Life-span human development.

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