Infants, Children, and Adolescents (with Interactive Companion Website), 4/E
Laura E. Berk, Illinois State University

ISBN-10: 020533606X
ISBN-13: 9780205336067

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2002
Format: Cloth Bound with PIN; 784 pp
Status: Out of Print

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Berk has updated this best-selling, chronologically organized child development text by paying close attention to the relationship between theory, research, and applications.

With a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, and stronger focus on education (both at home and at school) and social policy as critical pieces of the dynamic system in which the child develops, Berk pays meticulous attention to the most recent scholarship in the field.

Creating stronger connections between domains of development, Berk has expanded her coverage of culture, enhanced attention to emotional development, and updated cognitive, biological, and social development.

In her signature storytelling style, Berk creates a “cast of characters” for each unit based on real children and families, artfully using their “stories” to illustrate the sequence and processes of child development and applications of theory and research.

This book is also available in an abridged paperbound version, Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood, comprised of Chapters 1-13.

  • Stories and vignettes of real children — a Berk signature feature —illustrate developmental principles. This book “teaches while it tells a story.” A new “cast of characters” has been added the Infancy and Toddlerhood unit (Chs. 5-7).
  • Boxes called “Social Issues: Education” and “Social Issues: Health” underscore the influence of social policy on all aspects of development.

    • “Social Issues: Education” boxes emphasize the role of education at home, at school, and in the community in children's physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development.

    • “Social Issues: Health” boxes underscore the need for social policies around the world that support the physical and psychological health of children and families.

  • “Cultural Influences” boxes have been expanded and updated to deepen the attention to culture threaded throughout the text, emphasizing multicultural and cross-cultural variations.
  • “Biology and Environment” boxes highlight the growing attention in the child development field to the complex, bidirectional relationship between biological and environmental influences.
  • “Caregiving Concerns” and new “Educational Concerns” tables offer practical advice in a concise format on nurturing, protecting, and supporting all aspects of children's development.
  • “Milestones” tables summarize major physical, cognitive, language, emotional, and social achievements of each age span. Besides offering an overview of change, each entry is page-referenced to provide the student with a convenient tool for review.
  • Each chapter begins with a chapter outline and ends with an especially comprehensive end-of-chapter summary that is framed in a question-and-answer format and organized according to the major sections of the chapter including key terms.
  • “FYI—For Further Information,” a special annotated section at the end of each chapter, provides names and Internet addresses of organizations that disseminate information about developmental issues.

  • “Educational Concerns” tables offer research-based, practical applications in a concise, easy-to-use format.
  • Revised “Social Issues: Education” and “Social Issues: Health” boxes cover a variety of current social and public policy topics, including: “Social Issues: Health: The Prenatal Environment and Health in Later Life” and “Social Issues: Education: Young Children's Understanding of Death.”
  • “Ask Yourself” questions have been thoroughly revised and expanded into a unique pedagogical feature that promotes four approaches to engaging actively with the subject matter. The questions are labeled “Review, Apply, Connect, and Reflect.”
  • Dozens of new topics have been introduced throughout the text, including:

    • New sections on adoption and child development and on environmental influences on gene expression (Ch. 2). Enhanced discussion of sensitive periods in brain development, with implications for appropriate early stimulation (Ch. 5).

    • Expanded treatment of the social context of early cognitive development (Ch. 6).

    • An updated section on infant and toddler memory (Ch. 6).

    • New cross-cultural evidence on the development of temperament and attachment (Ch. 7).

    • New attention to the dynamic systems perspective on early emotional development (Ch. 7).

    • New research on preschoolers' understanding of symbol-real world relations, causal reasoning, categorization, and theory of mind (Ch. 9).

    • Updated consideration of emotional understanding and self-conscious emotions (Ch. 10).

    • New section on social problem solving (Ch. 10).

  • Revised Observation Program: This real-life videotape (now two hours) contains hundreds of observation segments that illustrate the many theories, concepts, and milestones of child development. An Observation Guide helps students use the video in conjunction with the text to deepen their understanding of the material and apply what they have learned in everyday life.
  • TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE— A Web site (www.ablongman.com/berk) provides a wealth of material for both students and instructors. Students will find multiple-choice questions that will allow them to “practice” their test taking, as well as links to other Web sites. The Web site will host an Interactive Companion.



