Invitation to the Life Span

Invitation to the Life Span

About the Author

Preface

New Material

Renewed Emphasis on Critical Thinking in the Pedagogical Program

Ongoing Features

Supplements

Thanks

PART ONE: The Beginning

Chapter Introduction

CHAPTER 1: THE BEGINNING: The Science of Human Development

Chapter Introduction

Understanding How and Why

The Life-Span Perspective

Theories of Human Development

Using the Scientific Method

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 2: THE BEGINNING: From Conception to Birth

Chapter Introduction

Life Begins

From Zygote to Newborn

Problems and Solutions

Nature and Nurture

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

PART TWO: The First Two Years

Chapter Introduction

CHAPTER 3: Body and Mind

Chapter Introduction

Growth in Infancy

Surviving in Good Health

Infant Cognition

Language

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 4: The Social World

Chapter Introduction

Emotional Development

The Development of Social Bonds

Theories of Infant Psychosocial Development

Infant Day Care

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

PART THREE: Early Childhood

Chapter Introduction

CHAPTER 5: Body and Mind

Chapter Introduction

Body Changes

Thinking During Early Childhood

Language Learning

Early-Childhood Education

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 6: The Social World

Chapter Introduction

Emotional Development

Challenges for Caregivers

Teaching Right and Wrong

Harm to Children

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

PART FOUR: Middle Childhood

Chapter Introduction

CHAPTER 7: Body and Mind

Chapter Introduction

A Healthy Time

Cognition

Teaching and Learning

Developmental Psychopathology

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 8: The Social World

Chapter Introduction

The Nature of the Child

Families and Children

The Peer Group

Children’s Moral Values

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

PART FIVE: Adolescence

Chapter Introduction

CHAPTER 9: Body and Mind

Chapter Introduction

Puberty

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Teaching and Learning

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 10: The Social World

Chapter Introduction

Identity

Human Relationships

Sadness and Anger

Drug Use and Abuse

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

PART SIX: Adulthood

Chapter Introduction

CHAPTER 11: Emerging Adulthood

Chapter Introduction

Body Development

Cognitive Development

Becoming Your Own Person

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 12: ADULTHOOD: Body and Mind

Chapter Introduction

Growing Older

Losses and Gains

The Aging Brain

Selecting and Protecting

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 13: ADULTHOOD: The Social World

Chapter Introduction

Personality Development in Adulthood

Intimacy: Connecting with Others

Generativity: The Work of Adulthood

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

PART SEVEN: Late Adulthood

Chapter Introduction

CHAPTER 14: LATE ADULTHOOD: Body and Mind

Chapter Introduction

Prejudice and Predictions

Selective Optimization with Compensation

The Aging Brain

Brain Diseases

Older and Wiser?

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 15: LATE ADULTHOOD: The Social World

Chapter Introduction

Theories of Late Adulthood

Activities in Late Adulthood

Friends and Relatives

The Frail Elderly

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

EPILOGUE: Death and Dying

Chapter Introduction

Death and Hope

Choices in Dying

Affirmation of Life

SUMMARY

KEY TERMS

APPLICATIONS

References

References