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How Children Develop (Canadian Edition)
Sixth Edition| ©2020 Robert S. Siegler; Jenny Saffran; Nancy Eisenberg; Elizabeth Gershoff; Susan Graham
Canadian Instructors and researchers have their own version of the authoritative, acclaimed How Children Develop, with coauthor Susan Graham integrating Canadian-based studies and examples to the book’s authoritative topical examination of child and adolescent development. How Children
Canadian Instructors and researchers have their own version of the authoritative, acclaimed How Children Develop, with coauthor Susan Graham integrating Canadian-based studies and examples to the book’s authoritative topical examination of child and adolescent development. How Children Develop: Canadian Edition introduces core concepts and impactful discoveries with an unparalleled integration of theory and Canadian-based research and applications—all in a style that is immediately understandable and relevant to students. The new edition includes a robust and carefully curated video program, called out within the margins of the text.
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The standard-setting introduction to child development—from researchers who lead the field.
Canadian Instructors and researchers have their own version of the authoritative, acclaimed How Children Develop, with coauthor Susan Graham integrating Canadian-based studies and examples to the book’s authoritative topical examination of child and adolescent development. How Children Develop: Canadian Edition introduces core concepts and impactful discoveries with an unparalleled integration of theory and Canadian-based research and applications—all in a style that is immediately understandable and relevant to students. The new edition includes a robust and carefully curated video program, called out within the margins of the text.
Features
1. Enduring themes: Unifying set of 7 themes (stated as questions) that are introduced in Chapter 1 and revisited throughout the text. These seven themes provide the core structures of the book.
2. Application/Individual Differences/Closer Look Boxes: Included in each chapter, these boxes explore innovative interventions, special populations, and ground-breaking research.
3. Video callouts: A robust suite of videos accompany this text, with margin callouts to those tied most closely to the chapter content.
New to This Edition
Canadian Content from Susan Graham
Graham integrates a wealth of research from Canadian studies, scientists, and institutions, giving Canadian students and instructors an introductory psychology textbook that is truly their own.
New co-author Elizabeth Gershoff, The University
of Texas at Austin
Gershoff is a world-renowned researcher in social and emotional development, widely known for her findings on corporal punishment and developing interventions to prevent it.
Video Callouts
Throughout the book, students will find callouts to the book’s video activities and the clips from Michael Apted’s Up series in LaunchPad.
Test Yourself
Each chapter now comes with a brief multiple-choice quiz so students can test their understanding. Even more assessment tools are included in LaunchPad.
Global Revisions
Test Yourself comprehension questions added to the end of each chapter
Video icons added to each chapter to guide students to video content in LaunchPad
Greater focus on cross-cultural issues and diverse cultural perspectives
More consistent use of boxed features across the chapters, resulting in several new boxes throughout the book
Updates focused on topics related to the impact of technology and social media, special populations, issues related to race, ethnicity, and SES, and the biological and neurological basis for developmental processes.
More Emphasis on the core themes of each chapter: Nature and Nurture; The Active Child; Continuity/Discontinuity; Mechanisms of Development; The Sociocultural Context; Individual Differences; Research and Children’s Welfare.


How Children Develop (Canadian Edition)
Sixth Edition| ©2020
Robert S. Siegler; Jenny Saffran; Nancy Eisenberg; Elizabeth Gershoff; Susan Graham
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How Children Develop (Canadian Edition)
Sixth Edition| 2020
Robert S. Siegler; Jenny Saffran; Nancy Eisenberg; Elizabeth Gershoff; Susan Graham
Table of Contents
Preface
1 An Introduction to Child Development
2 Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period
3 Biology and Behaviour
4 Theories of Cognitive Development
5 Seeing, Thinking, and Doing in Infancy
6 Development of Language and Symbol Use
7 Conceptual Development
8 Intelligence and Academic Achievement
9 Theories of Social Development
10 Emotional Development
11 Attachment to Others and Development of Self
12 The Family
13 Peer Relationships
14 Moral Development
15 Gender Development
16 Conclusions
Glossary References
Name Index
Subject Index


How Children Develop (Canadian Edition)
Sixth Edition| 2020
Robert S. Siegler; Jenny Saffran; Nancy Eisenberg; Elizabeth Gershoff; Susan Graham
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Elizabeth Gershoff

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How Children Develop (Canadian Edition)
Sixth Edition| 2020
Robert S. Siegler; Jenny Saffran; Nancy Eisenberg; Elizabeth Gershoff; Susan Graham
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