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Chapter 1
Human Development
Key Issues in Human Development
The Forbidden Experiment
Periods of Human Development
The Lifespan Perspective
Glossary
The Scientific Method
Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Research
Descriptive Research
Methods of Data Collection
Analyzing Data: Correlational and Experimental Research
Correlational Research
Experimental Research
Developmental Research Designs
Challenges Conducting Developmental Research
Understanding Theories
History of Developmental Psychology
Contemporary Psychological Approaches
Psychodynamic Approach
Behavioral Approach
Humanistic Approach
Cognitive Approach
Contextual Approach
Biopsychology and Evolutionary Psychology
Comparing Contemporary Approaches
Biological Foundations of Human Development
Heredity and Chromosomes
Behavioral Genetics
Stages of Prenatal Development
Environmental Risks to Prenatal Development
Complications of Pregnancy and Delivery
The Process of Delivery
Approaches to Childbirth
Newborn Assessment and Risk
Physical Growth
Sexual Development
Health and Nutrition
Brain Development
Sensory and Motor Development
Sleep
Constructivist Theories
Psychological Constructivism
Social Constructivism
Information Processing Theory
Language Development
Intelligence
Education Issues
Understanding Learning Difficulties
Academic Achievement
Emotional Development
Attachment
Temperament
Development of Self
Identity Development Theory
Domains of Identity
Family Life
Child Maltreatment
Stress and Development
Peer Relationships
Play
Behavioral and Psychological Adjustment
Moral Development
Stress
Physical Development in Early Adulthood
Physical Development in Middle Adulthood
Physical Development in Late Adulthood
Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
Theories of Adult Psychosocial Development
Relationships in Early Adulthood
Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood
Relationships in Middle Adulthood
Psychosocial Development in Late Adulthood
Understanding Death
Emotions Related to Death
Facing Death
Why It Matters: Death and Dying
Why It Matters: Infancy
Why It Matters: Early Childhood
Why It Matters: Middle Childhood
Why It Matters: Adolescence
Why It Matters: Early Adulthood
Why It Matters: Middle Adulthood
Why It Matters: Late Adulthood
Putting It Together: Middle Childhood
Putting It Together: Adolescence
Putting It Together: Early Childhood
Putting It Together: Infancy
Putting It Together: Late Adulthood
Putting It Together: Middle Adulthood
Putting It Together: Death and Dying
Putting It Together: Early Adulthood
Late Adulthood
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