About the Book

The study of child development is of immense importance to those dealing with children, either as parents or teachers. Starting from the prenatal embryonic stage, the book traces the development of a child not only in physical field but in intellectual (cognitive), emotional (co-native), social and moral fields too, as they all make the important aspects of a child’s personality.  Besides, the role of nature and nurture has been highlighted since the prenatal stage to that of adolescence. Child development in Indian perspective, with some current events, makes the book more relevant and appealing. An attempt has also been made to make abstruse writers like Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud, etc. easy to understand. Finally, real-life pictures further contributes in making the book more interesting and lucid. As such, the book may be found as one providing some useful matter for students of Education, Psychology, Home Science and Pediatrics. 

Contents

•     Scientific Methods and Child Psychology

•     Growth and Development: Defined and Explained

•     Prenatal Development

•     Physical Growth and Development During First Year

•     Physical Growth and Development During Second Year

•     Physical Growth and Development During Fifth Year

•     Cognitive / Intellectual Development During Childhood

•     Development of Language

•     Development of Reasoning

•     Emotional Development: First Two Years

•     Emotional Development: Three to Five Years

•     Development of Social Traits

•     Moral Development

•     Mass Media and its Role in Social and Moral Development

•     Personality

•     The Abnormalities and their Treatment

•     Adolescence

•     Theories of Child Development: Freud’s Psychoanalysis Theory

•     Theories of Child Development: Piaget’s Cognitive Theory

•     Theories and Practices of Child Education: Madame Maria Montessori

•     Theories and Practices in Education: Jean Piaget

•     Ideas that I am Seized With 

About the Author / Editor

S.S. Shrimali is former Reader, Government Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Bikaner (Rajasthan). He is an established writer on Education and Psychology (especially Developmental Psychology) and, has to his credit, a number of articles published in eminent journals, and magazines in English as well as Hindi.