Child Development From Infancy to Adolescence. Laura E. Levine
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Child Development: From Infancy to Adolescence, Second Edition
With its signature active learning approach, Child Development From Infancy to Adolescence: An Active Learning Approach, Second Edition, is the most interactive introduction to child development today.
Learning Questions:
Each chapter opens with questions that help guide students as they read. At the end of the chapter, the questions are linked to the summary for review.
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Child Development From Infancy to Adolescence
Second Edition
To all my lovely grandchildren: Isaac, Sabine, Sadie, Henry, and Leora —LL
To my wonderful family, always kind, thoughtful, and supportive —jm
Child Development from Infancy to Adolescence
An Active Learning Approach
Second Edition
Laura E. Levine
Central Connecticut State University
Joyce Munsch
California State University, Northridge
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Levine, Laura E., author. | Munsch, Joyce, author.
Title: Child development from infancy to adolescence : an active learning approach / Laura E. Levine, Central Connecticut State University, USA, Joyce Munsch, California State University, Northridge, USA.
Description: Second Edition. | Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, [2019] | Revised edition of the authors’ Child development from infancy to adolescence, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018038951 | ISBN 9781506398938 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Child psychology. | Child development.
Classification: LCC BF721 .L5226 2019 | DDC 155.4—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018038951
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List of Active Learning
Chapter 1
How Much Do You Know About Careers in Child Development? 6
Social Policy Affecting Children and Adolescents 8
Cultural Competence and Grief 16
Evaluating Information on the Web 19
Testing Your Knowledge of Child Development 21
Chapter 2
Understanding the Process of Classical Conditioning 34
Examples of Ecological Systems 46
Experimental Research Design 59
Developmental Research Designs 63
Chapter 3
Understanding the Inheritance of Tay-Sachs Disease 78
Assessing