Infants, Children, and Adolescents - Berk, Laura E
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A best-selling, chronologically organized child development text, Laura E. Berk′s Infants, Children, and Adolescents, takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains, emphasizing the complex interchanges between heredity and environment and including research-based, practical applications that students can relate to their personal and professional lives. The Ninth Edition offers a clear, engaging writing style, exceptional multicultural and cross-cultural focus, first-rate coverage of developmental neuroscience, rich examples,…mehr

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A best-selling, chronologically organized child development text, Laura E. Berk′s Infants, Children, and Adolescents, takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains, emphasizing the complex interchanges between heredity and environment and including research-based, practical applications that students can relate to their personal and professional lives. The Ninth Edition offers a clear, engaging writing style, exceptional multicultural and cross-cultural focus, first-rate coverage of developmental neuroscience, rich examples, and long-standing commitment to presenting the most up-to-date scholarship representing the changing field of child development. Also available in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Learn more about 978-1-0719-1305-5, Infants, Children, and Adolescents - Vantage Learning Platform, Ninth Edition.
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Laura E. Berk is a distinguished professor of psychology at Illinois State University, where she has taught child, adolescent, and lifespan development for more than three decades. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and her master's and doctoral degrees in child development and educational psychology from the University of Chicago. She has been a visiting scholar at Cornell University, UCLA, Stanford University, and the University of South Australia. Berk has published widely on the effects of school environments on children's development, the development of private speech, and the role of make-believe play in development. Her empirical studies have attracted the attention of the general public, leading to contributions to Psychology Today and Scientific American. She has been featured on National Public Radio's Morning Edition and in Parents Magazine, Wondertime, and Reader's Digest. Berk has served as a research editor of Young Children, a consulting editor for Early Childhood Research Quarterly, and an associate editor of the Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology. She has been a frequent contributor to edited volumes, having written the article on social development in The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion and the article on Vygotsky in The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. She is coauthor of the chapter on make-believe play and self-regulation in the SAGE Handbook of Play in Early Childhood and the chapter on psychologists writing textbooks in Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You, published by the American Psychological Association. Berk's books include Private Speech: From Social Interaction to Self-Regulation; Scaffolding Children's Learning: Vygotsky and Early Childhood Education; A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool: Presenting the Evidence; and Awakening Children's Minds: How Parents and Teachers Can Make a Difference. She is author of the best-selling higher education texts Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Infants and Children, Development Through the Lifespan, and Exploring Lifespan Development, now published by SAGE. Berk is active in work for children's causes. She serves on the governing boards of the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies and of Artolution, an organization devoted to engaging children and youth in community-based public art projects around the world as a means of promoting trauma relief and resilience. She is founder of Illinois Art Station, an initiative that provides educative and self-expressive experiences in the visual arts to children, adolescents, and their families in her community, with a special focus on reaching underserved and at-risk young people. Berk has been designated a YWCA Woman of Distinction for her service in education. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Division 7: Developmental Psychology.