Child Development

Take a global tour of childhood that spans 50 countries and explore everyday questions such as 'Why does love matter?', 'Why can't we remember the first years of our life?', and 'Why do adolescent relationships feel like a matter of life and death?' Combining psychology, anthropology, and evolution, the text examines significant aspects of becoming human - language, morality, empathy, creativity, learning and cooperation. Discover how children's skills evolve, how they adapt to solve challenges, and what makes you, you. Divided into three chronological sections - early years, middle childhood, and adolescence - this book is enriched with a full set of pedagogical features, including key points to help you retain the main takeaway of each section, space for recap, a glossary of key terms, learning outcomes and chapter summaries. The video suite helps bring ideas to life, and each chapter features an animated 'one-minute method' video that explains how researchers conduct their investigations.