Child Development and Personality Book

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Theory in developmental psychology. I. The prenatal period: 3. Genetic and prenatal factors in development. II. The first two years: 4. Biological changes in infancy. 5. Social factors in infant development. III. Language and cognitive development: 6. The development of language. 7. Cognitive development. 8. Intelligence. IV. Preschool years: 9. Preschool personality development. V. Middle childhood: 10. Development in middle childhood. 11. Development in middle childhood. VI. Adolescence: 12. Adolescence : I. Physical change, sex and social development. 13. Adolescence: II. identity, values and alienation. Epilogue. Index of natures. Index of subject.

Heredity plays a great role in the development of a child’s personality. But the fact remains that environmental factors have also a very significant role to play in the development of the personality of a child.

The environment of the school the quality of teachers and their teaching techniques and the general atmosphere of the society in which a child lives exert great influence and mould the personality of a child.

This book considers these aspects of the development of the personality of a child in detail. (jacket)