Life-span human development.
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Brief Contents Contents Preface About the Authors Ch 1: Understanding Life-Span Human Development 1.1: How Should We Think about Development? 1.2: What is the Science of Life-Span Development? 1.3: How is Development Studied? 1.4: What Special Challenges Do Developmental Scientists Face? Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 2: Theories of Human Development 2.1: Developmental Theories and the Issues They Raise 2.2: Freud: Psychoanalytic Theory 2.3: Erikson: Neo-Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory 2.4: Learning Theories 2.5: Piaget: Cognitive Developmental Theory 2.6: Systems Theories 2.7: Theories in Perspective Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 3: Genes, Environment, and Development 3.1: Evolution and Species Heredity 3.2: Individual Heredity 3.3: Studying Genetic and Environmental Influences 3.4: Selected Findings 3.5: Genes and Environment Conspiring Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 4: Prenatal Development and Birth 4.1: Prenatal Development 4.2: The Prenatal Environment and Fetal Programming 4.3: The Perinatal Environment 4.4: The Neonatal Environment Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 5: Body, Brain, and Health 5.1: Building Blocks of Growth and Lifelong Health 5.2: The Infant 5.3: The Child 5.4: The Adolescent 5.5: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 6: Sensation, Perception, and Action 6.1: Perspectives on Perception 6.2: The Infant 6.3: The Child 6.4: The Adolescent 6.5: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 7: Cognition 7.1: Piaget's Constructivist Approach 7.2: Vygotsky's Sociocultural Perspective 7.3: Fischer's Dynamic Skill Framework 7.4: The Infant 7.5: The Child 7.6: The Adolescent 7.7: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 8: Memory and Information Processing 8.1: Conceptualizing Memory 8.2: The Infant 8.3: The Child 8.4: The Adolescent 8.5: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 9: Intelligence and Creativity 9.1: Defining Intelligence and Creativity 9.2: The Infant 9.3: The Child 9.4: The Adolescent 9.5: The Adult 9.6: Factors That Influence IQ Scores over the Life Span 9.7: The Extremes of Intelligence Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 10: Language and Education 10.1: The System of Language 10.2: The Infant 10.3: The Child 10.4: The Adolescent 10.5: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 11: Self and Personality 11.1: Conceptualizing the Self and Personality 11.2: The Infant 11.3: The Child 11.4: The Adolescent 11.5: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 12: Gender Roles and Sexuality 12.1: Sex and Gender 12.2: The Infant 12.3: The Child 12.4: The Adolescent 12.5: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 13: Social Cognition and Moral Development 13.1: Social Cognition 13.2: Perspectives on Moral Development 13.3: The Infant 13.4: The Child 13.5: The Adolescent 13.6: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 14: Emotions, Attachment, and Social Relationships 14.1: Emotional Development 14.2: Perspectives on Relationships 14.3: The Infant 14.4: The Child 14.5: The Adolescent 14.6: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 15: The Family 15.1: Understanding the Family 15.2: The Infant 15.3: The Child 15.4: The Adolescent 15.5: The Adult 15.6: Diverse Family Experiences 15.7: The Problem of Family Violence Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 16: Developmental Psychopathology 16.1: What Makes Development Abnormal? 16.2: The Infant 16.3: The Child 16.4: The Adolescent 16.5: The Adult Chapter Summary Key Terms Ch 17: The Final Challenge: Death and Dying 17.1: Matters of Life and Death 17.2: The Experience of Death 17.3: The Infant 17.4: The Child 17.5: The Adolescent 17.6: The Adult 17.7: Taking the Sting out of Death Chapter Summary Key Terms Appendix A: Careers in Human Development Research Teaching Professional Practice Resources Appendix B: Checking Mastery Answers Glossary References Name Index Subject Index
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