Understanding Children's Development

Peter K. Smith is Professor of Psychology and Head of the Unit for School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Helen Cowie is Research Professor and Director of the UK Observatory for the Promotion of Non-Violence at the University of Surret in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Mark Blades is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sheffield.

Preface to Fifth Edition xxi Acknowledgments xxv PART I THEORIES AND METHODS 1 CHAPTER 1 Studying Development 3 CHAPTER 2 Biological and Cultural Theories of Development 31 PART II PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTH 77 CHAPTER 3 Prenatal Development and Birth 79 PART III THE SOCIAL WORLD OF THE CHILD 105 CHAPTER 4 Parents and Families 107 CHAPTER 5 Siblings and the Peer Group 159 CHAPTER 6 Developing Emotional Intelligence and Social Awareness 197 CHAPTER 7 Play 229 CHAPTER 8 Children and Media 261 CHAPTER 9 Helping Others and Moral Development 293 CHAPTER 10 Social Dominance, Aggression and Bullying 339 PART IV CHILDREN S DEVELOPING MINDS 375 CHAPTER 11 Perception 377 CHAPTER 12 Language 403 CHAPTER 13 Cognition: Piaget s Theory 441 CHAPTER 14 Cognition: The Information Processing Approach 471 CHAPTER 15 Children s Understanding of Mind 511 CHAPTER 16 Learning in a Social Context 543 CHAPTER 17 Intelligence and Attainment 581 CHAPTER 18 Deprivation and Enrichment: Risk and Resilience 609 PART V ADOLESCENCE 649 CHAPTER 19 Adolescence 651 References 695 Index 783