An Introduction to Developmental psychology by A. Slater and G. Bremner (third edition) - a summary

Developmental psychology
Chapter 2
Theories and issues in child development

Introduction

Theory of development: a scheme or system of ideas that is based on evidence and attempts to explain, describe and predict behavior and development.
Two types of theory:

• Minor: those which deal with very specific, narrow areas of development.
• Major: those which attempt to

Developmental psychology
Chapter 4
Prenatal development

Developmental psychology
Chapter 6
Emotional development and attachment relationships

Introduction

Emotional development underlies many other aspects of development, and has serious implications for how we conduct research with children.

Developmental psychology
Chapter 10
The development of language

Developmental psychology
Chapter 12
Reading and mathematics in developmental psychology

Introduction

Cultural tools: any tools that help us to calculate, produce models, make predictions and understand the word more fully.

Developmental psychology
Chapter 16
Cognitive development in adolescence

Developmental psychology
Chapter 19
Risk and resilience in development

Resilience: occurs when children experience positive outcomes despite experiencing significant risk.

Developmental psychology
Chapter 21
Atypical development

Two ways in which development can be atypical

• Development can be exceptionally advanced or exceptionally low. The extremes of individual differences in development
• Development may be qualitatively different from typical development

Williams syndrome: a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by deletion of about 26 genes

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