Child Development: Principles and Perspectives blends the most important ingredients necessary for students to succeed in your child development course. This topically organized book uses a student-friendly writing style, intuitive design, and an unparalleled active learning system to help students critically explore the many perspectives on child development.
The main ingredients...
  • Exploring Different Perspectives
    Through interviews, cases, and vignettes, students gain a broad understanding of the viewpoints of people who work with, live with, and care for children.
  • Active Learning System
    From the start of each chapter, students actively engage in reading, questioning, and connecting information to their everyday lives and the lives of others.
  • Experienced Author Team
    Joan and Greg Cook’s experience and passion for teaching, researching, and parenting are evident on every page, and their ability to convey difficult concepts is unparalleled.
And, for extra flavor…
MyPsychLab (for Fall 2004 classes!)
The first fully integrated multimedia online tool for child development, MyPsychLab provides students with interactive simulations, experiments, video clips, self-testing and individualized study plans.

Available January 2, 2004!
Bookstore ISBN: 0-205-31411-2
Exam Copy ISBN: 0-205-40028-0

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