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Print Price: $222.99

Format:
Paperback
402 pp.
48 b/w photos; 36 figures; 18 tables, 7" x 9"

ISBN-13:
9780195431650

Copyright Year:
2011

Imprint: OUP Canada


Introduction to Infant Development

Canadian Edition

Edited by Alan Slater, Michael Lewis, Gizelle Anzures and Kang Lee

Introduction to Infant Development, Canadian edition, offers fascinating insight into the psychological development of infants and explores the latest advancements in the field. Written by Canadian and international experts on the subject, this contributed volume offers an authoritative treatment of core concepts, while maintaining a consistent tone throughout. With broad and in-depth coverage, the text examines key topics such as the history and basic methods of infant research; categorization; face perception and processing; functions of play; culture and infancy; and health, nutrition, and atypical development. Engaging and accessible, this new Canadian edition is the most current account of infant development available.

Readership : Introduction to Infant Development is a core text for infant development courses and has potential to be a supplemental text in child development courses. Both are taught at the third- or fourth-year level out of psychology departments.

Reviews

  • "'The coverage of the research in infancy is very good. It has both a broad overview of the various subfields and also some in-depth descriptions and discussions of seminal research in those subfields."

    --Christine Tsang, University of Western Ontario


  • "This textbook is overall more challenging and stimulating than a typical textbook."

    --Maxim Abelev, University of British Columbia

Preface
Important features of this edition
List of Contributors
PART 1: History and Methods
1. Michael Lewis and Alan Slater: A Brief History of Infancy Research
2. Margaret Bendersky and Margaret W. Sullivan: Basic Methods in Infant Research
PART 2: The Foundations of Development
3. Peter Hepper: Prenatal Development
4. Karen E. Adolph and Amy S. Joh: Motor Development: How Infants Get into the Act
5. Alan Slater, Tiffany Field, and Maria Hernandez-Reif: The development of the senses
PART 3: Cognitive Development
6. Scott P. Johnson and Alan Slater: The Development of Intelligence in Infancy
7. Paul C. Quinn: Categorization
8. J. Gavin Bremner: Perception and Knowledge of the World
9. Jane S. Herbert and Olivier Pascalis: Memory Development
PART 4: Communication in Infancy
10. Vikram K. Jaswal and Anne Fernald: Learning to Communicate
11. George J. Hollich and Derek M. Houston: Language Development: From Speech Perception to First Words
PART 5: Social Development
12. Jennifer L. Ramsey-Rennels and Judith H. Langlois: How Infants Perceive and Process Faces
13. Michael Lewis: Early emotional development
14. Michael Lewis: Social development
15. Marc H. Bornstein and Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda: Infants at Play: Development, Functions, and Partners
PART 6: Early Interventions, Culture, Nutrition, and Health
16. Sejal Patel and Carl Corter: Early Intervention Research, Services, and Policies
17. Jayanthi Mistry, Ila Deshmukh, and M. Ann Easterbrooks: Culture and Infancy
18. John Worobey: Health, Nutrition, and Atypical Development
Glossary
References
Index

Companion Website
Test Bank by Gizelle Anzures:
20-30 Multiple Choice questions per chapter
10-15 Short Answer questions per chapter
10-15 True/False questions per chapter

Alan Slater is an associate professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Exeter, UK.

Michael Lewis is a university distinguished professor at the Institute for the Study of Child Development, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA.

Gizelle Anzures has a doctoral degree in Developmental Science from the University of Toronto. Her research projects examine developmental, social, and cultural factors that influence face processing abilities from infancy to adulthood.

Kang Lee is a professor at the Institute of Child Study at the University of Toronto. He served as the director of the Institute of Child Study, Human Development and Applied Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education from 2005 to 2010. He is also the associate editor for the journal Developmental Science. His research projects examine infants' and children's face processing abilities and the development of deception.

Child Development - M. D. Rutherford
Understanding Child Development: 0-8 Years - Jennie Lindon
Understanding Children and Young People - Jennie Lindon

Special Features

  • Canadian content. The only book available that features Canadian scholars and their advances in the field, ensuring that students are aware of the extensive research being done in this country.
  • International perspectives. Cutting-edge research from around the world offers students a well-rounded treatment of infant development.
  • Authoritative. Written by known experts in the discipline, this contributed text offers students a succinct yet detailed overview of both recent and long-accepted research.
  • Current. Incorporating innovative research and data throughout, this is the most up-to-date infant development text available.
  • Early intervention in Canada. A completely rewritten chapter (Chapter 16) highlights the specific infant targeted services, policies, and programs unique to Canada and discusses how early intervention programs might improve later functioning in children.
  • Infant communication. A new section on communication in infancy (Part 4) exposes students to this crucial aspect of infant development.
  • Flexibility. Instructors can set the order of the topics they present to their students since chapters in this contributed text do not require cumulative knowledge to be understood.
  • Enhanced pedagogy. Research and critical thinking questions, boldfaced key terms defined in an end-of-text glossary, and 'Canadian Research Now' boxes drawing attention to advances in Canadian research help students excel in their studies.