Provides an introduction to the multifaceted world of child development, its theories, its themes, and contexts. This text emphasizes diversity, a focus on individual development as well as normative development, a balance between research and applications, and coverage of the developments within th[...]
The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood. Explicated are both the methodology of the Minnesota study and its far-reaching contributions to understanding how we become who we are. The book[...]