PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE SPAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories

What is Life Span Human Development?           

Basic Issues in Life Span Human Development  

Theoretical Perspectives on Human Development          

Research in Human Development          

Ethical Issues in Research        

Chapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations

Genetic Foundations of Development   

Patterns of Genetic Inheritance  

Chromosomal and Genetic Problems    

Heredity and Environment         

Chapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn

Prenatal Development  

Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development        

Birth and the Newborn  

PART II: INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD

Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Body Growth and Nutrition in Infants and Toddlers         

Brain Development during Infancy and Toddlerhood      

Inborn and Early Learning Capacities     

Sensation and Perception during Infancy and Toddlerhood        

Motor Development during Infancy and Toddlerhood     

Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Perspective  

Information Processing 

Individual Differences in Infant Intelligence         

Language Development

Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Psychosocial Tasks in Infancy  

Emotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood      

Temperament   

Attachment      

Self-Concept and Self-Recognition       

PART III: EARLY CHILDHOOD

Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Growth and Motor Development in Early Childhood       

Brain Development in Early Childhood   

Cognition in Early Childhood     

Young Children’s Language Development          

Moral Development in Early Childhood  

Contextual Influences on Development in Early Childhood          

Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Emerging Sense of Self           

Parenting         

Gender Role Development        

Play and Peer Relationships     

PART IV: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD

Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Motor Development          

Cognitive Development

Intelligence       

Moral Development      

Language Development

Learning and Schooling

Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood

Peer Relationships in Middle Childhood 

Families           

Common Psychosocial and Developmental Problems in Middle Childhood         

PART V: ADOLESCENCE

Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Physical Development in Adolescence  

Adolescent Physical and Mental Health 

Adolescent Moral Development

Chapter 12:       Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

The Changing Self        

Adolescents and Their Families 

Adolescents and Their Peers     

Adolescent Sexuality    

Problems in Adolescence         

PART VI: EARLY ADULTHOOD

Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Physical Development in Early Adulthood         

Health, Fitness, and Wellness in Early Adulthood           

Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood: Post-Formal Reasoning       

Education and Vocational Development in Early Adulthood        

Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Psychosocial Development in Early Adulthood  

Relationships and Lifestyles in Early Adulthood 

Parenthood in Early Adulthood 

Careers in Early Adulthood       

PART VII: MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical Development in Middle Adulthood       

Cognitive Development: Intelligence in Middle Adulthood           

Information Processing in Middle Adulthood      

Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Psychosocial Development in Middle Adulthood           

The Self in Midlife        

Relationships in Middle Adulthood        

Careers in Middle Adulthood     

PART VIII: LATE ADULTHOOD

Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Life Expectancy           

Physical Development in Late Adulthood           

Heath and Disability in Late Adulthood  

Mental Health in Late Adulthood

Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood         

Chapter 18: Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood and the End of Life

Older Adults and the Sense of Self       

Well-Being in Older Adulthood  

Aging and the Social World      

Late Adulthood and Social Contexts     

Relationships in Late Adulthood

Retirement       

Death and Bereavement in Older Adulthood