Lifespan development

Intro
 Lifespan development
 Brief contents
 Contents
 About the authors
 PART 1 Beginnings
 1 Studying development
 1.1 The nature of development
 Multiple domains of development
 Development from a lifespan perspective: voices across the lifespan
 1.2 Why study development?
 1.3 The life course in times past
 Early precursors to developmental study
 The emergence of modern developmental study
 1.4 Perspectives on human development
 Continuity within change
 Lifelong growth
 Changing meanings and vantage points
 Developmental diversity
 1.5 Methods of studying developmental psychology. Scientific methodsVariations in time frame
 Variations in control: naturalistic and experimental studies
 Variations in sample size
 1.6 Ethical constraints on studying development
 Strengths and limitations of developmental knowledge
 SUMMARY
 KEY TERMS
 REVIEW QUESTIONS
 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
 APPLICATION QUESTIONS
 ESSAY QUESTION
 WEBSITES
 REFERENCES
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 2 Theories of development
 2.1 The nature of developmental theories
 What is a developmental theory?
 How do developmental theories differ?
 2.2 Psychodynamic developmental theories
 Freudian theory. Eriksons psychosocial theoryOther psychodynamic approaches
 Applications of psychodynamic developmental theories throughout the lifespan
 2.3 Behavioural learning and social cognitive learning developmental theories
 Behavioural learning theories
 Social cognitive learning theory
 Applications of learning theories throughout the lifespan
 2.4 Cognitive developmental theories
 Piagets cognitive theory
 Neo-Piagetian approaches
 Information-processing theory
 Applications of cognitive developmental theories throughout the lifespan
 Moral developmental theories. 2.5 Contextual developmental theoriesBronfenbrenner's bioecological systems theory
 Vygotsky's sociocultural theory
 Applications of contextual developmental theories throughout the lifespan
 2.6 Adulthood and lifespan developmental theories
 Normative-crisis model of development
 Timing-of-events model
 New directions: dynamic systems perspective
 Developmental psychopathology
 2.7 Developmental theories compared: implications for the student
 SUMMARY
 KEY TERMS
 REVIEW QUESTIONS
 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
 APPLICATION QUESTION
 ESSAY QUESTION
 WEBSITES
 REFERENCES
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3 Biological foundations, genetics, prenatal development and birth3.1 Mechanisms of genetic transmission
 The role of DNA
 3.2 Individual genetic expression
 Genotype and phenotype
 Dominant and recessive genes
 Transmission of multiple variations
 Polygenic transmission
 The determination of sex
 3.3 Genetic abnormalities
 Disorders due to abnormal chromosomes
 Disorders due to abnormal genes
 3.4 Genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis
 3.5 Relative influence of heredity and environment
 Key concepts of behaviour genetics
 Adoption and twin studies
 3.6 Stages of prenatal development.