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Title The Cambridge encyclopedia of child development / edited by Brian Hopkins, Lancaster University, Sally Linkenauger, Lancaster University.

Publication Info. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2018.

Item Status

Edition Second edition.
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Description 1 online resource (157 entries) : 259 images ; digital files
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Contents List of contributors -- Editorial preface -- Foreword / Charles A. Nelson III -- Acknowledgments: external reviewers -- Introduction: Study of child development: an interdisciplinary enterprise -- Part I. Theories of development -- Part II. Methods in child development research -- Part III. Prenatal development and the newborn -- Part IV. Perceptual and cognitive development -- Part V. Language and communication development -- Part VI. Social and emotional development -- Part VII. Motor and related development -- Part VIII. Postnatal brain development -- Part IX. Developmental pathology -- Part X. Crossing the borders -- Part XI. Speculations about future directions -- Appendix 1. Developmental interdisciplinary research: four topics for consideration -- Appendix 2. Question, issues, and recommendations for future research.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development remains the most authoritative and accessible account of all aspects of child development. Written by an international team of experts, its comprehensive coverage includes everything from prenatal development to adolescence, pediatrics, theories and research methods, physical development, social and emotional development, perceptual and cognitive development, language development, psychopathology, and parenting.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Local Note Credo Reference.
Credo Reference General Reference
Subject Child development -- Encyclopedias.
Child development.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias.
Electronic books.
Encyclopedias.
Added Author Hopkins, Brian, 1940- editor.
Linkenauger, Sally, 1982- editor.
Geangu, Elena, 1977- editor.
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Added Title Encyclopedia of child development.
Other Form: Print version: 110710341X 9781107103412 (DLC) 2016051959 xviii, 973 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (some color)
ISBN 9781786846662 electronic version
9781107103412 hardback