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Children, 7/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas, Dallas

What's New

New Features:
  • New Content! Significant revision of material in physical (especially the brain and health), cognitive (especially information processing, language development, and education), and socioemotional development (especially emotional development, families, and culture, ethnicity, and gender).
  • More than 500 21st century research citations.
  • Careers in Child Development boxes feature interviews with professionals who describe opportunities in the field. Chapter 10 features Helen Schwe, a developmental psychologist and toy designer.
  • Caring for Children boxes provide positive strategies for interacting with and improving the lives of children. For example, Chapter 7 features tips for facilitating children's language development.
  • Learning Goals are stated at the beginning of each chapter to help focus student's study time on the big ideas in the chapter. The chapter review is presented in the context of these goals to reinforce learning.
  • Unique Cross-linkages are featured within the text of every chapter to refer students back to the primary discussion of key concepts to increase comprehension. This serves as a built-in review for students.
  • Chapter Maps appear several times throughout the chapter to help students visualize the relationship between concepts and the flow of material.
  • Student CD ROM brings Santrock's signature pedagogical features to life through interactive art.
Proven Features:
  • "Through the Eyes of Children" boxes feature actual comments from a child's point of view revealing a particular aspect of development.
  • In-text web icons alert the reader to additional information on the major topics of the text through live links on the Santrock Children web site.
  • End of chapter web exercises provide the reader with 2-3 questions/problems per chapter that can be answered by exploring the given web site address. These exercises are challenging and interesting and take the student beyond the text material to help them apply what they have learned.








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