1. History, Theory, and Research Strategies.

The Field of Child Development.

Periods of Development.

Domains of Development.

Basic Issues.

Continuous or Discontinuous Development?

One Course of Development or Many?

Nature or Nurture as More Important?

A Balanced Point of View.

Historical Foundations.

Medieval Times.

The Reformation.

Philosophies of the Enlightenment.

Darwin's Theory of Evolution.

Scientific Beginnings.

Mid-Twentieth-Century Theories.

The Psychoanalytic Perspective.

Behaviorism and Social Learning Theory.

Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory.

Recent Theoretical Perspectives.

Information Processing.

Ethology.

Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory.

Ecological Systems Theory.

New Directions: Development as a Dynamic System.

Comparing Child Development Theories.

Studying the Child.

Common Methods of Gathering Information.

General Research Designs.

Designs for Studying Development.

Ethics in Research on Children.



2. Biological and Environmental Foundations.

Genetic Foundations.

The Genetic Code.

The Sex Cells.

Boy or Girl?

Multiple Births.

Patterns of Genetic Inheritance.

Chromosomal Abnormalities.

Reproductive Choices.

Genetic Counseling.

Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Medicine.

The Alternative of Adoption.

Environmental Contexts for Development.

The Family.

Socioeconomic Status and Family Functioning.

The Impact of Poverty.

Beyond the Family: Neighborhoods, Schools, Towns, and Cities.

The Cultural Context.

Understanding the Relationship Between Heredity and Environment.

The Question, "How Much?"

The Question, "How?"



3. Prenatal Development.

Motivations for Parenthood.

Why Have Children?

How Large a Family?

Is There a Best Time During Adulthood to Have a Child?

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT.

Conception.

The Period of the Zygote.

The Period of the Embryo.

The Period of the Fetus.

Prenatal Environmental Influences.

Teratogens.

Other Maternal Factors.

The Importance of Prenatal Health Care.

Preparing for Parenthood.

Seeking Information.

The Baby Becomes a Reality.

Models of Effective Parenthood.

Practical Concerns.

The Parental Relationship.



4. Birth And the Newborn Baby.

The Stages of Childbirth.

Stage 1: Dilation and Effacement of the Cervix.

Stage 2: Delivery of the Baby.

Stage 3: Birth of the Placenta.

The Baby's Adaptation to Labor and Delivery.

The Newborn Baby's Appearance.

Assessing the Newborn's Physical Condition: The Apgar Scale.

Approaches to Childbirth.

Natural, or Prepared, Childbirth.

Home Delivery.

Medical Interventions.

Fetal Monitoring.

Labor and Delivery Medication.

Instrument Delivery.

Induced Labor.

Cesarean Delivery.

Birth Complications.

Oxygen Deprivation.

Preterm and Low-Birth-Weight Infants.

Postterm Infants.

Understanding Birth Complications.

Precious Moments after Birth.

The Newborn Baby's Capacities.

Reflexes.

States.

Sensory Capacities.

Neonatal Behavioral Assessment.

The Transition to Parenthood.

Changes in the Family System.

Parent Interventions.



5. Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood.

Body Growth.

Changes in Body Size.

Changes in Body Proportions.

Changes in Muscle-Fat Makeup.

Skeletal Growth.

Appearance of Teeth.

Brain Development.

Development of Neurons.

Development of the Cerebral Cortex.

Sensitive Periods in Brain Development.

Changing States of Arousal.

Factors Affecting Early Physical Growth.

Heredity.

Nutrition.

Malnutrition.

Emotional Well-Being.

Learning capacities.

Classical Conditioning.

Operant Conditioning.

Habituation and Dishabituation.

Imitation.

Motor Development.

The Sequence of Motor Development.

Motor Skills as Dynamic Systems.

Dynamic Motor Systems in Action.

Cultural Variations in Motor Development.

Fine Motor Development: Voluntary Reaching and Grasping.

Bowel and Bladder Control.

Perceptual Development.

Hearing.

Vision.

Object Perception.

Intermodal Perception.

Understanding Perceptual Development.



6. Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood.

Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory.

Key Piagetian Concepts.

The Sensorimotor Stage.

Recent Research on Sensorimotor Development.

