Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood

By Laura E. Berk and Adena B. Meyers

Book Overview

Key Benefit
A best-selling, chronologically organized child development book, Berk and Meyers' Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood is relied on worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style, exceptional multicultural and cross-cultural focus, rich examples, and long-standing commitment to presenting the most up-to-date scholarship while also offering readers research-based, practical applications that they can relate to their personal and professional lives. The authors takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains; emphasize the complex interchanges between heredity and environment; and provide exceptional attention to culture.

Key Topics
History, Theory, and Research Strategies; Biological and Environmental Foundations; Prenatal Development; Birth and the Newborn Baby; Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood; Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood; Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood; Physical Development in Early Childhood; Cognitive Development in Early Childhood; Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood; Physical Development in Middle Childhood; Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood; Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood

Market
Readers looking for a thorough overview of child development

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0133936724
• ISBN13: 9780133936728
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

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This book is what I need to get a better grade in class. It arrived in excellent condition and on time. thank you so much

Infants and Children book

I recieved it very quickly and was able to communicate with the person selling me the book.

Educational

This book is really good for anyone pursuing a career in child psychology. I took a child psychology class in college and this book helped me ace all my exams. The sixth edition is the latest edition as of (2008) with a little extra information added and some old information corrected.

fascinating

I loved this textbook. I read it for an Infant & Child Development class and found it interesting, clear and helpful. Anyone interested in childhood development should definitely read this book!

A Diamond Second Bester...But By A Micro Eyelash

From my experience, no other book--at this time--can upend Gonzalez-Mena's INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND CAREGIVERS. In it's seventh edition, it stands as the most near perfect infant/toddler textbook ever created. Now...Berk's book is probably the best "second-best" textbook that I have found. She goes from history/theory to basic foundations to each era of children from birth to Age 11. The book is filled with color pictures and color charts along with plenty of special interest sidebar accounts on subjects like the negative side of extended infant child care. So why is it the second best? It just doesn't cover infants and toddlers exclusively. Instead, it exists as a superbly written book on early childhood growth and development...which isn't such a bad thing. Check it out if you either can't get Gonzalez-Mena's book or if you just want a second opinion on infant/toddler concepts.