Edited by two internationally-renowned researchers on infancy, this 5-volume set brings together influential works which explore the key conceptual issues and findings in research on infant development. With a strong focus on the contemporary research and ideas around the topic, the set also contains classic papers which have made important contributions to current images of infancy, ensuring that a historical account of infancy research emerges from these volumes as well as an account of the current state of play. The first volume contains an introduction to the full collection, in which the editors provide an overview of the literature and a guide to the relationships between topics and the key theoretical controversies that have concerned investigators throughout the history of the discipline. Volume I: Prenatal development and atypical development Volume II: Atypical development Volume III: Perceptual and motor development Volume IV: Cognition, first words, and language Volume V: Social Development.
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