The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development

Brian Hopkins is Professor of 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 University of North Carolina, Greenboro. 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).

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: Biological-maturation theories; Constructivist theories; Ethological theories; Learning theories; Psychoanalytical theories; Theories of the child's mind ; Dynamical systems approaches; Part II. Methods in Child Development Research: Data collection techniques: brain imaging; Clinical and non-clinical interview methods; Cross-cultural comparisons; cross-species comparisons; Developmental testing; observational methods; Experimental methods; parental and teacher rating scales; Self and peer assessment of competence and well-being; Research design: epidemiological designs; Cross-sectional and longitudinal designs; Twin and adoption studies; Data analysis: indices of efficacy; Group differences in developmental functions; Multilevel modelling; structural equation modelling; Ethical considerations in studies with children; Part III. Prenatal Development and the Newborn: Conceptions and misconceptions about embryonic development; Prenatal development of the musculoskeletal system in the human; Normal and abnormal prenatal development; The birth process; The status of the human newborn; Part IV. Domains of Development: From Infancy to Childhood: Cognitive development infancy; Cognitive development beyond infancy; Perceptual development; Motor development; Social development; Emotional development; Moral development; Speech development; Language development; Development of learning and memory; Part V. Selected Topics: Aggression and prosocial behaviour; Attention; Brain and behavioural development (I): subcortical; Brain and behavioural development (II): cortical; Connectionist modelling of development; Day care; Executive functions; Face recognition; Handedness; Imitation; Intelligence; Locomotion; Parenting and the family; Play; Prehension; Reading and writing Peter Bryant; Schooling and literacy; Selfhood; Sex differences; Siblings and peers; Sleep and wakefulness; Socialization; Temperament; Part VI. Developmental Pathology: 'At-risk' concept; Autism; Behaviour and learning disorders; Blindness; Cerebral palsies; Child depression; Developmental coordination disorder; Down's syndrome; Dyslexia; Excessive crying and colic; Hearing disorders; Sudden infant death syndrome; Prematurity and low-birthweight; Williams syndrome; Part VII. Crossing the Borders: Anthropology; Behavioural genetics; Cognitive neuroscience; Developmental genetics; Education; Embryology; Ethology; Linguistics; Paediatrics; Sociology; Appendix 1. Biographical sketches of key figures; Baldwin; Binet; Bowlby; Bruner; Coghill; Erikson; Hamburger; Piaget; Preyer; Vygotsky; Werner; Winnicott; 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.