HDEV 6th Edition

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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