The Amazing Infant
Tiffany Field, world renowned infant development scholar, writes an engaging and comprehensive book that collects and reviews the latest findings in the field, exploring cutting edge research and contemporary theories about infant development.
* An engaging and accessible book that integrates research, theory, and real life experiences and practices to provide a closer look at how infancy research is conducted.
* Features illustrative photos and data graphs covering research from recent years.
* Draws on recent advances in neuroscience to examine the progress made in the areas of prenatal and cognitive development.
1. How we conduct infancy research.
2. Being a fetus (Prenatal Growth and Development.
3. Coming into the world (The Perinatal Period).
4. Being in tune with the world (The Early Senses).
5. Body-Talk with Parents and Others (Social Development).
6. Being Emotional and Temperamental (Emotional and Personality
Development).
7. Moving Around in the World and Making Objects Do Things and
Things Happen (Motor and Cognitive Development).
8. Finally Using Words (Language Development).
9. Taking Turns with Peers (More Social Development).
My Diary on Tory's First Year.
Glossary on Infant Caregiving.
References.
2. Being a fetus (Prenatal Growth and Development.
3. Coming into the world (The Perinatal Period).
4. Being in tune with the world (The Early Senses).
5. Body-Talk with Parents and Others (Social Development).
6. Being Emotional and Temperamental (Emotional and Personality
Development).
7. Moving Around in the World and Making Objects Do Things and
Things Happen (Motor and Cognitive Development).
8. Finally Using Words (Language Development).
9. Taking Turns with Peers (More Social Development).
My Diary on Tory's First Year.
Glossary on Infant Caregiving.
References.
"The Amazing Infant is a fabulous book. Beautifully
crafted, written by one of the most creative figures in the field
of infancy, this book will charm both college students and parents
wanting to learn about the wonders of the baby's mind. Who
needs dinosaurs or astronomical Big Bangs when we have babies to
explore? The infant is the keeper of many, many mysteries, and this
book engages us in exploring quite a few of them."
Joseph J. Campos, University of California, Berkeley
"Tiffany Field is without question our leading researcher
and writer on the role of touch in infant development and behavior.
The Amazing Infant is an excellent primer on infant behavior
and development, utilizing her personal experiences with her own
daughter's development. An exceptional aid for new parents as
well as students."
Lewis P. Lipsitt, Brown University
"This book is a very good read. The writing style is
engaging and easy to follow. It is also truly unique in the field
of infant development ... a field in which far too little
attention has been paid to the obvious fact that infants'
development involves learning and that specific patterns of
maternal behavior are essential for successful child behavioral
outcomes."
Martha Pelaez, Florida International University
"A prolific writer...Field provides thumbnail sketches
of what is known to this point on a variety of topics, with
emphasis on recent research findings."
Choice
"An enjoyable read."
Times
crafted, written by one of the most creative figures in the field
of infancy, this book will charm both college students and parents
wanting to learn about the wonders of the baby's mind. Who
needs dinosaurs or astronomical Big Bangs when we have babies to
explore? The infant is the keeper of many, many mysteries, and this
book engages us in exploring quite a few of them."
Joseph J. Campos, University of California, Berkeley
"Tiffany Field is without question our leading researcher
and writer on the role of touch in infant development and behavior.
The Amazing Infant is an excellent primer on infant behavior
and development, utilizing her personal experiences with her own
daughter's development. An exceptional aid for new parents as
well as students."
Lewis P. Lipsitt, Brown University
"This book is a very good read. The writing style is
engaging and easy to follow. It is also truly unique in the field
of infant development ... a field in which far too little
attention has been paid to the obvious fact that infants'
development involves learning and that specific patterns of
maternal behavior are essential for successful child behavioral
outcomes."
Martha Pelaez, Florida International University
"A prolific writer...Field provides thumbnail sketches
of what is known to this point on a variety of topics, with
emphasis on recent research findings."
Choice
"An enjoyable read."
Times
Tiffany Field is director of the Touch Research Institute and a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Psychology, and Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Her publications include Infancy (1990) and Touch (2001).