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A Personal Note to Students | p. xvii |
Preface for Instructors | p. xviii |
Theory and Research in Human Development | p. 000 |
History, Theory, and Research Strategies | p. 2 |
Human Development as a Scientific, Applied, and Interdisciplinary Field | p. 5 |
Basic Issues | p. 5 |
The Lifespan Perspective: A Balanced Point of View | p. 7 |
Historical Foundations | p. 12 |
Mid-Twentieth-Century Theories | p. 15 |
Recent Theoretical Perspectives | p. 20 |
Comparing and Evaluating Theories | p. 26 |
Studying Development | p. 27 |
Ethics in Lifespan Research | p. 39 |
Summary | p. 41 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 43 |
Foundations of Development | p. 42 |
Biological and Environmental Foundations | p. 42 |
Genetic Foundations | p. 46 |
Reproductive Choices | p. 53 |
Environmental Contexts for Development | p. 59 |
Understanding the Relationship Between Heredity and Environment | p. 70 |
Summary | p. 75 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 77 |
Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn Baby | p. 78 |
Prenatal Development | p. 80 |
Prenatal Environmental Influences | p. 85 |
Childbirth | p. 95 |
Approaches to Childbirth | p. 98 |
Medical Interventions | p. 100 |
Preterm and Low-Birth-Weight Infants | p. 101 |
Birth Complications, Parenting, and Resilience | p. 105 |
The Newborn Baby's Capacities | p. 106 |
Adjusting to the New Family Unit | p. 114 |
Summary | p. 115 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 117 |
Infancy and Toddlerhood: The First Two Years | p. 118 |
Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood | p. 118 |
Body Growth | p. 120 |
Brain Development | p. 121 |
Influences on Early Physical Growth | p. 128 |
Learning Capacities | p. 133 |
Motor Development | p. 137 |
Perceptual Development | p. 141 |
Summary | p. 148 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 149 |
Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood | p. 150 |
Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory | p. 152 |
Information Processing | p. 160 |
The Social Context of Early Cognitive Development | p. 165 |
Individual Differences in Early Mental Development | p. 167 |
Language Development | p. 172 |
Summary | p. 179 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 181 |
Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood | p. 182 |
Erikson's Theory of Infant and Toddler Personality | p. 184 |
Emotional Development | p. 185 |
Temperament and Development | p. 190 |
Development of Attachment | p. 196 |
Self-Development During the First Two Years | p. 206 |
Summary | p. 209 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 211 |
Milestones: Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood | p. 212 |
Early Childhood: Two to Six Years | p. 214 |
Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood | p. 214 |
Physical Development | p. 216 |
Body Growth | p. 216 |
Brain Development | p. 217 |
Influences on Physical Growth and Health | p. 219 |
Motor Development | p. 224 |
Cognitive Development | p. 227 |
Piaget's Theory: The Preoperational Stage | p. 227 |
Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory | p. 234 |
Information Processing | p. 236 |
Individual Differences in Mental Development | p. 243 |
Language Development | p. 248 |
Summary | p. 251 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 253 |
Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood | p. 254 |
Erikson's Theory: Initiative versus Guilt | p. 256 |
Self-Understanding | p. 256 |
Emotional Development | p. 259 |
Peer Relations | p. 261 |
Foundations of Morality | p. 264 |
Gender Typing | p. 273 |
Child Rearing and Emotional and Social Development | p. 279 |
Summary | p. 284 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 285 |
Milestones: Development in Early Childhood | p. 286 |
Middle Childhood: Six to Eleven Years | p. 288 |
Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood | p. 288 |
Physical Development | p. 290 |
Body Growth | p. 290 |
Common Health Problems | p. 291 |
Motor Development and Play | p. 294 |
Cognitive Development | p. 298 |
Piaget's Theory: The Concrete Operational Stage | p. 298 |
Information Processing | p. 302 |
Individual Differences in Mental Development | p. 308 |
Language Development | p. 315 |
Learning in School | p. 319 |
Summary | p. 325 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 327 |
Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood | p. 328 |
Erikson's Theory: Industry versus Inferiority | p. 330 |
Self-Understanding | p. 330 |
Emotional Development | p. 334 |
Understanding Others: Perspective Taking | p. 336 |
Moral Development | p. 336 |
Peer Relations | p. 339 |
Gender Typing | p. 343 |
Family Influences | p. 344 |
Some Common Problems of Development | p. 351 |
Summary | p. 355 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 357 |
