This up-to-date overview of the fast-moving field of infant development covers all the major areas of interest in terms of research, applications and policy. Each of the 26 chapters is written by a leading international researcher and offers a current review of the theory and research findings in his or her particular area of expertise. The volume is divided into four sections on perception and cognition; social, emotional and communicative development; risk factors in development; and contexts and policy issues. Integration and coherence across the Handbook are provided by editorial commentaries prefacing each section.
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"This volume is undoubtedly a comprehensive text on the relatively new field of infant research, detailing in a thorough way the vast empirical knowledge that has emerged in the last half century. Chapters are written in a way accessible to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. In addition, it is certainly a 'high level' treatment of the field and thus provides useful material for academics who may not themselves be involved in infant research but may teach in the field of infacny or early childhood development." Mark Tomlinson, Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2005, 17(1)
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| Introduction |
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| Part I Perception and Cognition |
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Hearing, Listening, and Understanding: Auditory Development in Infancy |
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35 | (36) |
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Action in Infancy - Perspectives, Concepts, and Challenges: The Development of Reaching and Grasping |
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71 | (28) |
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Cognitive Development: Knowledge of the Physical World |
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99 | (40) |
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Infant Learning and Memory |
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139 | (30) |
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Functional Brain Development During Infancy |
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169 | (22) |
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191 | (22) |
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Joint Visual Attention in Infancy |
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213 | (28) |
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Mind Knowledge in the First Year: Understanding Attention and Intention |
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241 | (28) |
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| Part II Social, Emotional, and Communicative Development |
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Mother-Infant Interaction |
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269 | (27) |
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Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda |
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First Attachments: Theory and Research |
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296 | (30) |
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Peers and Infant Social/Communicative Development |
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326 | (25) |
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The Salience of Touch and Physical Contact During Infancy: Unraveling Some of the Mysteries of the Somesthetic Sense |
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351 | (28) |
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379 | (25) |
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404 | (23) |
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Principles of Emotion and its Development in Infancy |
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427 | (38) |
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| Part III Risk Factors in Development |
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Prenatal Development and Risk |
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505 | (38) |
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Early Intervention and Risk |
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543 | (22) |
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Early Social Development in Young Children with Autism: Theoretical and Clinical Implications |
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565 | (24) |
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Infant Mental Health in a Changing Society |
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589 | (28) |
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617 | (24) |
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| Part IV Contexts and Policy Issues |
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Infancy Research, Policy, and Practice |
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Childcare Research at the Dawn of a New Millennium: Taking Stock of What We Know |
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Health, Nutrition, and Safety |
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The History (and Future) of Infancy |
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726 | (33) |
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| Subject Index |
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Gavin Bremner is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Lancaster. He is the author and editor of many books, including Infancy, Second Edition (Blackwell Publishers, 1994). Alan Fogel is Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah and the author of Infancy: Infant, Family and Society (Fourth Edition, 2001) amongst other publications.
