Child Development

‘‘Baby blues,’’ 312, 313
See also Postpartum depression
Bachman, Jerald, 436
Baillargeon, Renee, 89
Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 175–176,
385–386
Ballet, 142
Bandura, Albert, 47–48, 48, 238–239
Basal tears, 103
Baumrind, Diana, 296–297
Bayley, Nancy, 48–50, 49
Behavior analysis, 50, 369
Behavior genetic models, 414
Bell curve, 50
The Bell Curve (Herrnstein and Murray),
340–341
Biculturalism of Hispanic Americans,
189–190
Big Five dimensions (personality
development), 303–304, 304
Bilingual education, 50–51, 190
Binet, Alfred, 51, 51–52
Biological factors. See Genetics
Birth, 52–55, 53, 326–327
Birth defects, 55–58
causes, 57
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), 152
teratogens, 330, 331, 412
Birth order and spacing, 58–60, 153–154
Birth rates amongst teenagers, 402, 403
Birthweight, 61–64, 62
Black English, 64
Blank slate theory (newborns). See
Tabula rasa
Blended families, 64
Blood pressure disorders, 332
Bluebond-Langner, Myra, 114
Body composition, 142
Body Mass Index (BMI), 287, 288
Body position (sense), 356
Book talk (reading), 343
Bowlby, John, 64–65
Ainsworth and, 21
attachment theory, 33, 102
Boys
gender-role development, 162–164
imaginary friends, 200
Klinefelter’s syndrome, 225
marijuana use, 393
physical growth, 307
puberty, 8–9, 337
sexual behavior, 360
social development, 378–379, 379
stepfamilies, adjustments to,
386–387
stress, 389, 390
substance abuse, 392
suicide, 398
working mothers, 438
The Brady Bunch, 387
Brain development, 65–68, 66, 67
early intervention programs, 130
infants, 206
injury, 213–214
McGraw and, 250–251
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS), 395

Brazelton, T. Berry, 68–69, 69

Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale

(BNAS), 69–70

Bronchodilators, 31

Bronfenbrenner, Urie, 70, 70–71

Bruner, Jerome, 71, 71–72

Bullying, 72

Burns, 214

C

Campaign for Family Leave Benefits,

294

Cardiorespiratory systems and Sudden

Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS),

395–396

Careers and adolescent identity

development, 198–199

Caregivers and care giving, 118, 146,

168

See also Child care; Parent-child

relationships

Case studies (qualitative research),

269–270

Casey, Planned Parenthood v. (1992), 2

Cattell, James, 73–74, 74

Causal comparative research method,

270–271

Cephalocaudal principle (motor

development), 279

Cerebral cortex, 65–66

Cesarean delivery, 55, 74–76

Chess, Stella, 410, 412

Chicken pox vaccine, 203

Child abuse, 76–81, 79, 212, 427

Child and Adult Care Food Program,

286

Child care, 296

attachment theory, 35

working mothers, 440

Child custody, 81–84, 252, 254

Child custody and support, 81–84, 83

Child maltreatment, 76–81

See also Child abuse

Child neglect, 77

Child-parent relations. See Parent-child

relationships

Children with special health care needs,

84, 131–132

Children’s rights, 84

Chinese Americans, 28–29

See also Asian-American children

Chinese children, 412

Chomsky, Noam, 227

Chronic illness, 85

Chronological age, 85

Church membership of African

Americans, 16

Cigarette smoking, 392

prenatal development, 330–331

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

(SIDS), 394

Circumcision, 85

Class size, 85–86

Classical conditioning, 86

Pavlov and, 235–236

Watson and, 236

See also Learning

Cleft lip/cleft palate, 56, 86

Clinical research method, 269–270

Cliques, 86–87

See also Friendship; Parenting

Cognitive development, 87–92, 88, 91

adolescence, 9

Binet and, 51

concrete operational thinking, 97

conservation, 98–99

day care, 111

emotional development, 135

exercise, 143

gender-role development, 163–164

infants, 208

milestones, 273–274, 274

Piaget and, 415–416

play, 310, 311

stages, 383

television viewing, 406–407

Cognitive style, 92–94

Cohort, 94

Collectivism in Asian-American

communities, 28

Columbine High School shootings, 1999,

115, 182–183

Communication

crying, 103–104

deaf children, 177–181

facilitated communication, 145

Comorbidity, 94–95

Complications of birth, 53, 55

Comprehension skills and television

viewing, 405–406

Computer literacy, 95

Computers, 95–97, 96

Concrete operational thinking, 88, 97,

98–99, 415–416

Conduct disorder (CD), 98, 262–263

See also Delinquency

Conflict in sibling relationships, 363,

364–365

Conformity, 98

Congenital deformities, 98

See also Developmental disabilities

Congenital rubella syndrome, 350

Conservation, 98–99

Constructive play, 311

See also Play

Contextualist Worldview, 416

Contraception, 99, 360

Cooperative learning, 99–100

Co-parenting, 100

Coping with divorce, 123–124

Corporal punishment, 100

See also Discipline

Correlational research method, 270

Court Appointed Special Advocate

(CASA) program, 100–101

Court cases

Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), 2

Roe v. Wade (1973), 2

Critical/sensitive periods (development),

101–103

Cross-sectional research studies, 271

Crying, 103–105, 104

Cued speech, 181

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