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Child Development with PowerWeb
J. Santrock

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John Santrock's Child Development is widely adopted for being the most accurate and up-to-date, topically-organized text on the market. The learning goals-driven learning system has helped students across the country obtain a clearer understanding about child development. This fully revised 11th edition continues the tradition of currency with hundreds of new citations, including material from chapters in the 6th edition of the Handbook of Child Psychology.The 11th edition includes more than 1,800 citations from the 21st century, including more than 600 from 2004 and beyond. New research includes discussion of violent video games and childrenżs aggression in Chapter 18.Chapter 5 has a completely new focus with emphasis on physical development and health combined in one chapter at the request of reviewers. The new organization of this chapter provides a much stronger topical focus to the material on physical development and health.Chapter 6 is a new chapter that focuses on expanded and more integrated coverage of motor, sensory, and perceptual development. Previously, these topics were disconnected across two chapters. Creating this new chapter provides a much stronger emphasis on the important topic of perceptual motor coupling.Two new "Interludes" in each chapter provide increased coverage of two central topics: "Research in Child Development" and "Caring for Children Interludes." Examples of each żInterludeż include: How Parents Can Subtly Suggest False Events to Their Children and Parenting Adopted Children.Expanded coverage of diversity throughout the text includes a new section on socioeconomic status and poverty in Chapter 1 as well as new discussion of the increased diversity of adopted children and adoptive parents in Chapter 3.Learning Goals are presented at the beginning of each chapter, in tandem with a chapter outline/map; revisited in the żReview and Reflectż summary that concludes each section; and summarized in the żReach Your Learning Goalsż end-of-chapter visual.żCareers in Child Developmentż boxes feature interviews with professionals who describe opportunities in the field, including a pediatric nurse, an elementary school teacher, a pediatrician, and a child life specialistExpert consultants reviewed chapters, adding their recommendations and insights to provide the most current information on child development. The text's reviewer panel is listed in the preface.Web icons throughout each chapter, next to appropriate content, signal connecting links and additional information available on the text's Online Learning Center. "Taking It to the Net" exercises encourage students to explore topics in more depth via the Internet.