In Thebeginning : : Readings on Infancy / / ed. by Jay Belsky.

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• MitwirkendeR: Ainsworth, Mary D. Salter,; Arend, Richard A.,; Belsky, Jay,; Brackbill, Yvonne,; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne,; Campbell, Frances A.,; Clarke-Stewart, K. Alison,; Cohen, Leslie B.,; Cohen, Sarale E.,; Eckerman, Carol O.,; Emanuel, Irvin,; Goldberg, Susan,; Gould, Stephen Jay,; Hogan, Robert,; Hurlburt, Nancy,; Jankowski, Joseph J.,; Kennell, John H.,; Klaus, Marshall H.,; Kutz, Stuart L.,; Lamb, Michael E.,; Landesman-Dwyer, Sharon,; Lewis, Michael,; Lipsitt, Lewis P.,; Matas, Leah,; McCall, Robert B.,; Most, Robert K.,; Olds, David L.,; Pedersen, Frank A.,; Ramey, Craig T.,; Rubenstein, Judith L.,; Sameroff, Arnold,; Savoyhogarty, Pamela,; Spieker, Susan,; Sroufe, Alan,; Sroufe, L. Alan,; Stayton, Donelda J.,; Steinberg, Laurence D.,; Streissguth, Ann Pytkowicz,; Whatley, Judith L.,; Yarrow, Leon J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Belsky, Jay,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1982]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 1982
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (310 p.)

A collection of theoretical essays, empirical studies, and critical reviews that document the idea that the first stage of life is important for subsequent development and reveal developmental principles that function across a life span. Themes include the unique circumstances and developmental plas...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. General Themes
• 1. Human Babies as Embryos
• 2. Transactional Models in Early Social Relations
• 3. The Coherence of Individual Development
• II. Prenatal and Perinatal Influences
• 4. Smoking During Pregnancy
• 5. Maternal Alcoholism and the Outcome of Pregnancy
• 6. Lasting Behavioral Effects of Obstetric Medication on Children
• 7. Parent-to-Infant Attachment
• 8. Prematurity
• 9. Perinatal Indicators and Psychophysiological Precursors of Crib Death
• Part III. Cognitive-Perceptual Development
• 10. Our Developing Knowledge of Infant Perception and Cognition
• 11. Transitions in Infant Sensorimotor Development and the Prediction of Childhood IQ
• 12. Infant Exploration and Play
• 13. Early Communication and Language Development
• Part IV. Socioemotional Development
• 14. The Development of Infant-Mother Attachment
• 15. Continuity of Adaptation in the Second Year
• 16. Growth of Social Play with Peers During the Second Year of Life
• 17. Self, Other, and Fear
• Part V. Postnatal Influences Within and Beyond the Family
• 18. Dimensions of Early Stimulation and Their Differential Effects on Infant Development
• 19. Infant Obedience and Maternal Behavior
• 20. And Daddy Makes Three
• 21. Mother, Father, and Infant as an Interactive System
• 22. Interactions Between 18-Month-Olds and Their Preschool Siblings
• 23. Maternal Employment and Mother-Child Interaction
• 24. The Effects of Day Care
• Part VI. Early Intervention
• 25. Compensatory Education for Disadvantaged Children
• 26. The Prenatal/Early Infancy Project
• References