Table of Contents

Part I: In the Beginning.- Chapter 2: Biocultural Foundations.- Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth.- Part II: Infancy.- Chapter 4: The First 3 Months.- Chapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy.- Chapter 6: Social and Emotional Development in Infancy.- Part III: Early Childhood.- Chapter 7: Language Acquisition.- Chapter 8: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood.- Chapter 9: Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood.- Chapter 10: Contexts of Development.- Part IV: Middle Childhood.- Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood.- Chapter 12: School as Context for Development.- Chapter 13: Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood.- Part V: Adolescence.- Chapter 14: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence.- Chapter 15: Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence.

About the Author

Cynthia Lightfoot is Professor of Human Development and acting head of Psychology as the Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine. 
Michael Cole is an all-University of California Professor of Psychology, Communication, and Human Development. His home base is University of California, San Diego, where he is the Director of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition. 
Sheila R. Cole is a former journalist who specialized in writing about families, children, development, and education. She also writes books for children.