Contents

1. Title Page

2. Copyright

3. How to Read this Book

4. Main Body

   1. Chapter 1

5. Lifespan Development

   1. Human Development

   2. Key Issues in Human Development

   3. The Forbidden Experiment

   4. Periods of Human Development

   5. The Lifespan Perspective

   6. Glossary

6. Psychological Research

   1. The Scientific Method

   2. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Research

   3. Descriptive Research

   4. Methods of Data Collection

   5. Analyzing Data: Correlational and Experimental Research

   6. Correlational Research

   7. Experimental Research

   8. Developmental Research Designs

   9. Challenges Conducting Developmental Research

   10. Glossary

7. Developmental Theories

   1. Understanding Theories

   2. History of Developmental Psychology

   3. Contemporary Psychological Approaches

   4. Psychodynamic Approach

   5. Behavioral Approach

   6. Humanistic Approach

   7. Cognitive Approach

   8. Contextual Approach

   9. Biopsychology and Evolutionary Psychology

   10. Comparing Contemporary Approaches

   11. Glossary

8. Prenatal Development

   1. Biological Foundations of Human Development

   2. Heredity and Chromosomes

   3. Behavioral Genetics

   4. Stages of Prenatal Development

   5. Environmental Risks to Prenatal Development

   6. Complications of Pregnancy and Delivery

   7. The Process of Delivery

   8. Approaches to Childbirth

   9. Newborn Assessment and Risk

   10. Glossary

9. Physical Development in Infancy through Adolescence

   1. Physical Growth

   2. Sexual Development

   3. Health and Nutrition

   4. Brain Development

   5. Sensory and Motor Development

   6. Sleep

   7. Glossary

10. Cognitive Development in Infancy through Adolescence

    1. Constructivist Theories

    2. Psychological Constructivism

    3. Social Constructivism

    4. Information Processing Theory

    5. Language Development

    6. Intelligence

    7. Education Issues

    8. Understanding Learning Difficulties

    9. Academic Achievement

    10. Glossary

11. Psychosocial Development in Infancy through Adolescence

    1. Emotional Development

    2. Attachment

    3. Temperament

    4. Development of Self

    5. Identity Development Theory

    6. Domains of Identity

    7. Family Life

    8. Child Maltreatment

    9. Stress and Development

    10. Peer Relationships

    11. Play

    12. Behavioral and Psychological Adjustment

    13. Moral Development

    14. Glossary

12. Physical Development in Adulthood

    1. Stress

    2. Physical Development in Early Adulthood

    3. Physical Development in Middle Adulthood

    4. Physical Development in Late Adulthood

    5. Glossary

13. Cognitive Development in Adulthood

    1. Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

    2. Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

    3. Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

    4. Glossary

14. Psychosocial Development in Adulthood

    1. Theories of Adult Psychosocial Development

    2. Relationships in Early Adulthood

    3. Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood

    4. Relationships in Middle Adulthood

    5. Psychosocial Development in Late Adulthood

    6. Glossary

15. Death and Dying

    1. Understanding Death

    2. Emotions Related to Death

    3. Facing Death

    4. Glossary

16. Extra

    1. Why It Matters: Death and Dying

    2. Why It Matters: Infancy

    3. Why It Matters: Early Childhood

    4. Why It Matters: Middle Childhood

    5. Why It Matters: Adolescence

    6. Why It Matters: Early Adulthood

    7. Why It Matters: Middle Adulthood

    8. Why It Matters: Late Adulthood

    9. Putting It Together: Middle Childhood

    10. Putting It Together: Adolescence

    11. Putting It Together: Early Childhood

    12. Putting It Together: Infancy

    13. Putting It Together: Late Adulthood

    14. Putting It Together: Middle Adulthood

    15. Putting It Together: Death and Dying

    16. Putting It Together: Early Adulthood

    17. Late Adulthood

17. About the Author

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