Human Development 00/01

by Freiberg, Karen L.

• ISBN13: 9780072364163
• ISBN10: 0072364165
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-15
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	2	(2)
Selected World Wide Web Sites	4	(2)
UNIT 1 Genetic and Prenatal Influences on Development
Overview	6	(40)
A. GENETIC INFLUENCES
Designer Babies	8	(2)
Sharon Begley
Nature's Clones	10	(8)
Jim Neimark
B. PRENATAL INFLUENCES
The Role of Lifestyle in Preventing Low Birth Weight	18	(11)
Virgina Rall Chomitz
Lilian W. Y. Cheung
Ellice Lieberman
A State of the Art Pregnancy	29	(3)
Karen Springen
Fetal Psychology	32	(5)
Janet L. Hopson
Drug-Exposed Infants	37	(4)
Lucy Salcido Carter
Carol S. Larson
Sperm under Siege	41	(5)
Anne Merewood
UNIT 2 Development during Infancy and Early Childhood
Overview	46	(36)
A. INFANCY
Temperament and the Reactions to Unfamiliarity	48	(5)
Jerome Kagan
Baby Talk	53	(7)
Shannon Brownlee
The Cultural Context of Infant Caregiving	60	(8)
Navaz Peshotan Bhavnagri
Janet Gonzalez-Mena
B. EARLY CHILDHOOD
The Language Explosion	68	(3)
Geoffrey Cowley
Defining the Trait That Makes Us Human	71	(3)
Beth Azar
Highlights of the Quality 2000 Initiative: Not by Chance	74	(8)
Sharon L. Kagan
Michelle J. Neuman
UNIT 3 Development during Childhood: Cognition and Schooling
Overview	82	(40)
A. COGNITION
The Genetics of Cognitive Abilities and Disabilities	84	(7)
Robert Plomin
John C. DeFries
Basing Teaching on Piaget's Constructivism	91	(5)
Constance Kamii
Janice K. Ewing
The First Seven . . . and the Eighth: A Conversation with Howard Gardner	96	(5)
Kathy Checkley
B. SCHOOLING
Bell, Book, and Scandal, The Economist, December 24, 1994/January 6, 1995.	101	(4)
The Death of Child Nature: Education in the Post-modern World	105	(5)
David Elkind
In Search of . . . Brain-Based Education	110	(7)
John T. Bruer
Caution-Praise Can Be Dangerous	117	(5)
Carol S. Dweck
UNIT 4 Development during Childhood: Family and Culture
Overview	122	(36)
A. FAMILY
Father Love and Child Development: History and Current Evidence	124	(4)
Ronald P. Rohner
The Parent Trap	128	(6)
Sharon Begley
Kids Who Don't Fit In	134	(2)
Pat Wingert
B. CULTURE
The Effects of Poverty on Children	136	(15)
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Greg J. Duncan
Effects of Maltreatment and Ways to Promote Children's Resiliency	151	(4)
Barbara Lowenthal
Tomorrow's Child	155	(3)
Jerry Adler
UNIT 5 Development during Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Overview	158	(28)
A. ADOLESCENCE
Growing Up Goes On and On and On	160	(3)
Cynthia Crossen
Why the Young Kill	163	(3)
Sharon Begley
The Secret Life of Teens	166	(4)
John Leland
B. YOUNG ADULTHOOD
Brain Sex and the Language of Love	170	(6)
Robert L. Nadeau
The Infertility Challenge	176	(3)
Annetta Miller
Joan Raymond
The Science of a Good Marriage	179	(4)
Barbara Kantrowitz
Pat Wingert
The Nature and Uses of Dreaming	183	(3)
Ernest Hartmann
UNIT 6 Development during Middle and Late Adulthood
Overview	186	(39)
A. MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
Memory	188	(5)
Geoffrey Cowley
Anne Underwood
The Age of Anxiety	193	(3)
Donna Foote
Sam Seibert
Understanding Perimenopause	196	(4)
Sharon Begley
B. LATE ADULTHOOD
The Johns Hopkins Prescription for Longevity, The Johns Hopkins Medical Letter Health after 50, December 1998.	200	(3)
New Nerve Cells for the Adult Brain	203	(6)
Gerd Kempermann
Fred H. Gage
The Age Boom	209	(4)
Jack Rosenthal
Emotion in the Second Half of Life	213	(5)
Laura L. Carstensen
Susan Turk Charles
The Centenarians Are Coming!!	218	(7)
Cynthia G. Wagner
Index	225	(3)
Article Review Form	228	(1)
Article Rating Form	229