 |  A Child's World: Infancy through Adolescence, 9/e Diane E. Papalia,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sally Wendkos Olds
Ruth Duskin Feldman
Studying a Child's World: Then and Now
Chapter OverviewChapter 1 introduces you to the study of child development. In this chapter, the
authors:
Define child development and explain how it has evolved
Discuss the emerging consensus of fundamental points in child development
Outline the aspects of development to be studied for each period of childhood
Point out several types of influences on how children develop and the contextual
levels within which influences occur |
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