Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

About the authors -- Preface -- Entering a child's world -- Studying a child's world -- A child's world : how we discover it -- Beginnings -- Forming a new life : conception, heredity, and environment -- Pregnancy and prenatal development -- Birth and the newborn baby -- Infancy and toddlerhood -- Physical development and health during the first three years -- Cognitive development during the first three years -- Psychosocial development during the first three years -- Early childhood -- Physical development and health in early childhood -- Cognitive development in early childhood -- Psychosocial development in early childhood -- Middle childhood -- Physical development and health in middle childhood -- Cognitive development in middle childhood -- Psychosocial development in middle childhood -- Adolescence -- Physical development and health in adolescence -- Cognitive development in adolescence -- Psychosocial development in adolescence -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Name index -- Subject index.