Child Psychology (Hardcover)  | Released: 2006

All modern psychologists hold that every individual should have, at least, little acquaintance with Child Psychology as it helps in solving children's problem all the better. Child psychology is in fact a composite and comprehensive study of children. The present book Child Psychology has added a new dimension to the vast knowledge of the subject. It introduces various stages of child development right from the conception to the adolescence. Its scope encompasses child's conative, affective and cognitive aspects as well as behaviour. It analyses the impacts of environment and heredity on child's development. In addition, it highlights the scientific underpinning of child psychology and forms a contextual approach. The other major areas covered by the book are Response Mechanism, Motor Development, Sexual Development, Moral and Aesthetic Development, Learning and Sense Training, Thinking and Reasoning, Personality, Delinquency, Psychological Testing and many more. The present book can be rightly held as an ideal textbook on the subject, covering syllabi of majority of the Indian Universities. The standard books of the West are no doubt referred to, but the examples for elucidation and elaboration have been given here in the context of Indian conditions. While the presentation of the subject matter is analytic, the language of the book is free of jargons and easily accessible to the average readers also. Child Psychology will undoubtedly prove useful to the students as well as teachers of the subject. For the general readers, it is an ideal means of acquainting with child's general problems and their effective solutions.Table of Contents: 1. IntroductoryWhat is Child Psychology?, Value of Child Psychology in Education, Subject Matter of Child Psychology, Scope of Child Psychology, Aims of Child Psychology, Child Psychology and Child Care, Nature of Child Psychology; 2. Relationship with Other Social SciencesChild Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Child Psychology and Clinical Psychology, Child Psychology and Education, Relationship with Cultural Anthropology, Child Psychology and General Psychology, Child Psychology and Experimental Psychology, Child Psychology and Educational Psychology; 3. Methods of StudyNaturalistic Observation, Child Biographies, Autobiographies, Comparative Study, Psycho-physical Study, Statistical Method, Interview Method, Psychometric Method, Rating Scales, Questionnaires and Check Lists, Projective Techniques, Rorschach Ink Blot Test, Experimental Method, Psychoanalytic Techniques, Genetic Method; 4. Heredity and EnvironmentWhat is Heredity?, Heredity Versus Environment, Effect of Heredity, Effect of Environment; 5. Response MechanismNervous System, Autonomic Nervous System; 6. Nature and Principles of Human Growth and DevelopmentEmbryonic Development, Embryonic Functional Development, Major Steps in Development; 7. Physical Development Infancy, Infancy Prior to Childhood, Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood; 8. Motor DevelopmentMotor Development and Education; 9. Development of Speech and LanguagePre-lingual Communication, Language Development in Diffrent Ages, Stages in Language Development, Factors in Language Development, Speech Defects; 10. Intellectual and Mental DevelopmentInfluence of Environment, Mental Development During Infancy, The Infants Education, Mental Development During Childhood, Education in Childhood, Mental Development in Adolescence, Mental Development in Adult Age; 11. Emotional DevelopmentEmotional Development in Infants, Emotional Education in Infancy, Emotional Development During Childhood, Emotional Development in Adolescence, Educational Maturity in Adulthood, Emotion, Sentiments and Character, Process of Character Formation, Control of Emotions, Control of Emotions through Sublimation, Anger, Jealousy, Friendship, Role of Mother, Pre-mature Children, Inferiority Complex, Emotional Problems, Resistant Behaviour, Prejudice; 12. Sexual DevelopmentTheory of Psycho-sexual Genesis; 13. Moral and Aesthetic DevelopmentMoral Development, Aesthetic Development; 14. Social DevelopmentSocialization : Its Agencies, Need for Socialization, What is Social Development?, Social Development in Infancy, Social Development in Childhood, Social Development in Adolescence, Social Development in Adulthood, Family and Social Development, School and Social Development, Social Isolates, Social Stratification and Equal Development, Role of Competition, Role of Discipline, Reward and Punishment, Role of Rewards, Role of Punishment; 15. Instincts and their TransformationMcDougalls Theory of Instincts, Instincts and Education, Means of Transforming Instincts, Education and the Transformation of Instincts; 16. General Tendencies : Suggestion, Imitation and SympathySuggestion, Imitation, Sympathy; 17. PlayKinds of Play, Theories of Play, Importance of Play, Play and Work, Play Way of Education; 18. Learning, Maturation and Manual SkillWhat is Learning?, Learning and Maturation, Principal Forms and Methods of Learning, Trial and Error, Insight, Learning Manual Skills, Handedness; 19. Senses and Sense Training; 20. Perceptual DevelopmentCharacteristics of Perceptual Development, Perceptual Development, Influence on Logical Reasoning, Adjustive Factors; 21. Thinking and ReasoningCharacteristics of Child Thinking, Factors of Conceptual Development, Factors Influencing the Childs Concept, Development of Some Important Concepts, Development of Reasoning, Characteristics of Child Reasoning; 22. ImaginationWhat is Imagination?, Classification of Imagination, Characteristics of Childs Imagination, Memory and Imagination, Factors Helping in Imagination; 23. Memory and AssociationWhat is Memory?, Memory of the Child; 24. Attention and InterestMeaning of Attention, Conditions of Attention, Attention and Interest; 25. PersonalityBiological Factors Affecting Personality, Social Factors Influencing Personality, Influence of School on Personality, Influence of Society on Personality, Measurement of Personality, Stages of Personality Development, The Only Child, Personality of Traits in Childhood; 26. Individual DifferencesTypes of Individual Differences, Individual Differences and Education; 27. Problems of Backward, Problematic and GiftedChildrenProblems of Backward Children, Causes of Backwardness, Selection of Backward Children, Problem Children, Childs Defects and Abnormalities, Physical Defects and Abnormalities, Stealing, Lying, Avoiding Tasks Allocated for Home Work, Absconding from Maths Class, Being Late for School, Gifted or Supernormal Children; 28. Juvenile Delinquency Causes of Juvenile Delinquency, Psychological Causes of Delinquency, Reform of Juvenile Delinquents; 29. Adjustment and Mental HygieneMotive and Adjustment, Maladjusted Reactions, Criteria of Personality Adjustment, Common Modes of Reaction to Difficulties, Mental Hygiene; 30. Psychological TestingImportance of Mental Tests, Validity, Reliability, Intelligence Test, Measurement of Personality, Measurement of Special Abilities; 31. Child GuidanceWhat is Guidance?, Kinds of Guidance, Classification According to Mode of Guidance, Educational Guidance, Vocational Guidance, Progres of Vocational Guidance, Process of Vocational Guidance, Personal Guidance.