Copyright page
About the Author
Preface
Part Introduction
Chapter Introduction
Understanding How and Why
The Life-Span Perspective
Using the Scientific Method
Cautions and Challenges from Science
Summary
Key Terms
What Have You Learned?
Applications
Chapter Introduction
What Theories Do
Grand Theories
Newer Theories
What Theories Contribute
Summary
Key Terms
What Have You Learned?
Applications
Chapter Introduction
The Genetic Code
The Beginnings of Life
From Genotype to Phenotype
Nature and Nurture
Chromosomal and Genetic Problems
Summary
Key Terms
What Have You Learned?
Applications
Chapter Introduction
Prenatal Development
Birth
Problems and Solutions
The New Family
Summary
Key Terms
What Have You Learned?
Applications
Part Introduction
Chapter Introduction
Growth in Infancy
Perceiving and Moving
Surviving in Good Health
Summary
Key Terms
What Have You Learned?
Applications
Chapter Introduction
Sensorimotor Intelligence
Information Processing
Language: What Develops in the First Two Years?
Summary
Key Terms
What Have You Learned?
Applications
Chapter Introduction
Emotional Development
Brain and Emotions
The Development of Social Bonds
Theories of Infant Psychosocial Development
Summary
Key Terms
What Have You Learned?
Applications
Part II: The Developing Person So Far: The First Two Years
Part Introduction
Chapter 8 Introduction
8.1 Body Changes
8.2 Brain Development
8.3 Improving Motor Skills
8.4 Injuries and Abuse
Chapter 8 Summary
Chapter 8 Key Terms
Chapter 8 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 8 Applications
Chapter 9 Introduction
9.1 Thinking During Early Childhood
9.2 Language Learning
9.3 Early-Childhood Education
Chapter 9 Summary
Chapter 9 Key Terms
Chapter 9 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 9 Applications
Chapter 10 Introduction
10.1 Emotional Development
10.2 Play
10.3 Challenges for Caregivers
10.4 Moral Development
Chapter 10 Summary
Chapter 10 Key Terms
Chapter 10 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 10 Applications
Part III: The Developing Person So Far: Early Childhood
Part Introduction
Chapter 11 Introduction
11.1 A Healthy Time
11.2 Health Problems in Middle Childhood
11.3 Brain Development
11.4 Children with Special Needs
Chapter 11 Summary
Chapter 11 Key Terms
Chapter 11 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 11 Applications
Chapter 12 Introduction
12.1 Building on Theory
12.2 Language
12.3 Teaching and Learning
Chapter 12 Summary
Chapter 12 Key Terms
Chapter 12 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 12 Applications
Chapter 13 Introduction
13.1 The Nature of the Child
13.2 Families and Children
13.3 The Peer Group
13.4 Children’s Moral Values
Chapter 13 Summary
Chapter 13 Key Terms
Chapter 13 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 13 Applications
Part IV: The Developing Person So Far: Middle Childhood
Part Introduction
Chapter 14 Introduction
14.1 Puberty Begins
14.2 Growth and Nutrition
14.3 Brain Development
14.4 Sexual Maturation
Chapter 14 Summary
Chapter 14 Key Terms
Chapter 14 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 14 Applications
Chapter 15 Introduction
15.1 Puberty Begins
15.2 Growth and Nutrition
15.3 Brain Development
15.4 Sexual Maturation
Chapter 15 Summary
Chapter 15 Key Terms
Chapter 15 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 15 Applications
Chapter 16 Introduction
16.1 Identity
16.2 Relationships with Adults
16.3 Peer Power
16.4 Sadness and Anger
16.5 Drug Use and Abuse
Chapter 16 Summary
Chapter 16 Key Terms
Chapter 16 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 16 Applications
Part V: The Developing Person So Far: Adolescence
Part Introduction
Chapter 17 Introduction
17.1 Growth and Strength
17.2 Sexual Activity
17.3 Psychopathology
17.4 Taking Risks
Chapter 17 Summary
Chapter 17 Key Terms
Chapter 17 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 17 Applications
Chapter 18 Introduction
18.1 Postformal Thought
18.2 Morals and Religion
18.3 Cognitive Growth and Higher Education
Chapter 18 Summary
Chapter 18 Key Terms
Chapter 18 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 18 Applications
Chapter 19 Introduction
19.1 Continuity and Change
19.2 Intimacy
19.3 Emerging Adults and Their Parents
Chapter 19 Summary
Chapter 19 Key Terms
Chapter 19 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 19 Applications
Part VI: The Developing Person So Far: Emerging Adulthood
Part Introduction
Chapter 20 Introduction
20.1 Senescence
20.2 The Sexual-Reproductive System
20.3 Health Habits and Age
20.4 Measuring Health
Chapter 20 Summary
Chapter 20 Key Terms
Chapter 20 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 20 Applications
Chapter 21 Introduction
21.1 What Is Intelligence?
21.2 Components of Intelligence: Many and Varied
21.3 Selective Gains and Losses
Chapter 21 Summary
Chapter 21 Key Terms
Chapter 21 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 21 Applications
Chapter 22 Introduction
22.1 Personality Development in Adulthood
22.2 Intimacy: Friends and Family
22.3 Intimacy: Romantic Partners
22.4 Generativity
Chapter 22 Summary
Chapter 22 Key Terms
Chapter 22 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 22 Applications
Part VII: The Developing Person So Far: Adulthood
Part Introduction
Chapter 23 Introduction
23.1 Prejudice and Predictions
23.2 Selective Optimization with Compensation
23.3 Aging and Disease
23.4 Theories of Aging
23.5 The Centenarians
Chapter 23 Summary
Chapter 23 Key Terms
Chapter 23 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 23 Applications
Chapter 24 Introduction
24.1 The Aging Brain
24.2 Information Processing After Age 65
24.3 Neurocognitive Disorders
24.4 New Cognitive Development
Chapter 24 Summary
Chapter 24 Key Terms
Chapter 24 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 24 Applications
Chapter 25 Introduction
25.1 Theories of Late Adulthood
25.2 Activities in Late Adulthood
25.3 Friends and Relatives
25.4 The Frail Elderly
Chapter 25 Summary
Chapter 25 Key Terms
Chapter 25 What Have You Learned?
Chapter 25 Applications
Part VIII: The Developing Person So Far: Late Adulthood
Epilogue Chapter Introduction
E.1 Death and Hope
E.2 Choices in Dying
E.3 Affirmation of Life
Epilogue Summary
Epilogue Key Terms
Epilogue What Have You Learned?
Epilogue Applications
Appendix A: Supplemental Charts, Graphs, and Tables
The Human Brain
Children and Elders as a Proportion of a Nationâs Population
Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Population
The Genetics of Blood Types
Odds of Down Syndrome by Maternal Age and Gestational Age
Breast-Feeding in the United States
Breast-Feeding Around the World
Saving Lives: Immunization
From Babbling to Language
Height Gains from Birth to Age 18
Weight Gains from Birth to Age 18
Body Mass Index
IQ Scores
Children Are the Poorest Americans
DSM-5 Criteria for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADH
DSM-5 Criteria on Autism Spectrum Disorde
Motivation or Achievement?
Major Sexually Transmitted Infections: Some Basics
Sexual Behaviors of U.S. High School Students, 2011
Smoking Behavior Among U.S. High School Students, 1991-2011
Demographic Changes
Suicide Rates in the United States
Appendix B: More About Research Methods
Make It Personal
Read the Research
Additional Terms and Concepts