Lifespan Development, Global Edition

Denise Boyd received her Ed.D. in educational psychology from the University of Houston and has been a psychology instructor in the Houston Community College System since 1988. From 1995 until 1998, she chaired the psychology, sociology, and anthropology department at Houston Community College–Central. She has coauthored four other Allyn and Bacon texts: with Helen Bee,  The Developing Child (Twelfth Edition), and  The Growing Child (First Edition); and with Genevieve Stevens,  Current Readings in Lifespan  Development. A licensed psychologist, she has presented a number of papers at professional meetings, reporting research in child, adolescent, and adult development. She has also presented workshops for teachers whose students range from preschool to college.

Table of Contents:

 

Part I: Foundations

Chapter 1:    Basic Concepts and Methods

Chapter 2:    Theories of Development

Chapter 3:    Prenatal Development and Birth 

 

Part II:  Infancy

Chapter 4:    Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy

Chapter 5:    Cognitive Development in Infancy

Chapter 6:    Social and Personality Development in Infancy

 

Part III: Early Childhood

Chapter 7:    Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Chapter 8:    Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood

 

Part IV:  Middle Childhood 

Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood 

Chapter 10:   Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

 

Part V:  Adolescence 

Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence 

Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence 

 

Part VI: Early Adulthood

Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

 

Part VII:   Middle Adulthood

Chapter 15:   Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood 

Chapter 16    Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

 

PART VIII:   Late Adulthood and the End of Life

Chapter 17:  Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Chapter 18:  Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood 

Chapter 19: Death, Dying, and Bereavement