Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This fourth edition of Child Development: An Active Learning Approach reflects the primary goal of creating a significant learning opportunity by offering current research, self test opportunities, and active learning experiences. With an emphasis on diversity, culture, and the biological underpinnings of development, this topically organized book provides current, evidence-based knowledge about important issues in child development. This enables learners to better see the continuities and discontinuities within each domain of development. This edition continues to offer the distinguishing active learning practice activities that complement and enhance the ideas presented in each chapter. Each chapter also includes opportunities to test existing knowledge and assumptions in order to help students give up some of the intuitive ideas or simplistic thinking they have about child development"-- Provided by publisher.