TY - BOOK AU - OWENS, Karen TI - The world of the child. SN - 0675213363 AV - HQ767.9.O84 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Macmillan Publishing Company N1 - Includes glossary, reference and index; 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 ER -