Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development Book

	Foreword
	Introduction : what is development and interdisciplinarity?
	The concept of development : historical perspectives	3
	Understanding ontogenetic development : debates about the nature of the epigenetic process	8
	What is ontogenetic development?	18
	The challenge of interdisciplinarity : metaphors, reductionism, and the practice of interdisciplinary research	25
	Neuromaturational theories	37
	Constructivist theories	49
	Ethological theories	64
	Learning theories	70
	Psychoanalytical theories	77
	Theories of the child's mind	84
	Dynamical systems approaches	89
	Data collection techniques	101
	Magnetic resonance imaging	101
	Clinical and non-clinical interview methods	106
	Cross-cultural comparisons	110
	Cross-species comparisons	112
	Developmental testing	114
	Observational methods	117
	Experimental methods	120
	Parent and teacher rating scales	123
	Self and peer assessment of competence and well-being	125
	Research design : epidemiological designs	127
	Cross-sectional and longitudinal designs	129
	Twin and adoption studies	132
	Data analysis	136
	Indices of efficacy	136
	Group differences in developmental functions	137
	Multilevel modeling	142
	Structural equation modeling	147
	Research and ethics	153
	Ethical considerations in studies with children	153
	Conceptions and misconceptions about embryonic development	159
	Prenatal development of the musculoskeletal system in the human	166
	Normal and abnormal prenatal development	173
	The birth process	183
	The status of the human newborn	188
	Cognitive development in infancy	195
	Cognitive development beyond infancy	204
	Perceptual development	210
	Motor development	217
	Social development	227
	Emotional development	234
	Moral development	242
	Speech development	249
	Language development	257
	Development of learning and memory	265
	Aggressive and prosocial behavior	277
	Attention	282
	Brain and behavioral development (I) : sub-cortical	287
	Brain and behavioral development (II) : cortical	296
	Connectionist modeling	305
	Daycare	309
	Executive functions	313
	Face recognition	317
	Handedness	321
	Imitation	327
	Intelligence	332
	Locomotion	336
	Parenting and the family	340
	Play	344
	Prehension	348
	Reading and writing	352
	Schooling and literacy	357
	Selfhood	362
	Sex differences	366
	Siblings and peers	374
	Sleep and wakefulness	378
	Socialization	383
	Temperament	387
	'At-risk' concept	393
	Autism	398
	Behavioral and learning disorders	402
	Blindness	409
	Cerebral palsies	414
	Child depression	420
	Developmental coordination disorder	424
	Down's syndrome	429
	Dyslexia	433
	Hearing disorders	437
	Prematurity and low birthweight	442
	Prolonged infant crying and colic	448
	Sudden infant death syndrome	453
	Williams syndrome	458
	Anthropology	465
	Behavioral embryology	469
	Behavior genetics	474
	Cognitive neuroscience	478
	Developmental genetics	482
	Education	487
	Ethology	491
	Linguistics	497
	Pediatrics	502
	Sociology	507
	Appendices : biographical sketches of key figures	515
App	James Mark Baldwin	515
App	Alfred Binet	516
App	John Bowlby	517
App	Jerome S. Bruner	518
App	George E. Coghill	519
App	Erik Erikson	520
App	Viktor Hamburger	521
App	Jean Piaget	522
App	Wilhelm T. Preyer	523
App	Lev S. Vygotsky	524
App	Heinz Werner	525
App	Donald Winnicott	526
App	Milestones of motor development and indicators of biological maturity	528
App	The statistics of quantitative genetic theory	535