1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Preface

      5  1 Interdisciplinary Themes 1.1. The question of prediction 1.2. Development concepts 1.3. To what extent is a dialog or coming together possible between developmental psychology and psychoanalysis? Between the observable and the repressed 1.4. Between psychology and epidemiology, developmental psychopathology 1.5. Childhood and culture, anthropological approaches 1.6. Childhood and family in history 1.7. Adolescent development and its contemporary evolution 1.8. The family and its contemporary evolution 1.9. Social class, family income and poverty 1.10. Parenting and parenting styles: how do we find the “right balance”? 1.11. Maternal employment in early childhood 1.12. Child care 1.13. Ranking among siblings 1.14. Sibling size 1.15. Twins

      6  2 The Fetus and Fetal Life 2.1. Conception and medically assisted procreation: children born through medically assisted procreation 2.2. The issue of genetic screening 2.3. Knowledge of the child’s sex 2.4. The sensory and psychological functioning of the fetus 2.5. Stress and maternal psychopathology 2.6. Prenatal exposures 2.7. Microbiota

      7  3 Perinatal Care and the Infant 3.1. Perinatal care 3.2. The infant stage (0–2 years)

      8  4 What’s New in Cognition? 4.1. The child’s brain 4.2. The question of universality 4.3. The theory of mind 4.4. Metacognition 4.5. Mirror neurons 4.6. Embodied cognition 4.7. The issue of programming, “starter kits”, neuroplasticity and the need for an integrative approach 4.8. Vygotsky and the zone of proximal development model 4.9. Contributions from the mother and father 4.10. Intelligence, its definition and measurements 4.11. The question of the “drop in level” of French children 4.12. Children with high potential (“giftedness”) 4.13. Learning disabilities, the “dys” disorders 4.14. Creativity 4.15. Moral development 4.16. Language

      9  5 Attachment 5.1. The concept of attachment 5.2. The biological bases and correlates of attachment 5.3. The mother’s response to the need for attachment 5.4. The father and attachment 5.5. The concordance between attachment types 5.6. Paternal behavior 5.7. Sibling attachment 5.8. Attachment to objects 5.9. Attachment and child care 5.10. Attachment disorders 5.11. Attachment, the individual and the family 5.12. The character (or temperament) of the individual 5.13. Attachment and the child’s gender 5.14. Attachment in adolescence 5.15. Attachment and the Internet 5.16. Attachment and risk taking 5.17. Attachment and addictions 5.18. Attachment and transgression 5.19. Attachment, antisocial behavior and hyperactivity

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