HDEV 6th Edition

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Covers Brief Contents Contents Chapter 1: History, Theories, and Methods 1-1 The Development of the Study of Human ­Development 1-2 Theories of Development 1-3 Controversies in Development 1-4 How Do We Study Development? Chapter 2: Heredity and Prenatal Development 2-1 The Influence of Heredity on Development 2-2 Heredity and the Environment 2-3 Conception: Against All Odds 2-4 Prenatal Development Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Baby: In the New World Countdown . . . 3-1 The Stages of Childbirth 3-2 Methods of Childbirth 3-3 Birth Problems 3-4 The Postpartum Period 3-5 Characteristics of Neonates Chapter 4: Infancy: Physical Development 4-1 Physical Growth and Development 4-2 Development of the Brain and Nervous System 4-3 Motor Development 4-4 Sensory and Perceptual Development Chapter 5: Infancy: Cognitive Development 5-1 Cognitive Development: Jean Piaget 5-2 Information Processing 5-3 Individual Differences in Cognitive Functioning Among Infants 5-4 Language Development Chapter 6: Infancy: Social and Emotional Development 6-1 Attachment: Bonds That Endure 6-2 When Attachment Fails 6-3 Day Care 6-4 Emotional Development 6-5 Personality Development Chapter 7: Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development 7-1 Growth Patterns 7-2 Motor Development 7-3 Health and Illness 7-4 Sleep 7-5 Elimination Disorders 7-6 Jean Piaget’s Preoperational Stage 7-7 Factors in Cognitive Development 7-8 Theory of Mind 7-9 Development of Memory 7-10 Language Development: Why “Daddy Goed Away” Chapter 8: Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development 8-1 Dimensions of Child Rearing 8-2 Social Behaviors 8-3 Personality and Emotional Development 8-4 Development of Gender Roles and Gender Differences Chapter 9: Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development 9-1 Growth Patterns 9-2 Motor Development 9-3 Disorders That Affect Learning 9-4 Cognitive Development 9-5 Moral Development: The Child as Judge 9-6 Information Processing: Learning, Remembering, Problem Solving 9-7 Intellectual Development, Creativity, and Achievement 9-8 Language Development and Literacy Chapter 10: Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development 10-1 Theories of Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood 10-2 The Family 10-3 Peer Relationships 10-4 The School 10-5 Social and Emotional Problems Chapter 11: Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development 11-1 Puberty: The Biological Eruption 11-2 Health in Adolescence 11-3 Cognitive Development: Piaget’s Stage of Formal Operations 11-4 Gender Differences in Cognitive Abilities 11-5 Moral Development 11-6 The Adolescent in School 11-7 Adolescents in the Workforce Chapter 12: Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development 12-1 Development of Identity: “Who am I?” 12-2 Relationships with Parents and Peers 12-3 Sexuality 12-4 Juvenile Delinquency 12-5 Suicide: When the Adolescent has Nothing—Except Everything—to Lose Chapter 13: Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development 13-1 Emerging Adulthood 13-2 Physical Development 13-3 Health and Fitness 13-4 Sexuality 13-5 Cognitive Development 13-6 Career Development Chapter 14: Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development 14-1 Separation 14-2 Intimacy Versus Isolation 14-3 Seasons of Life 14-4 Attraction and Love: Forces That Bind? 14-5 Loneliness 14-6 The Single Life 14-7 Cohabitation: Darling, Would You Be My POSSLQ? 14-8 Marriage: Tying the Knot 14-9 Parenthood 14-10 Divorce: Breaking Bonds Chapter 15: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development 15-1 Physical Development 15-2 Health 15-3 The Immune System 15-4 Sexuality 15-5 Cognitive Development 15-6 Creativity and Learning Chapter 16: Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development 16-1 Theories of Development in Middle Adulthood 16-2 Stability and Change in Middle Adulthood 16-3 Work in Middle Adulthood 16-4 Relationships in Middle Adulthood Chapter 17: Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development 17-1 Physical Development 17-2 Theories of Aging 17-3 Health Concerns and Aging 17-4 Cognitive Development Chapter 18: Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development 18-1 Theories of Social and Emotional Development in Late Adulthood 18-2 Psychological Development 18-3 Social Contexts of Aging 18-4 Retirement 18-5 Successful Aging Chapter 19: Life’s Final Chapter 19-1 Understanding Death and Dying 19-2 Where People Die 19-3 Euthanasia: Is There a Right to Die? 19-4 Lifespan Perspectives on Death 19-5 Coping With Death Answers to Study Tools Questions References Name Index Subject Index