Evaluation of the Sensorimotor Stage.

Information Processing.

Structure of the Information-Processing System.

Attention.

Memory.

Categorization.

Evaluation of Information-Processing Findings.

The Social Context of Early Cognitive Development.

Individual Differences in Early Mental Development.

Infant Intelligence Tests.

Early Environment and Mental Development.

Early Intervention for At-Risk Infants and Toddlers.

Language Development.

Three Theories of Language Development.

Getting Ready to Talk.

First Words.

The Two-Word Utterance Phase.

Comprehension Versus Production.

Individual and Cultural Differences.

Supporting Early Language Development.



7. Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood.

Erikson's Theory of Infant and Toddler Personality.

Basic Trust versus Mistrust.

Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt.

Emotional Development.

Development of Basic Emotions.

Understanding and Responding to the Emotions of Others.

Emergence of Self-Conscious Emotions.

Beginnings of Emotional Self-Regulation.

Temperament and Development.

The Structure of Temperament.

Measuring Temperament.

Stability of Temperament.

Genetic Influences.

Environmental Influences.

Temperament and Child Rearing: The Goodness-of-Fit Model.

Development of Attachment.

Early Theories of Attachment.

Bowlby's Ethological Theory.

Measuring the Security of Attachment.

Stability of Attachment.

Cultural Variations.

Factors that Affect Attachment Security.

Multiple Attachments.

From Attachment to Peer Sociability.

Attachment and Later Development.

Self-Development.

Self-Awareness.

Categorizing the Self.

Emergence of Self-Control.



8. Physical Development in Early Childhood.

Body Growth.

Changes in Body Size and Proportions.

Skeletal Growth.

Asynchronies in Physical Growth.

Brain Development.

Synaptic Growth and Pruning.

Lateralization.

Handedness.

Other Advances in Brain Development.

Factors Affecting Growth and Health.

Heredity and Hormones.

Emotional Well-Being.

Sleep Habits and Problems.

Nutrition.

Infectious Disease.

Childhood Injuries.

Motor Development.

Gross Motor Development.

Fine Motor Development.

Individual Differences in Motor Skills.

Enhancing Early Childhood Motor Development.

Perceptual Development.



9. Cognitive Development in Early Childhood.

Piaget's Theory: The Preoperational Stage.

Advances in Mental Representation.

Make-Believe Play.

Symbol-Real World Relations.

Limitations of Preoperational Thought.

Recent Research on Preoperational Thought.

Evaluation of the Preoperational Stage.

Piaget and Education.

Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory.

Children's Private Speech.

Social Origins of Early Childhood Cognition.

Vygotsky and Education.

Evaluation of Vygotsky's Theory.

Information Processing.

Attention.

Memory.

Problem Solving.

The Young Child's Theory of Mind.

Early Literacy and Mathematical Development.

Individual Differences in Mental Development.

Early Childhood Intelligence Tests.

Home Environment and Mental Development.

Preschool and Day Care.

Educational Television.

Language Development.

Vocabulary Development.

Grammatical Development.

Becoming an Effective Conversationalist.

Supporting Language Learning in Early Childhood.



10. Emotional And Social Development In Early Childhood.

Erikson's Theory: Initiative Versus Guilt.

Self-Development.

Foundations of Self-Concept.

Understanding Intentions.

Emergence of Self-Esteem.

Emotional Development.

Understanding Emotion.

Emotional Self-Regulation.

Self-Conscious Emotions.

Empathy and Sympathy.

Peer Relations.

Advances in Peer Sociability.

First Friendships.

Social Problem Solving.

Parental and Sibling Influences on Early Peer Relations.

Foundations of Morality.

The Psychoanalytic Perspective.

Behaviorism and Social Learning Theory.

The Cognitive-Developmental Perspective.

The Other Side of Morality: Development of Aggression.

Gender Typing.

Gender-Stereotyped Beliefs and Behaviors.

Genetic Influences on Gender Typing.

Environmental Influences on Gender Typing.

Gender Identity.

Reducing Gender Stereotyping in Young Children.

Child Rearing and Emotional and Social Development.

Styles of Child Rearing.

What Makes Authoritative Child Rearing Effective?

Cultural Variations.

Child-Rearing Styles in Context.

