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About The Author
Preface
PART I: The Foundation
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Who We Are and What We Study
1.2 Setting the Context
1.3 Theories: Lenses for Looking at the Lifespan
1.4 Research Methods: The Tools of the Trade
Chapter 1 SUMMARY
Chapter 1 KEY TERMS
Chapter 2 Introduction
2.1 Setting the Context
2.2 The First Step: Fertilization
2.3 Prenatal Development
2.4 Pregnancy
2.5 Threats to the Developing Baby
2.6 Birth
2.7 The Newborn
Chapter 2 SUMMARY
Chapter 2 KEY TERMS
PART II: Infancy
Chapter 3 Introduction
3.1 Setting the Context
3.2 Basic Newborn States
3.3 Sensory and Motor Development
3.4 Cognition
3.5 Language: The Endpoint of Infancy
Chapter 3 SUMMARY
Chapter 3 KEY TERMS
Chapter 4 Introduction
4.1 Attachment: The Basic Life Bond
4.2 Settings for Development
4.3 Toddlerhood: Age of Autonomy and Shame and Doubt
Chapter 4 SUMMARY
Chapter 4 KEY TERMS
PART III: Childhood
Chapter 5 Introduction
5.1 Setting the Context
5.2 Physical Development
5.3 Cognitive Development
5.4 Language
5.5 Specific Social Cognitive Skills
Chapter 5 SUMMARY
Chapter 5 KEY TERMS
Chapter 6 Introduction
6.1 Setting the Challenge: Emotion Regulation
6.2 Personality (and the Emerging Self)
6.3 Relationships
Chapter 6 SUMMARY
Chapter 6 KEY TERMS
Chapter 7 Introduction
7.1 Setting the Context
7.2 Home
7.3 School
Chapter 7 SUMMARY
Chapter 7 KEY TERMS
PART IV: Adolescence
Chapter 8 Introduction
8.1 Puberty
8.2 Body Image Issues
8.3 Sexuality
Chapter 8 SUMMARY
Chapter 8 KEY TERMS
Chapter 9 Introduction
9.1 Setting the Context
9.2 The Mysterious Teenage Mind
9.3 Teenage Relationships
Chapter 9 SUMMARY
Chapter 9 KEY TERMS
PART V: Early and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 10 Introduction
10.1 Emerging into Adulthood
10.2 Constructing an Identity
10.3 Finding a Career
10.4 Finding Love
Chapter 10 SUMMARY
Chapter 10 KEY TERMS
Chapter 11 Introduction
11.1 Marriage
11.2 Parenthood
11.3 Work
Chapter 11 SUMMARY
Chapter 11 KEY TERMS
Chapter 12 Introduction
12.1 Setting the Context
12.2 Exploring Personality (and Well-Being)
12.3 Exploring Intelligence (and Wisdom)
12.4 Midlife Roles and Issues
Chapter 12 SUMMARY
Chapter 12 KEY TERMS
PART VI: Later Life
Chapter 13 Introduction
13.1 Setting the Context
13.2 The Evolving Self
13.3 Later-Life Transitions
Chapter 13 SUMMARY
Chapter 13 KEY TERMS
Chapter 14 Introduction
14.1 Tracing Physical Aging
14.2 Sensory-Motor Changes
14.3 Neurocognitive Disorders (NCDs)
14.4 Options and Services for the Frail Elderly
Chapter 14 SUMMARY
Chapter 14 KEY TERMS
PART VII: Epilogue
Chapter 15 Introduction
15.1 Setting the Context
15.2 A Short History of Death
15.3 The Dying Person
15.4 The Health-Care System
15.5 The Dying Person: Taking Control of How We Die
Chapter 15 SUMMARY
Chapter 15 KEY TERMS
Final Thoughts
Glossary
References
Appendix A
Appendix B