Child development : myths and misunderstandings / Jean Mercer.

By:

Mercer, Jean [author.]

Contributor(s):

Sage eBooks

Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, 2013Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781452275529 (ebook) :

Subject(s):

Child development

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:

305.231 23

LOC classification:

HQ772 .M437 2013

Online resources:

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Summary: Jean Mercer uses intriguing vignettes and questions about children and families to guide readers in thinking critically about 59 common beliefs. Each essay confronts commonly held misconceptions about development, encouraging students to think like social scientists and to become better consumers of media messages and anecdotal stories. The book can be assigned to parallel either chronologically or topically organized child development texts.

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eBooks

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Previous edition: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jean Mercer uses intriguing vignettes and questions about children and families to guide readers in thinking critically about 59 common beliefs. Each essay confronts commonly held misconceptions about development, encouraging students to think like social scientists and to become better consumers of media messages and anecdotal stories. The book can be assigned to parallel either chronologically or topically organized child development texts.

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