Table Of ContentINFANCY
Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science
behind the fascinating world of infant development. This book takes
the reader from before birth through the moment infants come into
the world seemingly unable to do much but eat, eliminate, and sleep,
and across the few short, incredible years, to when infants are walk-
ing, talking, thinking humans with clear preferences, wishes, and
dreams, having already forged strong long- lasting relationships.
Dispelling common myths and misconceptions about how infants’
perception, cognition, language, and personalities develop, this
accessible evidence- based book takes a novel w hole- child approach
and provides insight into the joint roles of nature (b iology) and
nurture ( experience) in infant development, how to care for babies
to give them the best start in life, and what it means for infants to
become thinking communicating social partners. Topics in this book
are covered with an eye frmly fxed on how infants’ frst years set
the stage for the rest of their lives. By helping us understand infants,
experts Marc H. Bornstein and Martha E. Arterberry give us the
opportunity to learn about the resiliency of our species and the
many different contexts in which families rear infants. They cover
key topics, including how babies are studied scientifcally, prena-
tal development and the newborn period, how infants explore and
understand the world around them, how infants begin to commu-
nicate, how infants develop an emotional life, personality, and tem-
perament, how infants build relationships, and how parents succeed
in bringing up babies in challenging circumstances.
This concise clear guide to the years from before birth to 3 is for
students of developmental psychology, pediatric medicine and
nursing, education, and social work. It is also for all parents and
professionals caring for infants, who want to understand the secret
world of infancy.
Marc H. Bornstein has professional appointments with the Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (B ethesda), the Institute for Fiscal Studies (L ondon),
and UNICEF ( NYC). He holds degrees from Columbia College and
Yale University as well as Trento and Heidelberg. He edits Parenting:
Science and Practice and the Handbook of Parenting. Bornstein has
published in experimental, developmental, and cultural science as
well as neuroscience, pediatrics, and aesthetics.
Martha E. Arterberry is the Clara C. Piper Professor of Psychology
at Colby College, Maine. She received her B.A. from Pomona
College and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She is the
Editor- in- Chief of Infant Behavior and Development and Editor of the
Lifespan Section of Acta Psychologica. Her research focuses on per-
ception, cognition, and action in infancy.
the basics series
The Basics is a highly successful series of accessible guidebooks which
provide an overview of the fundamental principles of a subject area in a
jargon-f ree and undaunting format.
Intended for students approaching a subject for the frst time, the
books both introduce the essentials of a subject and provide an ideal
springboard for further study. With over 50 titles spanning subjects
from artifcial intelligence ( AI) to women’s studies, The Basics is an ideal
starting point for students seeking to understand a subject area.
Each text comes with recommendations for further study and gradu-
ally introduces the complexities and nuances within a subject.
WORLD HISTORY PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY ( SECOND EDITION)
PETER N. STEARNS JOSEPH HOLDEN
WORLD THEATRE WORLD PREHISTORY
E. J. WESTLAKE BRIAN M. FAGAN AND NADIA DURRANI
WOMEN’S STUDIES ( SECOND EDITION) FRENCH REVOLUTION
BONNIE G. SMITH DARIUS VON GÜTTNER
SIGMUND FREUD RESEARCH METHODS ( THIRD EDITION)
JANET SAYERS NICHOLAS WALLIMAN
SUSTAINABILITY ( SECOND EDITION) ARCHAEOLOGY ( FOURTH EDITION)
PETER JACQUES BRIAN M. FAGAN AND NADIA DURRANI
SPORT HISTORY REAL ESTATE
GERALD R. GEMS JAN WILCOX AND JANE FORSYTH
ENGLISH GRAMMAR MANAGEMENT ( SECOND EDITION)
MICHAEL MCCARTHY MORGEN WITZEL
PRAGMATICS SEMIOTICS ( FOURTH EDITION)
BILLY CLARK DANIEL CHANDLER
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: THE BASICS CHOREOGRAPHY
SANDIE TAYLOR AND LANCE WORKMAN JENNY ROCHE AND STEPHANIE BURRIDGE
SOCIOLOGY ( THIRD EDITION) LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
KEN PLUMMER PAUL IBBOTSON
MUSIC COGNITION: THE BASICS AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
HENKJAN HONING JOHN PEARSON AND RICHARD DERWENT
PERFORMANCE STUDIES INFANCY
ANDREEA S. MICU MARC H. BORNSTEIN AND
MARTHA E. ARTERBERRY
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INFANCY
THE BASICS
Marc H. Bornstein and
Martha E. Arterberry
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First published 2023
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Bornstein, Marc H., author. | Arterberry, Martha E., author.
Title: Infancy: the basics / Marc H. Bornstein and Martha E. Arterberry.
Description: New York, NY: Routledge, 2022. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifers: LCCN 2021062681 (print) | LCCN 2021062682 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781032001142 (hardback) | ISBN 9781032001159 (paperback) |
ISBN 9781003172802 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Infant psychology. | Infants—Development.
Classifcation: LCC BF719 .B67 2022 (print) | LCC BF719 (ebook) |
DDC 155.42/2—dc23/eng/20220111
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021062681
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021062682
ISBN: 978-1-032-00114-2 ( hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-032-00115-9 ( pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-17280-2 ( ebk)
DOI: 10.4324/9 781003172802
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Dedication ( MHB)
For Lewis
This Basics Book about Infancy
advances a “w hole child” perspective
on the beginnings of life.
Although individual chapters
treat infancy in terms of growing,
thinking, communicating, feeling,
and relating, in reality all these
remarkable achievements of the
opening years are ineluctably bound together. In
evidence, consider one fleeting moment in the life of
an 8- m onth-o ld as it attests to the inextricability of
perception-a ction-t hought-e motion-r elation.
Propped in the crook of a couch, Lewis
was being read some baby books. After
three or so, next up was a picture book
constructed wholly of photos from
Lewis’s first 6 months. When the page
was turned to this picture of Lewis
himself sitting with his parents, Lewis
spontaneously and promptly leaned forward and kissed
his mother’s face:
p erception-a ction-t hought-e motion-r elation.
In Memoriam (M EA)
For Brooke (2 000–2 019)
Whose a ll-t oo-b rief life illuminated the marvels of
development and what can be accomplished by human
perseverance.
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
1 Infancy 1
2 Growing 32
3 Thinking 67
4 Communicating 101
5 Feeling 129
6 Relating 159
7 Coda: Appreciating the Whole Child 198
References 203
Glossary 217
Author Index 225
Subject Index 229
