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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. About the Author Ram Nath Sharma, M.A., D.Phil., D.Litt., has been President: U.P. Philosophers Association for a decade; LMI: Indian Philosophical Association and Darshan Parishad; Director: Sri Aurobindo Research Institute; Chief Editor: Research Journal of Philosophy and Social Science; Head of the Department of P.G. Studies and Research at Meerut College for two decades. He has guided more than two dozen Ph.D. scholars. Dr. Sharma has authored more than one hundred research papers and an equal number of books in the field of Education and Psychology. Rachana Sharma, M.A., Ph.D., had been guiding retarded children and clinical psychologist in Delhi and providing counselling to parents. Since 2000 she has been working in Department of Education, London, U.K. providing guidance and counselling to children of several races. She has utilised both her theoretical knowledge and practical experience in writing this book. Her Ph.D. work Hindu Techniques of Mental Health has been acclaimed both in East and West. Table of Contents 1. Introductory–What 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 Sciences–Child 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 Study–Naturalistic 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 Environment–What is Heredity?, Heredity Versus Environment, Effect of Heredity, Effect of Environment 5. Response Mechanism–Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System 6. Nature and Principles of Human Growth and Development–Embryonic Development, Embryonic Functional Development, Major Steps in Development 7. Physical Development Infancy, Infancy Prior to Childhood, Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood 8. Motor Development–Motor Development and Education 9. Development of Speech and Language–Pre-lingual Communication, Language Development in Diffrent Ages, Stages in Language Development, Factors in Language Development, Speech Defects 10. Intellectual and Mental Development–Influence of Environment, Mental Development During Infancy, The Infant’s Education, Mental Development During Childhood, Education in Childhood, Mental Development in Adolescence, Mental Development in Adult Age 11. Emotional Development–Emotional 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 Development–Theory of Psycho-sexual Genesis 13. Moral and Aesthetic Development–Moral Development, Aesthetic Development 14. Social Development–Socialization : 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 Transformation–McDougall’s Theory of Instincts, Instincts and Education, Means of Transforming Instincts, Education and the Transformation of Instincts 16. General Tendencies : Suggestion, Imitation and Sympathy–Suggestion, Imitation, Sympathy 17. Play–Kinds of Play, Theories of Play, Importance of Play, Play and Work, Play Way of Education 18. Learning, Maturation and Manual Skill–What 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 Development–Characteristics of Perceptual Development, Perceptual Development, Influence on Logical Reasoning, Adjustive Factors 21. Thinking and Reasoning–Characteristics of Child Thinking, Factors of Conceptual Development, Factors Influencing the Child’s Concept, Development of Some Important Concepts, Development of Reasoning, Characteristics of Child Reasoning 22. Imagination–What is Imagination?, Classification of Imagination, Characteristics of Child’s Imagination, Memory and Imagination, Factors Helping in Imagination 23. Memory and Association–What is Memory?, Memory of the Child 24. Attention and Interest–Meaning of Attention, Conditions of Attention, Attention and Interest 25. Personality–Biological 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 Differences–Types of Individual Differences, Individual Differences and Education 27. Problems of Backward, Problematic and Gifted–Children–Problems of Backward Children, Causes of Backwardness, Selection of Backward Children, Problem Children, Child’s 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