OWENS, Karen <br/><br/>
The world of the child. / 
Karen Owens 
 - New York:  Macmillan Publishing Company,  1993. 
 - xviii, 620p.:  ill.;  24cm 
<br/><br/> Includes glossary, reference and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents:Children and adolescents in contexts of development: Studying children: Past, present, and future -- Biological and family contexts of development -- Social and cultural contexts of development -- The in utero, physical, and perceptual world of the child and adolescent: The beginning of life -- Physical, motor, sensory, and perceptual development -- The world of the child's and adolescent's mind: Views of cognition: Jean Piaget -- Views of cognition: Information-Processing theory -- Views of cognition: psychometrics -- Language development -- The psychosocial world of the child and adolescent : Social cognition -- Social development -- Gender-role development -- Emotional development -- Moral reasoning, feelings, and behavior -- Developmental problems and trends in the world of the child and adolescent: Disorders and problems in development -- Developmental trends. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0675213363 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ767.9.O84