Development in Infancy: An Introduction

by Michael E. Lamb, Marc H. Bornstein

This fourth edition of the best-selling topically-organized introduction to infancy reflects the enormous changes that have occurred in our understanding of infants and their place in human development over the past decade. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised to reflect current thinking and research in the field, and while classic studies continue to be cited, the text emphasizes studies published since the late 1990s.

The authors have worked to maintain the readability for which this classic textbook has been known. This edition continues to be appropriate for use in classes at all levels--undergraduate and graduate--as well as in various disciplines--psychology, education, child development, nursing, and social work.

The fourth edition features a number of
*the literature review has been thoroughly updated to reflect the results of new research;
*new figures have been provided to better explain important concepts and the results of recent studies;
*implications for practical applications and social policy have been emphasized throughout;
*the writing style has been revised to make the book attractive to students from diverse academic backgrounds; and
*orienting questions have been provided at the beginning of each chapter to facilitate understanding and learning.

Genres: Psychology

528 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2002

About the author

Michael E. Lamb is Professor of Psychology in the Social Sciences, Cambridge University.

Reviews

[Amy]

The more I read this text the more I asked do these researchers even LIKE studying infants?!? I swear just about every single chapter (or several times in a chapter) they discussed how difficult infants are to study. I think we all inherently understand that infants cannot articulate their understanding of their environment say it once and move on!

It covered EVERYTHING you could ever ask about infancy without being a PhD in any one specific area but it sure felt like that was the goal per chapter. That and did we mention infants don't make good test subjects?!? Seriously we got it!