Books for the lay person on child development

[Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith]

now I feel less guilty, that's three of us recommending our own books!!!


At 3:09 PM +0100 4/6/03, Alan Slater wrote:
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>Katie,
>
>An excellent one is Introduction to Infant Development,
>edited by Alan Slater and Michael Lewis, Oxford University
>Press, 2002. Written by leading experts and aimed at basic
>undergraduate and intelligent laypeople. Website is -
>http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-850646-5
>
>I think it's excellent and well-balanced, though I might be
>slightly biased!!
>
>Best wishes
>
>Alan
>
>On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:49:17 +0100  "Alcock, Katie"
><k.j.alcock at city.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>  My brother and his wife, an ecologist and a university adminstrator, are
>>  expecting their first baby - and I get asked this question by educated and
>>  intelligent parents of infants who come into our lab.  What is a good book
>>  on child development, especially infant development, for the lay person? I'm
>>  particularly looking for one that is well balanced and steers clear of, or
>>  at least balances out, the "baby as mini-scientist who knows oh-so-much
>>  about the world" but also the "it's essential you expose your child to
>>  Mozart in the womb" ends of the spectrum.
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>>  Katie Alcock
>>
>>  Katie Alcock, DPhil
>>  Lecturer
>>  Department of Psychology
>>  City University
>>  Northampton Square
>>  London EC1V 0HB
>>  Phone (+44) (0)20 7040 0167
>>  Fax (+44) (0)20 7040 8581
>>  Web http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/k.j.alcock
>>
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