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Developmental Psychology: Infancy and Childhood, 6th Edition |

David Shaffer, Katherine Kipp, Eileen Wood, Kim Roberts, Joanne Lee, Alexandra Gottardo, Tobias Krettenauer, Meaghan Barlow

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Developmental Psychology: Infancy and Childhood 6th Edition by David Shaffer/Katherine Kipp/Eileen Wood/Kim Roberts/Joanne Lee/Alexandra Gottardo/Tobias Krettenauer/Meaghan Barlow

Overview

​​Developmental Psychology, 6th Canadian edition provides a clear and engaging overview of how infants and children grow and develop. It combines the best theories, research, and practical advice from experts in the field, helping you understand the “why“ behind the developmental processes. The new edition includes recent research from 2023, providing insights into cross-cultural communities, and features the latest studies and statistics.​

David Shaffer

David R. Shaffer is a Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator of Psychology at the University of Georgia, where he focuses on the Social and Life-Span Developmental Psychology Programs. He has been teaching courses in human development to graduate and undergraduate students for nearly 30 years. His many research articles have concerned such topics as altruism, attitudes and persuasion, moral development, sex roles and social behavior, self-disclosure, and social psychology and the law. He has also served as associate editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Journal of Personality.

Katherine Kipp

Katherine Kipp, Ph.D., is Professor of Developmental Psychology at Gainesville State University. Dr. Kipp was formerly Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia, where she focused on the Life-Span Developmental and Cognitive/Experimental Psychology Programs, and where she received numerous teaching and mentoring awards and fellowships. An active researcher, her interests include cognitive inhibition in children, children's memory, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and giftedness in children. She is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development, Cognitive Development Society, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, Society for Teaching in Psychology, and Psychonomics Society.

Eileen Wood

Eileen Wood completed her Honour's B.A. and Master's degrees at the University of Western Ontario. After completing her Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University, she accepted a position in the area of Developmental Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University, where she is now an Associate Professor. Her primary area of research involves cognitive development, with a focus on issues related to memory. Eileen has also conducted research in social issues, in particular she has examined the process of gender-role stereotyping of children, sexual health and education, dating and dating violence.

Kim Roberts

Joanne Lee

Alexandra Gottardo

Tobias Krettenauer

Meaghan Barlow

  • ​​Updated various sections, including the “Cross-Cultural Studies” section, the “Evolutionary Theory” section including Tomasello’s “Neo-Vygotskian” theory, and the “Implications for Education: Piaget and Vygotsky” section ​
  • ​​Added new references to the Developmental Issues box, including those as recent as 2022. Updated the section on genetic tests and newborns’ abilities to discriminate prosody of utterances, as well as how infants’ sensitivity to phoneme discrimination is influenced by maternal SES ​
  • ​​Added content throughout the text, including Indigenous content on extended family support and Bill C-92 implications, “Hereditary Contributions to Personality”, marijuana statistics, neuroscience and Piaget’s early framework, socioeconomic status and IQ, creative self-concept and activity, and STEM skills between boys and girls. Also included research on household division of labour ​
  • ​​Added and updated statistics as recent as 2023, covering common diseases vaccines are used for including Covid 19; how parents rely on grandparents for care for their children, extended families including Indigenous communities; and the linguistic landscape of Canada including the number of languages and Indigenous languages in Canada ​
  • ​​Added discussions throughout the text on various topics, including children with FASD, conduct disorders or ADHD and the available assessments; the impacts of smoking or vaping during pregnancies; and the issue of microplastics ​
  • ​​Updated figures and new photos added throughout the chapters​
  • ​​Introductions and chapter summaries provide students with a preview of what will be covered​
  • ​​Concept Checks are located at strategic points within each chapter for students to review their comprehension of the content. These can include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, essay and scenario-based questions​
  • ​​Running glossary, key terms lists and comprehensive end-of-book glossary​
  • ​​Inside Track boxes highlight current Canadian research and researchers​
  • ​​Applying Research to Your Life boxes give students useful tools for becoming wise consumers of the research​
  • ​​Focus on Research boxes discuss classic and recent studies that illuminate the topics and issues of development​
  • ​​Developmental Issues boxes highlight applied questions important to development​
  • ​​What Do You Think? Feature is designed to encourage students to think about current controversies and to apply what they have learned in formulating their own reasoned position on developmentally significant issues​
  • Teaching resources available, including Instructor Guide, PowerPoints, and a MindTap Educator’s Guide
  • ​​MindTap is an online learning platform that gives professors complete control to craft a personalized, engaging learning experience that challenges students. MindTap delivers access to an eTextbook, study tools, a variety of activities and auto-graded assessment options, and student performance reporting ​
Preface
PART One THEORY AND RESEARCH IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCES
Chapter 1 Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies
Chapter 2 Theories of Human Development

PART Two FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 3 Hereditary Influences on Development
Chapter 4 Prenatal Development
Chapter 5 Birth and the Newborn’s Readiness for Life
Chapter 6 Physical Development: The Brain, Body, Motor Skills, and the Beginnings of Sexual Development

PART Three LANGUAGE, LEARNING, AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 7 Early Cognitive Foundations: Sensation, Perception, and Learning
Chapter 8 Cognitive Development: Piaget’s Theory, Case’s Neo-Piagetian Theory, and Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Viewpoint
Chapter 9 Cognitive Development: Information-Processing Perspectives and Connectionism
Chapter 10 Intelligence: Measuring Mental Performance
Chapter 11 Development of Language and Communication Skills

PART Four SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 12 Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment
Chapter 13 Development of the Self and Social Cognition
Chapter 14 Sex Differences and Similarities, and Gender-Role Development
Chapter 15 Moral Development and Aggression

PART Five THE ECOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 16 The Family
Chapter 17 Beyond the Family Context: Peers, Schools, and Media
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index Finances and Investments
AppB: Careers in Business​
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