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Child Development: Context, Culture, and Cascades seeks to convey the wonder and awe of child development. Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda aims to inspire students to understand the process of change and to think about change through the eyes of a developmental scientist.

Context and Culture:

Children develop in multiple interrelated contexts—all of which are subject to important cultural influences that infuse all aspects of development. In addition, the biological context is integral to the developmental processes. This theme, that development is the product of multiple interacting contexts, is systematically integrated into every chapter.

Child Development: Context, Culture, and Cascades includes many examples from an array of cultural experiences, and strikes a balance between unique cultural practices and universal developmental processes.

Developmental Cascades:

The theme of developmental cascades is woven through a dedicated section in each chapter that illustrates inter-connections between domains of development, embracing the idea of the whole child.

Research Methods:

Child Development: Context, Cultures, and Cascades includes a dedicated chapter on foundations, theories, and methods of research. It also provides a chapter-specific overview of the methods that researchers use to study different areas of development. The goal is to arm students with a thorough understanding of how to do research and then apply that knowledge. By learning and doing, students will come to appreciate how to tackle critical development questions with an eye toward age-appropriate measures and methods.

Language Development:

Child Development: Context, Culture, and Cascades includes a dedicated chapter—Chapter Six—that highlights the rapid changes to language during infancy and toddlerhood, equipping readers with the foundational knowledge that supports a deeper appreciation of language topics.

Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda is Professor of Developmental Psychology, in the Department of Applied Psychology at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University, where she directs the Play & Language Lab. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society and has served in various capacities (past and current) such as President of the International Congress of Infant Studies; member of the Governing Council of the Society for Research on Child Development; associate editor of Infancy and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; reviewer on editorial boards of several journals and panels of federal and foundation funding agencies.

Tamis-LeMonda’s research focuses on infant and child language, communication, object play, literacy, and motor skill, and the roles of language input, home experiences, parenting, and culture in infant learning and development across domains. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Mental Health, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, the LEGO Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the Robinhood Foundation. She has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals and books, and co-edited the volumes Child Psychology: A Handbook of Contemporary Issues, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Editions (Psychology Press, 1999, 2006, 2016), Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, (Psychology Press, 2002; 2013), The Development of Social Cognition and Communication (Psychology Press, 2005), and the Handbook of Infant Development (Cambridge University Press, 2020). Her husband Richard, children Brittany, Christopher, and Michael; grandchildren Lila and Zoe; and dog Lucy are a constant source of joy and continual reminder to always find the time to take a break, go for a walk, host a holiday, do some cooking, and relish time with family.

PART 1: FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1: Goals, Theories, and Methods
Chapter 2: Heredity, Environment, and the Brain
Chapter 3: Prenatal and Postnatal Health and Physical Development

PART 2: INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD
Chapter 4: Perceptual and Motor Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Chapter 6: Language Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Chapter 7: Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

PART 3: EARLY CHILDHOOD
Chapter 8: Physical Development and Health in Early Childhood

Chapter 9: Cognitive and Language Development in Early Childhood
Chapter 10: Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood

PART 4: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
Chapter 11: Physical Development and Health in Middle Childhood
Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 13: Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood

PART 5: ADOLESCENCE
Chapter 14: Physical Development and Health in Adolescence
Chapter 15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Chapter 16: Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence

A holistic, chronological approach illustrating how context and culture influence a child’s development across domains and time

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