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Visit sagepub.com to explore our complete catalog and for table of contents information. 31 TexTbooks Print + interactive eBook: Get more with the Bundle! developmental Psychology: child development child develoPment: An Active Learning Approach Second edition Laura E. Levine, Central Connecticut State University • Joyce Munsch, California State University, Northridge With its hallmark active learning approach, the second edition of this topically-organized text is the most interactive introduction to child development today. Dynamic learning activities in each chapter invite students to forge a personal connection to the latest topics shaping the field, including neuroscience, diversity, culture, play, and media. Using innovative pedagogy, this text reveals a wide-range of real-world applications for research and theory, creating an engaging learning experience that equips students with tools they can use long after the class ends. NEw AND KEy fEATurES • An active learning approach that inte- grates dynamic activities throughout each chapter to engage students in personal, real-world applications of research and theory. • Coverage of cutting-edge topics, such as children in the natural world; home- lessness; trauma and toxic stress; sex trafficking of children; generalist genes; cultural neuroscience; and more. • Test Your Knowledge (true/false) assessments that begin each chapter, helping students address their mis- conceptions about the field. • Expanded and updated information throughout the text, including gender differences in prenatal brain develop- ment; autism spectrum disorders (prevalence and causes); autobio- graphical memory and its relation to the sense of self; nutrition and development; and more. • Over 470 new citations—more than half as recent as 2010 – 2013. • New videos created specifically for this text that include examples of children involved in activities described in the chapters as well as interviews with caregivers and teachers. enhanced interactive eBook: FREE when bundled with the print version! The easy-to-use interactive eBook gives you access to the same content and page layout as the printed book, but in a flexible digital format. It offers integrated links to multimedia content including video, audio, articles, and reference materials that allow you to delve deeper and explore important concepts or ideas where it matters most—on the page where a topic is discussed. Featuring helpful study tools such as highlighting, bookmarking, and in-text searching, the interactive eBook can be easily accessed anywhere you have an Internet connection from your desktop or laptop computer. Get FREE access to the interactive eBook with the purchase of the new edition. CONTENTS PART I: UNDERSTANDING DEVELOPMENT: WHY AND HOW WE STUDY CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS / 1. Introduction: Issues in Child Development / 2. Theories of Development / 3. How We Study Children and Adolescents / PART II: BEGINNINGS / 4. How Children Develop: Nature Through Nurture / 5. Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn / PART III: BUILDING BLOCKS OF DEVELOPMENT: HOW CHILDREN GROW / 6. Physical Development: The Body and the Brain / 7. Cognitive Development / 8. Intelligence and Academic Achievement / 9. Language Development / 10. Emotional Development and Attachment / 11. Identity: The Self, Gender, and Moral Development / 12. Social Development: Parents, Peers, and Beyond / PART IV: Contexts for Development / 13. Play, Extracurricular Activities, and Media Use / 14. Families / 15. Health, Well-Being, and Resilience PAPerbAck ISbn: 978-1-4522-1679-9 • ©2014 • 728 PAgeS • • interactive ebook SlIm PAck ISbn: 978-1-4833-4677-9 Print + interactive ebook bundle ISbn: 978-1-4833-4718-9 Bundle Levine's Child Development, 2e with Mercer's Child Development, 2e and SAVE! Use ISBN: 978-1-4833-3939-9 child develoPment: Myths and Misunderstandings Second edition Jean Mercer, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey In the Second Edition of Child Development: myths and misunderstandings, Jean Mercer uses intriguing vignettes and questions about children and families to guide readers in thinking critically about 51 common beliefs. Each essay confronts commonly held misconceptions about development, encouraging students to think like social scientists and to become better consumers of media messages and anecdotal stories. The book is organized so that essays can be assigned to parallel either chronologically or topically organized child development texts. CONTENTS Introduction: Claims About Child Development / PART I: GENETICS AND PRENATAL LIFE / PART II: INFANTS AND TODDLERS / PART III: PRESCHOOLERS / PART IV: SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN / PART V: ADOLESCENTS / Afterthoughts PAPerbAck ISbn: 978-1-4522-1768-0 • ©2013 • 360 PAgeS •