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Infancy

The Basics
By Marc H. Bornstein and Martha E. Arterberry
Series: The Basics
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Infancy: The Basics explores the remarkable journey of infant development from before birth to three years old. Authors Marc H. Bornstein and Martha E. Arterberry present an accessible, evidence-based overview of how infants grow from seemingly helpless newborns into thinking, communicating, social beings with unique personalities and relationships. The book covers key topics including prenatal development, early cognition, language acquisition, emotional growth, and how parents can best support their babies' development in diverse circumstances.
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This concise guide is ideal for students of developmental psychology, paediatrics, nursing, education, and social work. It is equally valuable for parents and professionals seeking to understand the complexities of early childhood and the foundation it sets for a child's future.

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Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infants’ development.

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Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infant development. This book takes the reader from before birth through the moment infants come into the world, seemingly unable to do much but eat, eliminate, and sleep, and across the few short, incredible years, to when infants are walking, talking, thinking humans with clear preferences, wishes, and dreams, having already forged strong, long-lasting relationships.

Dispelling common myths and misconceptions about how infants' perception, cognition, language, and personalities develop, this accessible evidence-based book takes a novel whole-child approach. It provides insight into the joint roles of nature (biology) and nurture (experiences) in infant development, how to care for babies to give them the best start in life, and what it means for infants to become thinking, communicating social partners. Topics in this book are covered with an eye firmly fixed on how infants' first years set the stage for the rest of their lives.

By helping us understand infants, experts Marc H. Bornstein and Martha E. Arterberry give us the opportunity to learn about the resiliency of our species and the many different contexts in which families rear infants. They cover key topics, including how babies are studied scientifically, prenatal development and the newborn period, how infants explore and understand the world around them, how infants begin to communicate, how infants develop an emotional life, personality, and temperament, how infants build relationships, and how parents succeed in bringing up babies in challenging circumstances.

This concise, clear guide to the years from before birth to age 3 is for students of developmental psychology, paediatric medicine and nursing, education, and social work. It is also for all parents and professionals caring for infants who want to understand the secret world of infancy.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032001159

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 July 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 2 Tables, black and white; 25 Line drawings, black and white; 33 Halftones, black and white; 58 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 260

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Education & Reference Health & Wellness Marc H. Bornstein Martha E. Arterberry Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Self-Help & Personal Development Series: The Basics

About the Author

Marc H. Bornstein has professional appointments with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Bethesda), the Institute for Fiscal Studies (London), and UNICEF (NYC). He holds degrees from Columbia College and Yale University as well as Trento and Heidelberg. He edits Parenting: Science and Practice and the Handbook of Parenting. Bornstein has published in experimental, developmental, and cultural science as well as neuroscience, pediatrics, and aesthetics.

Martha E. Arterberry is the Clara C. Piper Professor of Psychology at Colby College, Maine. She received her B.A. from Pomona College and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Infant Behavior and Development and Editor of the Lifespan Section of Acta Psychologica. Her research focuses on perception, cognition, and action in infancy.

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