Child Maltreatment.



11. Physical Development In Middle Childhood.

Body Growth.

Changes in Body Size and Proportions.

Worldwide Variations in Body Size.

Secular Trends in Physical Growth.

Skeletal Growth.

Brain Development.

Common Health Problems.

Vision and Hearing.

Malnutrition.

Obesity.

Bedwetting.

Illnesses.

Unintentional Injuries.

Health Education.

Motor Development and Play.

Gross Motor Development.

Fine Motor Development.

Individual and Group Differences.

Child-Organized Games.

Adult-Organized Youth Sports.

Shadows of Our Evolutionary Past.

Physical Education.



12. Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood.

Piaget's Theory: The Concrete Operational Stage.

Conservation.

Classification.

Seriation.

Spatial Reasoning.

Limitations of Concrete Operational Thought.

Recent Research on Concrete Operational Thought.

Evaluation of the Concrete Operational Stage.

Information Processing.

Attention.

Memory Strategies.

The Knowledge Base and Memory Performance.

Culture, Schooling, and Memory Strategies.

The School-Age Child's Theory of Mind.

Cognitive Self-Regulation.

Applications of Information Processing to Academic Learning.

Individual Differences In Mental Development.

Defining and Measuring Intelligence.

Explaining Individual and Group Differences in IQ.

Reducing Cultural Bias in Intelligence Testing.

Language Development.

Vocabulary.

Grammar.

Pragmatics.

Learning Two Languages at a Time.

Children's Learning in School.

Class Size.

Educational Philosophies.

Teacher-Student Interaction.

Grouping Practices.

Computers in Classrooms.

Teaching Children with Special Needs.

How Well Educated Are America's Children?



13. Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood.

Erikson's Theory: Industry versus Inferiority.

Self-Development.

Self-Concept.

Cognitive, Social, and Cultural Influences on Self-Concept.

Self-Esteem.

Influences on Self-Esteem.

Emotional Development.

Self-Conscious Emotions.

Emotional Understanding.

Emotional Self-Regulation.

Understanding Others: Perspective Taking.

Moral Development.

Learning about Justice Through Sharing.

Moral and Social-Conventional Understanding.

Moral Education.

Peer Relations.

Peer Groups.

Friendships.

Peer Acceptance.

Gender Typing.

Gender Stereotyped Beliefs.

Gender Identity and Behavior.

Cultural Influences on Gender Typing.

Family Influences.

Parent-Child Relationships.

Siblings.

One-Child Families.

Gay and Lesbian Families.

Never-Married Single-Parent Families.

Divorce.

Blended Families.

Maternal Employment and Dual-Earner Families.

Some Common Problems of Development.

Fears and Anxieties.

Child Sexual Abuse.

Fostering Resiliency in Middle Childhood.



14. Physical Development in Adolescence.

Conceptions of Adolescence.

The Biological Perspective.

The Environmental Perspective.

A Balanced Point of View.

Puberty: The Physical Transition to Adulthood.

Hormonal Changes.

Changes in Body Size, Proportions, and Muscle-Fat Make-Up.

Sexual Maturation.

Individual and Group Differences in Pubertal Growth.

The Secular Trend.

Changing States of Arousal.

The Psychological Impact of Pubertal Events.

Reactions to Pubertal Changes.

Pubertal Change, Emotion, and Social Behavior.

Early versus Late Maturation.

Health Issues.

Nutritional Needs.

Serious Eating Disturbances.

Sexual Activity.

Sexually Transmitted Disease.

Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenthood.

Substance Use and Abuse.

Injuries.

Motor Development, Sports Participation, and Physical Activity.



15. Cognitive Development in Adolescence.

Piaget's Theory: The Formal Operational Stage.

Hypothetico-Deductive Reasoning.

Propositional Thought.

Recent Research on Formal Operational Thought.

An Information-Processing View of Adolescent Cognitive Development.

Scientific Reasoning: Coordinating Theory with Evidence.

How Does Scientific Reasoning Develop?

A Rational Approach to Thinking.

Consequences of Abstract Thought.

Argumentativeness.

Self-Consciousness and Self-Focusing.

Idealism and Criticism.

Planning and Decision Making.

Sex Differences in Mental Abilities.

Language Development.

Vocabulary and Grammar.

