Developmental Psychology

✍ Scribed by George Zgourides

• Publisher: Cliffs Notes
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 174
• Series: Cliffs Quick Review
• Category: Library

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Whether you need a course supplement, help preparing for an exam, or a concise reference for the subject, CliffsQuickReview Developmental Psychology can help. This guide covers the scientific study of age-related changes throughout the human life span. Identifying the biological, psychological, and social aspects that interact to influence the growing human process, this handy resourse covers concepts such as

• Conception, pregnancy, and birth
• Infancy and toddlerhood
• Early and middle childhood
• Adolescence
• Early, middle, and late adulthood
• Death and dying

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✦ Table of Contents

CLIFFSQUICKREVIEW Developmental Psychology......Page 3
About the Author......Page 4
Issues in Developmental Psychology......Page 11
The Biopsychosocial Perspective of Developmental Psychology......Page 15
Research Concepts in Developmental Psychology......Page 17
Research Designs and Methods in Developmental Research......Page 19
Research Ethics......Page 23
Evaluating Developmental Research......Page 24
Stages of Pregnancy......Page 27
Prenatal Care......Page 33
Stages of Childbirth......Page 34
Complications During Pregnancy and Childbirth......Page 36
Infertility......Page 38
Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood......Page 41
Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood......Page 47
Personality Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood......Page 53
Family Relationships in Infancy and Toddlerhood......Page 55
Sexuality in Infancy and Toddlerhood......Page 58
Gender Development......Page 60
Physical Development in Early Childhood......Page 63
Cognitive Development in Early Childhood......Page 67
Personality Development in Early Childhood......Page 73
Family Relationships in Early Childhood......Page 74
Sexuality in Early Childhood......Page 77
Fear and Aggression in Early Childhood......Page 79
Physical Development in Middle Childhood......Page 81
Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood......Page 85
Social Cognition in Middle Childhood......Page 89
Family Relationships in Middle Childhood......Page 90
Peer Pressure......Page 92
Sexuality in Middle Childhood......Page 93
Stressors During Middle Childhood......Page 94
Physical Development in Adolescence......Page 97
Health Issues in Adolescence......Page 99
Cognitive Development in Adolescence......Page 101
The Search for Identity in Adolescence......Page 105
Sexual Identity and Orientation in Adolescence......Page 106
Sexuality in Adolescence......Page 108
Juvenile Delinquency in Adolescence......Page 110
Physical Development in Early Adulthood......Page 113
Health in Early Adulthood......Page 114
Intellectual Development in Early Adulthood......Page 118
Independence in Early Adulthood......Page 121
Relationships in Early Adulthood......Page 122
Establishing a Career in Early Adulthood......Page 125
Starting a Family in Early Adulthood......Page 126
Physical Development in Middle Adulthood......Page 129
Health in Middle Adulthood......Page 131
Intellectual Development in Middle Adulthood......Page 133
Crisis in Middle Adulthood......Page 137
Relationships in Middle Adulthood......Page 138
Physical Development in Late Adulthood......Page 145
Health in Late Adulthood......Page 147
Intelligence and Memory in Late Adulthood......Page 150
Theories of Aging......Page 153
Relationships in Late Adulthood......Page 154
Work and Retirement in Late Adulthood......Page 158
Life Meaning and Death......Page 161
The Stages of Dying and Death......Page 162
Widowhood......Page 164
Other Issues in Thanatology......Page 165
Notes......Page 169