A personal note to students - Preface for instructors - Theory and research in child development - History, theory, and applied directions - Research strategies - Foundations of development - Biological foundations, prenatal development, and birth - Infancy : early learning, motor skills, and perceptual capacities - Physical growth - Cognitive and language development - Cognitive development : piagetian, core knowledge, and vygotskian perspectives - Cognitive development : an information-processing perspective - Intelligence - Language development - Personality and social development - Emotional development - Self and social understanding - Moral development - Development of sex differences and gender roles - Contexts for development - The family - Peers, media, and schooling - Glossary G-1 - References R-1 - Name index NI-1 - Subject index SI-1.