Description

This book offers a comprehensive and contemporary exploration of child development, examining how biological, cognitive, emotional, and social processes shape growth from infancy through adolescence.

Integrating current research with clear, accessible explanations helps learners understand developmental patterns, individual differences, and the contexts that influence children’s lives 🌱.

This edition includes more than 1,000 citations from 2020–2022, reflecting both classic and current research by a diverse group of scholars.

To highlight the importance of culture, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and technology as developmental contexts, this edition introduces these themes early to frame understanding of all subsequent topics.

✨ Salient Features

Aligned with the latest curriculum guidelines 📚
Integrates cutting-edge research with extensive updated citations
Emphasizes developmental connections across key domains of growth
Highlights diversity, equity, and inclusion through structured learning features 🌍
Supplemented with online resources for instructors