Pragmatics.

Second-Language Learning.

Learning in School.

School Transitions.

Academic Achievement.

Dropping Out.

Vocational Development.

Selecting a Vocation.

Making the Transition from School to Work.



16. Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence.

Erikson's Theory: Identity versus Identity Confusion.

Self-Development.

Changes in Self-Concept.

Changes in Self-Esteem.

Influences on Self-Esteem.

Paths to Identity.

Identity Status and Psycological Well-Being.

Influences on Identity Development.

Moral Development.

Piaget's Theory of Moral Development.

Kohlberg's Extension of Piaget's Theory.

Are There Sex Differences in Moral Reasoning?

Influences on Moral Reasoning.

Moral Reasoning and Behavior.

Gender Typing.

The Family.

Parent-Child Relationships.

Family Circumstances.

Siblings.

Peer Relations.

Friendships.

Cliques and Crowds.

Dating.

Peer Pressure and Conformity.

Problems of Development.

Depression.

Suicide.

Delinquency.

At the Threshold.

    As a best-selling, chronologically organized child development text, Berk Infants, Children, and Adolescents is relied upon in classrooms worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style and its commitment to examining the latest theory and research. Berk takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social domains; emphasizes the complex interchange between biology and environment; and provides exceptional attention to culture.

    The most recent scholarship in the field is presented in a manageable and relevant way. Students are drawn in by Berks signature storytelling style and learn beside the texts “characters” who experience real issues in development, including physical, cognitive, and peer challenges, as well as parenting and educational concerns. Students will recognize many topics of profound significance in todays world, such as poverty, welfare reform, health care, child-care quality, physical punishment, the obesity epidemic, and bilingual education, and learn what researchers have found about their impact on children.

    In the Fifth Edition, Infants, Children, and Adolescents has an even stronger emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment. Several reviewers of the fifth edition judge the coverage of brain and motor development to be the best in any child development text on the market today. Many aspects of the childs environment are considered, including home, extended family, school, neighborhood, community, social policy, and cultural influences. With unparalleled cross-cultural references, Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Fifth Edition is an indispensable resource for anyone caring for children in an increasingly global community.

    Throughout the Fifth Edition, Berk creates even stronger connections between developmental domains, and takes more opportunities to ask students to “Connect” topics to those in previous chapters. Berk also helps students connect their learning to their personal or professional areas of interest. Her voice comes through when speaking directly to students about issues they will face in their future pursuits as parents, educators, social workers, health care providers, and others who work to secure the welfare of children.

    This book is also available in an abridged paperbound version, Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood, comprised of Chapters 1-13.

  • 0205419283Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 5/E
    Berk
    © 2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 784 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205419283 | ISBN-13: 9780205419289
    Brief Description

    • A best-selling, chronologically organized child development text, Berk’s Infants, Children, and Adolescents is relied on in classrooms worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style, exceptional cross-cultural focus, rich examples, and long-standing commitment to presenting the most up-to-date scholarship while also offering students research-based, practical applications that they can relate to their personal and professional lives.  Berk takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social domains; emphasizes the complex interchange between biology and environment; and provides exceptional attention to culture.

     

    Laura Berk, renowned professor and researcher, presents the latest theories and findings in the field to students in a manageable and relevant way. Berk’s signature storytelling style invites students to actively learn beside the text’s “characters,” who experience real issues in development, including physical, cognitive, and peer challenges, as well as parenting and educational concerns.  Berk also helps students connect their learning to their personal and professional areas of interest.  Her voice comes through when speaking directly about issues students will face in their future pursuits as parents, educators, heath care providers, social workers, and researchers.  As members of a global and diverse human community, students are called to intelligently approach the responsibility of understanding and responding to the needs and concerns of children.     

     

    While carefully considering the complexities of child development, Berk presents classic and emerging theories in an especially clear, engaging writing style, with a multitude of research-based, real-world, and cross-cultural examples. Strengthening the connections among developmental domains and of theory and research with applications, this edition's extensive revision brings forth the most recent scholarship, representing the changing field of child development.

     

    This book is also available in an abridged paperbound version, Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood, comprised of Chapters 1-13.

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    Berk
    © 2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 800 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205511384 | ISBN-13: 9780205511389
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