Lifespan Development (eBook)

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
PART I. Foundations of LifeSpan Human Development
1.UNDERSTANDING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: APPROACHES AND THEORIES
What Is LifeSpan Human Development?
Basic Issues in LifeSpan Human Development
Theoretical Perspectives on Human Development
Research in Human Development
Research Ethics
2.BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATIONS
Genetic Foundations of Development
Chromosomal and Genetic Problems
Reproductive Choices
Heredity and Environment
3.THE PRENATAL PERIOD, BIRTH, AND THE NEWBORN
Prenatal Development
Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development
Childbirth
The Newborn
PART II. Infancy and Toddlerhood
4.PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD
Body Growth and Nutrition in Infants and Toddlers
Brain Development During Infancy and Toddlerhood
Early Learning Capacities
Sensation and Perception During Infancy and Toddlerhood
Motor Development During Infancy and Toddlerhood
5.COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD
Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Information Processing Theory
Individual Differences in Infant Intelligence
Language Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
6.SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD
Psychosocial Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Emotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Temperament in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Attachment in Infancy and Toddlerhood
The Self in Infancy and Toddlerhood
PART III. Early Childhood
7.PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Physical Development in Early Childhood
Cognitive-Developmental and Sociocultural Reasoning in Early Childhood
Information Processing in Early Childhood
Language Development In Early Childhood
Moral Development in Early Childhood
Early Childhood Education
8.SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Emerging Sense of Self
Emotional Development in Early Chlidhood
Parenting
Gender Stereotypes, Gender Differences, and Gender Development
Play and Peer Relationships in Early Childhood
PART IV. Middle Childhood
9. PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
Physical and Motor Development in Middle Childhood
Cognitive Development in Middle Chldhood
Intelligence
Moral Development in Middle Childhood
Language Development in Middle Chidhood
Learning and Schooling in Middle Chldhood
10. SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
Peer Relationships in Middle Childhood
Families in Middle Childhood
Common Socioemotional and Developmental Problems in Middle Childhood
PART V. Adolescence
11.PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE
Conceptions of Adolescence
Physical Development in Adolescence
Brain Development in Adolescence
Adolescent Cognitive Development
Adolescent Moral Development
Schools and Academic Functioning in Adolescence
12.SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE
Psychosocial Development: The Changing Self
Adolescents and Their Families
Adolescents and Their Peers
Adolescent Sexuality
Problems in Adolescence
PART VI. Emerging and Early Adulthood
13. PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EMERGING AND EARLY ADULTHOOD
Emerging Adulthood: Transition to Adulthood
Physical Development in Emerging and Early Adulthood
Health, Fitness, and Wellness in Emerging and Early Adulthood
Cognitive Development in Emerging and Early Adulthood
Education and Development in Emerging and Early Adulthood
Career Development in Emerging and Early Adulthood
14. SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EMERGING AND EARLY ADULTHOOD
Psychosocial Development in Emerging Adulthood and Early Adulthood
Relationships in Psychosocial Development in Emerging and Early Adulthood
Lifestyles and Romantic Partnerships
Parenthood in Early Adulthood
PART VII. Middle Adulthood
15.PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
Physical Development in Middle Adulthood
Health in Middle Adulthood
Intellectual Abilities in Middle Adulthood
Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
16.SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
Psychosocial Development in Middle Adulthood
The Self in Middle Adulthood
Relationships in Middle Adulthood
Careers in Middle Adulthood
PART VIII. Late Adulthood
17.PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN LATE ADULTHOOD
Physical Development in Late Adulthood
Health in Late Adulthood
Dementia in Late Adulthood
Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
18.SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN LATE ADULTHOOD
The Self in Late Adulthood
Late Adulthood and Social Contexts
Relationships in Late Adulthood
Retirement
PART IX. ENDINGS
19.DEATH AND DYING
Patterns of Mortality and Defining Death
Conceptions of Death Across the Lifespan
Dying and the Experience of Death
Bereavement and Grief
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index