Milestones: Development in Middle Childhood | p. 358 |
Adolescence: The Transition To Adulthood | p. 360 |
Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence | p. 360 |
Physical Development | p. 362 |
Conceptions of Adolescence | p. 362 |
Puberty: The Physical Transition to Adulthood | p. 363 |
The Psychological Impact of Pubertal Events | p. 367 |
Health Issues | p. 371 |
Cognitive Development | p. 380 |
Piaget's Theory: The Formal Operational Stage | p. 381 |
An Information-Processing View of Adolescent Cognitive Development | p. 383 |
Consequences of Adolescent Cognitive Changes | p. 384 |
Sex Differences in Mental Abilities | p. 386 |
Learning in School | p. 389 |
Summary | p. 395 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 397 |
Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence | p. 398 |
Erikson's Theory: Identity versus Role Confusion | p. 400 |
Self-Understanding | p. 400 |
Moral Development | p. 405 |
Gender Typing | p. 411 |
The Family | p. 413 |
Peer Relations | p. 415 |
Problems of Development | p. 419 |
Summary | p. 424 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 425 |
Milestones: Development in Adolescence | p. 426 |
Early Adulthood | p. 428 |
Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood | p. 428 |
A Gradual Transition: Emerging Adulthood | p. 430 |
Physical Development | p. 431 |
Biological Aging Is Under Way in Early Adulthood | p. 431 |
Physical Changes | p. 432 |
Health and Fitness | p. 436 |
Cognitive Development | p. 449 |
Changes in the Structure of Thought | p. 449 |
Expertise and Creativity | p. 452 |
The College Experience | p. 453 |
Vocational Choice | p. 454 |
Summary | p. 459 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 461 |
Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood | p. 462 |
Erikson's Theory: Intimacy versus Isolation | p. 464 |
Other Theories of Adult Psychosocial Development | p. 464 |
Close Relationships | p. 468 |
The Family Life Cycle | p. 474 |
The Diversity of Adult Lifestyles | p. 483 |
Career Development | p. 489 |
Summary | p. 493 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 495 |
Milestones: Development in Early Adulthood | p. 496 |
Middle Adulthood | p. 498 |
Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood | p. 498 |
Physical Development | p. 500 |
Physical Changes | p. 500 |
Health and Fitness | p. 507 |
Adapting to the Physical Challenges of Midlife | p. 512 |
Cognitive Development | p. 515 |
Changes in Mental Abilities | p. 515 |
Information Processing | p. 518 |
Vocational Life and Cognitive Development | p. 522 |
Adult Learners: Becoming a College Student in Midlife | p. 523 |
Summary | p. 525 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 527 |
Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood | p. 528 |
Erikson's Theory: Generativity versus Stagnation | p. 530 |
Other Theories of Psychosocial Development in Midlife | p. 532 |
Stability and Change in Self-Concept and Personality | p. 536 |
Relationships at Midlife | p. 541 |
Vocational Life | p. 551 |
Summary | p. 556 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 557 |
Milestones: Development in Middle Adulthood | p. 558 |
Late Adulthood | p. 560 |
Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood | p. 560 |
Physical Development | p. 562 |
Life Expectancy | p. 562 |
Physical Changes | p. 564 |
Health, Fitness, and Disability | p. 573 |
Cognitive Development | p. 587 |
Memory | p. 587 |
Language Processing | p. 590 |
Problem Solving | p. 591 |
Wisdom | p. 591 |
Factors Related to Cognitive Change | p. 592 |
Cognitive Interventions | p. 592 |
Lifelong Learning | p. 593 |
Summary | p. 595 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 597 |
Emotional and Social Development in Late Adulthood | p. 598 |
Erikson's Theory: Ego Integrity versus Despair | p. 600 |
Other Theories of Psychosocial Development in Late Adulthood | p. 600 |
Stability and Change in Self-Concept and Personality | p. 604 |
Individual Differences in Psychological Well-Being | p. 606 |
A Changing Social World | p. 610 |
Relationships in Late Adulthood | p. 616 |
Retirement and Leisure | p. 625 |
Successful Aging | p. 627 |
Summary | p. 629 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 631 |
Milestones: Development in Late Adulthood | p. 632 |
The End of Life | p. 634 |
Death, Dying, and Bereavement | p. 634 |
How We Die | p. 636 |
Understanding of and Attitudes Toward Death | p. 638 |
Thinking and Emotions of Dying People | p. 642 |
A Place to Die | p. 646 |
The Right to Die | p. 650 |
Bereavement: Coping with the Death of a Loved One | p. 655 |
Death Education | p. 659 |
Summary | p. 662 |
Important Terms and Concepts | p. 663 |
Glossary | p. G-1 |
References | p. R-1 |
Name Index | p. NI-1 |
Subject Index | p. SI-1 |
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