This multidisciplinary volume features many of the world's leading experts of infant development, who synthesize their research on infant learning and behaviour

This fourth edition of the best-selling topically-organized introduction to infancy reflects the enormous changes that have occurred in our understanding of inf

Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progre

Research is increasingly showing the effects of family, school, and culture on the social, emotional and personality development of children. Much of this resea

Infants may seem to do little more than eat, sleep, and play. Yet behind this misleadingly simplistic fa ade occurs an awe-inspiring process of development thro