Infants, Children, and Adolescents

Key differences between 8th and 7th editions

• Period between current and previous publications: 4 years (2015 vs 2011).
• Berk's text was first published in 1992.
• The Eighth Edition was written in collaboration with new coauthor Adena Meyers.
• New topics in the Eighth Edition:
• Developmental neuroscience (neural development).
• Impact of U.S. Public Policy changes on infant feeding in low-income women.
• Why Asian children have better drawing skills.
• Mother-child conversations about gender.
• Executive function skills.
• Working memory (a cognitive function that allows to hold or manipulate information in mind).
• "Flynn Effect" phenomena -- rising IQ scores in the general population over time and generations.
• Factors that influence self-esteem.