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9780761962199: An Introduction to Child Development (SAGE Foundations of Psychology series)

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This outstanding new textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to developmental psychology that is engaging, yet detailed and thorough. Covering all the major topics in child development, the book offers a grounding in the principles which govern research and theory in contemporary child development, and surveys those theories and research methods which are essential to developing a firm knowledge of the field.

Some key features include:

· Coverage of the child′s ′theory of mind′ under the rubric of social development;

· an introduction to ′emotion regulation′ in the chapter on emotional development;

· Coverage of some key theories such as ′dynamic systems theory′ and ′evolutionary psychology′

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Thomas Keenan was a Professor in the School of Academic & Liberal Studies, Niagara College in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.  He was also an adjunct member of the Department of Psychology, Brock University.  He was a developmental psychologist with interests in children’s theory of mind, sarcasm & irony comprehension, and music. 

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