General characteristics of
childhood
Physical and Motor development
in childhood
Cognitive development in
childhood
Characteristics of thought; Piaget's developmental stages; Conservation; Animism / Realism
The Family
- Overview: Socialization and contexts
- Parenting: Childrearing: Dimensions of parent-child interactions; types of parenting; personality
- Types of parents / types of children / types of families
- Divorce
- Sibling relations; ordinal position
Child Abuse
Play / Peers / School
Socialization and contexts
Peer relations: Functions of; Types; Influences on
Play: Functions of; Types; Developmental Changes and interrelations between social and other aspects of
development; Terms


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