What's New

• The chapter on intelligence has been moved so that it now follows the chapter on cognitive structure.

• New theories and models, including Siegler's new model for the development of strategies (Chapter 6) and Stroufe's branching-tree conceptualization of developmental psychology (Chapter 15)

• Expanded coverage of Vygotsky's theory

• 23 new figures or tables based on recent research

• 17 new or updated boxes

• Expanded emphasis on culture

• A number of new and expanded topics and themes including:

  Chapter 2	diet during pregnancy
  Chapters 2 & 4	prenatal and postnatal brain development
  Chapter 3	infant's expression of emotion
  Chapter 4	hormone changes during puberty, child abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, poverty and health
  Chapter 5	child's ability to read social signals
  Chapter 6	emotional regulation
  Chapter 7	impact of schooling on IQ
  Chapter 8	effect of variations in richness of the child's early language environment
  Chapter 9	heritability of temperament
  Chapter 10	William James' distinction between the I and Me selves
  Chapter 11	intergenerational transmission of secure/insecure attachments, adolescent peer groups and peer pressure
  Chapter 12	discussion of PATHS and FAST TRACK programs, Rest's four factors affecting moral development, Turiel's distinction between conventional and moral rules
  Chapter 13	birth order and impact of marital relationship on the parent-child relationship
  Chapter 14	latchkey children, the effects of poverty
  Chapter 15	ADHD, inclusive education
  Chapter 16	Rutter's five principles of person/environment interaction