.
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Fetal Development.
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Infant.
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| LC no. |
92007965 |
| ISBN |
0761903127 (paperback) |
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0803946902 (cl) |
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