A Child’s Odyssey offers students the combination of clear explanations of central concepts, interesting and sometimes humorous examples and vignettes, and an emphasis on issues in child development.



Now in a 16 chapter format, A Child’s Odyssey provides greater coverage of physical and cognitive development in early and middle childhood while keeping the 3 chapter parallel coverage of infancy, early childhood, middle childhood and adolescence.



A Child’s Odyssey:





offers expanded or new coverage on a wide range of topics including emotion regulation, early intervention, theory of mind, video games, obesity, evolutionary developmental psychology, brain research, empathy, handedness, educational issues, and parental monitoring.
Includes student friendly pedagogical features such as key questions at the beginning of each chapter, review questions after each major section, frequently asked questions, and a running glossary throughout.
Cross-Cultural Focus sections present a variety of cross-cultural research studies in depth. These thought provoking sections raise fascinating questions and the research results are often surprising.