Child Development

by Laura E. Berk

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.A best-selling, topically organized child development text, Berk’s Child Development is reliedon in classrooms worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style,exceptional cross-cultural and multi-cultural focus, rich examples,and long-standing commitment to presenting the most up-to-datescholarship while also offering students research-based, practical applications that they can relate to their personal and professional lives. Berk takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains; emphasizes the complex interchanges between heredity and environment; and provides exceptional attention to culture. Laura Berk, renowned professor and researcher, presents the latest theories and findings in the field to students in a manageable and relevant way. Berk’s signature storytelling style invites students to actively learn beside the text’s “characters,” who experience real issues in development, including physical, cognitive, and peer challenges, as well as parenting and educational concerns. Berk also helps students connect their learning to their personal and professional areas of interest.  Her voice comes through when speaking directly about issues students will face in their future pursuits as parents, educators, heath care providers, social workers, and researchers.  As members of a global and diverse human community, students are called on to intelligently approach the responsibility of understanding and responding to the needs and concerns of children.     While carefully considering the complexities of child development, Berk presents classic and emerging theories in an especially clear, engaging writing style, with a multitude of research-based, real-world, and cross-cultural examples.Strengthening the connections among developmental domains and among theory, research, and applications, this edition's extensive revision brings forth the most recent scholarship, representing the changing field of child development.Note:My Development Lab does not come automatically packaged with this text.

Genres: Psychology, Parenting, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Education, School, Self Help

816 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Jacob Crandell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely loved reading this textbook for my Child Development class. Definitely opened my eyes on desirable and effective parenting.

[Nur Islamia]

Recommended by my lecturer because in this book we can see the milestone for every step of child development. I'ts very helpfull

[Devin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good so far

[Meri Greys · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great help for a future educator like me.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never paid attention to this book while in University 10 years ago, so figured i'd read it before retiring it.

I must admit, I'm surprised at how well its written. usually books are my last choice as opposed to articles.
However, the information is quite detailed and relatively concise. The structure of the book feels very streamlined with appropriate examples, illustrations and summaries at the end of each Chapter.

Would definitely suggest to people who want to understand themselves/how they grew up and also people interested in children/having a child.

There seems to be a lot of very good information in here which would help in relation to parenting.

Overall i'd give this 4.5/5 stars

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thoroughly informative but dense.

[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

This textbook is terrible. It's so insanely boring and dense. Holy shit. Honestly, I only got through reading three full chapters considering every chapter is like 60 pages long.

[Jenny Bohannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great information, but reads a bit wordy, I guess to fill a textbook size. The summaries and exercises were beneficial for class.

[Ida Aasebøstøl · Rating 3 out of 5]

A really nice intro/revival. Structured, orderly, straight-forward and simple language. Lay-out a bit messy and too many colour schemes, but serves its purpose.
Next level: Allan Schore.

[Samantha Ruth Lai]

read. LOL soooo much content i'm dead but the summary pages were helpful 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[Malin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read the international edition, and it was so much about the US, and how systems worked there. In the beginning it was interesting, but then I started to realize that this is not applicable to where I inted to "work", (central and northern Europe).

There was also a lot about mothers, when they do this and when they do that, this happeneds to the child. Maybe a lot has happened in the field of equality and shared responsibilities of the upbringing and the responsibilities in the home (!!!) since the edition I read came out (10 years ago). Or maybe scientists have only studied mothers' interactions with their kids and are just moving in on exploring the fathers' part in the outcome of kids? Or maybe is it so much more common in the US that it is the mother who, in nearly all cases, is responsible for the home and to bring up kids. So, the book felt a bit unmodern, and not fully applicable to where I am heading.

[Ashley]

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Own in hardback.

FS: "Not long ago, I left my Midwestern home to live for a year near the small city in northern California where I spent my childhood."

LS: "Pilot apprenticeship projects are under way, in an effort to solve these problems and build bridges between learning and working in the United States."

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

A text book, but very informative with a lot of information and research.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used this book for mfhd 210 and loved it.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, I read the whole textbook. And it was actually pretty good.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Textbook, probably the best on the subject by one of the premier experts. Can get an earlier edition and save some money.

[Bri Zabriskie · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED this book! I recommend it to parents and future parents!

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting book on child psychology. Class done!

[Bianca · Rating 5 out of 5]

What to expect when your expecting??? This book is very interesting and completely kept my attention. Berk illustrates Child Development clearly.

[Amelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I still can't believe that I read this entire text book from cover to cover. It was a good text book. Very useful information.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating course and a great textbook.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favourite textbook from uni.

[Reading · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best textbook on this subject but it gets the job done!

[Katelin · Rating 3 out of 5]

As far as a textbook goes, this was a pretty good one. The whole book only has fifteen chapters, so they're really long. But the content was easy to understand and very informative.

[Kiara · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best child development book there is! If you are needing it for class, or required to read it, you need to buy it and keep it. Tons of great information in here!

[Marissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very informative. It had a lot of great information about child development. One thing that I really appreciated about this text were the tips that it shared on how to apply a lot of these principles in daily interactions with children and teens. I also really enjoyed the milestone charts that put these developmental stages into a bigger picture.