OWENS, Karen creator text xxu New York Macmillan Publishing Company 1993 monographic eng

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xviii, 620p.: ill.; 24cm 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. Karen Owens Includes glossary, reference and index. HQ767.9.O84 0675213363 180206