Childhood and Adolescence: Voyages in Development notes

(1) Learn how to define child development, explain why researchers study child development, and describe the history of the study of child development. (2) Describe and evaluate theories of child development, including psychoanalytic theory, learning theories, cognitive-developmental theory, biological views, ecological systems theory, and the sociocultural perspective. (3) Discuss controversies in child development, including the nature–nurture controversy, whether development is continuous...

(1) Learn how to define child development, explain why researchers study child development, and describe the history of the study of child development. (2) Describe and evaluate theories of child development, including psychoanalytic theory, learning theories, cognitive-developmental theory, biological views, ecological systems theory, and the sociocultural perspective. (3) Discuss controversies in child development, including the nature–nurture controversy, whether development is continuous...