TY - BOOK AU - Rathus, Spencer A. TI - Childhood and Adolescence : Voyages in Development SN - 9780495503903 U1 - 155.4 DDC20 PY - 2008/// CY - Belmont PB - Thomson Wadsworth KW - Child Development N1 - Recommended for students and lecturers N2 - Abstract The third edition of 'Childhood and Adolescence : Voyages in Development' was written to capture the wonder of child and adolescent development. It is designed to help motivate students by showing them the joy of observing children and adolescents. It discusses the history, theories, and methods of childhood and adolescence. The book further discusses heredity and conception, prenatal development, and birth and the new born baby. Infancy development, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence are explored. Under these, physical development, cognitive development, and social and emotional development are explained. ER -