A Child's World Infancy Through Adolescence

by Diane E. Papalia

This fully revised second edition provides the extensive cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, the innovative pedagogical learning system, and the balance between research and real-life applications that make A Child's World a favourite of both students and professors alike. In a warmly-written and engaging style, Papalia, Olds, Feldman, and Kruk provide a chronological view of child development. The new edition expands the coverage of cultural and historical influences on development, highlights the latest research, and reinforces a learning system for students.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Reference, School, Education

608 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

About the author

As a professor, Diane E. Papalia has taught thousands of undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her bachelor's degree, majoring in psychology, from Vassar College and both her master's degree in child development and family relations and her Ph.D. in life-span developmental psychology from West Virginia University. She has published numerous articles in such professional journals as Human Development, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Sex Roles, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and Journal of Gerontology. Most of these papers have dealt with her major research focus, cognitive development from childhood through old age.

Reviews

[林 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this book for an Early Childhood course. Perhaps that was why the early chapters made sense to me. Interestingly, I have some experience working with children in the 3 categories - early years, middle school (primary school in my region), adolescence. Hence I tried to read the other chapters as well. But I really struggled to follow the chapters on adolescence especially. Maybe my mental capacity still falls within the developmental stage of adolescence.

Much research was cited in this textbook. I remember reading something I disagreed with, regarding psychosocial development. I was not convinced by the statement that research shows no significant difference between children in one circumstance and another circumstance. I think our experience of the world will impact how we see the world and how we relate to it to some extent. But how does anyone really define psychosocial development precisely? It is hard to discuss this on anything but a personal level. We each have different strengths and ways of relating to others and the world.

A Child's World: Infancy Through Adolescence reports research findings and observable conclusions. A more learned reader might find this easier to follow. I think it is a decent introduction to understanding child development.

[☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ ѕℓιм ☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gave me some good information for my "psychology of childhood" psychology class. It was a very helpful book, and interesting.

[Félix Manuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este libro ha sido, sin duda, la lectura más impactante de mi vida. Más allá de la psicología del desarrollo infantil, me ofreció una ventana para reconocerme como persona y comprender mi propia historia. Me ayudó a salir de los conflictos de una crianza disfuncional y me abrió el camino hacia la escritura. De hecho, fue el punto de partida que me condujo a crear mi novela En Vuelo Como las Aves. Una obra que, para mí, trascendió lo académico y se convirtió en la revelación de mi mundo interior.

[Caro · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really helpful for me in school. I used it for some neurosciences stuff and personal and social training in kids matters. The authors are great and I'm really sure it can be a really good choice on an academic and informative aspect.

[Milan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first half of this book because I really like learning about infancy and toddlers, however I was bored with the adolescence section simply because I read another textbook called Adolescence and I felt like it was the same thing just not so in depth. It was a simple read, yes I read the whole book. It was good and helped with my class on children's learning

[Aayla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not very well written. I've read textbooks with way more information, that also explain things better and with more detail. This was more like skimming the surface of all child-psych topics, yet not explaining anything.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am reading this for a class I'm taking. It is full of usefull information.
(I have actually read it before, but years ago)

[Ania · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book and what it taught me. I enjoyed the class and remember it fondly.

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a school book, it was fun to read.