ANNALS CHILD DEVEL V10 CL - Annals of Child Development Author:Vasta The purpose of this series is to provide comprehensive reviews of diverse topics in child development for nonspecialist professionals. Tiffany Field's chapter discusses mounting evidence that newborns experience pain and the implications of which is related to neonatal medical practices. Robert McCall and Clay Mash review the recent work on infa... more »nt intelligence and consider several processes that may bridge the gap with later intellectual development. Russell Isabella follows with a review of the infant-caregiver attachment literature, arguing that an organizational perspective offers the best conceptualization for explaining how interactional processes guide the development of this social phenomenon. Judith Smetana's chapter on moral development emphasizes its cognitive basis and focuses on children's ability to distinguish morality from other social knowledge and concepts. Stacey Lutz and Diane Ruble take a contrasting approach to gender-role development, examining the origins and ramification of gender prejudice in Western culture. Mark Cummins and Patrick Davies take up the topic of parental influence on children's development with a focus on the role of emotion and a call for a more encompassing emotional security perspective.« less