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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Key Terms
Appendix A: Careers in Human Development
Research
Teaching
Professional Practice
Resources
Appendix B: Checking Mastery Answers
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index