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List of Contributors xxiii Preface to Second Edition xxv Part I INTRODUCTION 1 1 The Scope and Methods of Developmental Psychology 3Alan Slater, Scott P. Johnson, and Darwin Muir 2 Theories and Issues in Child Development 41Scott P. Johnson, Alan Slater, and Ian Hocking 3 The Nature???Nurture Issue (an Illustration Using Behaviour–Genetic Research on Cognitive Development) 79Elisa A. Esposito, Elena L. Grigorenko, and Robert J. Sternberg PART II INFANCY 115 4 Prenatal Development 117Christine Moon and William P. Fifer 5 Perception, Knowledge, and Action in Infancy 149J. Gavin Bremner 6 Emotional Development and Attachment Relationships 183Elizabeth Meins 7 Social Interaction and the Beginnings of Communication 217H. Rudolph Schaffer 8 The Development of Self and Gender 243Wendy Lawrenson PART III CHILDHOOD 285 9 Cognitive Development 287Margaret Anne Defeyter 10 The Development of Language 319Heather M. Hill and Stan A. Kuczaj II 11 Acquiring a Theory of Mind 357Peter Mitchell 12 Reading and Mathematics in Developmental Psychology 385Peter Bryant 13 Memory Development and Eyewitness Testimony 417Stephen J. Ceci, Stanka A. Fitneva, Cagla Aydin, and Nadia Chernyak 14 Play and the Beginnings of Peer Relationships 453Peter K. Smith 15 Prosocial Tendencies, Antisocial Behaviour, and Moral Development in Childhood 487Daniel Hart, Nyeema Watson, Anandini Dar, and Robert Atkins PART IV ADOLESCENCE 515 16 Cognitive Development in Adolescence 517Kang Lee, Gizelle Anzures, and Alejo Freire 17 Social Development 551William M. Bukowski, Tanya Bergevin, and Richard Miners PART V PRACTICAL ISSUES 585 18 Educational Implications 587Alyson Davis and Naomi Winstone 19 Risk and Resilience in Development 613Leslie Morrison Gutman and Eirini Flouri 20 Social Problems in Schools 649Peter K. Smith and Julian Elliott 21 Atypical Development 681Sarah Norgate Glossary 717 Names Index 747 Subject Index 757