Topical Approach To Life-span Development - 6th edition

Table of Contents Section 1: The Life-Span Perspective Chapter 1: Introduction The Life-Span Perspective The Nature of Development Theories of Development Research in Life-Span Development Reach Your Learning Goals Appendix: Careers in Life-Span Development Section 2: Biological Processes, Physical Development, and Health Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings The Evolutionary Perspective Genetic Foundations of Development Heredity and Environment Interaction: The Nature-Nurture Debate Prenatal Development Birth Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 3: Physical Development and Biological Aging Body Growth and Change The Brain Sleep Longevity Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 4: Health Health, Illness, and Disease Nutrition and Eating Behavior Exercise Substance Use Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development Motor Development Sensory and Perceptual Development Perceptual-Motor Coupling Reach Your Learning Goals Section 3: Cognitive Processes and Development Chapter 6: Cogntive Developmental Approaches Applying and Evaluating Piaget's Theory Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development Cognitive Changes in Adulthood Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 7: Information Processing The Information-Processing Approach Attention Memory Thinking Metacognition Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 8: Intelligence The Concept of Intelligence Controversies and Group Comparisons The Development of Intelligence The Extremes of Intelligence and Creativity Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 9: Language Development What is Language? How Language Develops Biological and Environmental Influences Reach Your Learning Goals Section 4: Socioemotional Processes and Development Chapter 10: Emotional Development Exploring Emotion Development of Emotion Temperament Attachment and Love Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 11: The Self, Identity, and Personality The Self Identity Personality Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 12: Gender and Sexuality Biological, Social, and Cognitive Influences on Gender Gender Stereotypes, Similarities, and Differences Gender Development Through the Life Span Exploring Sexuality Sexuality Through the Life Span Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 13: Moral Development, Values and Religion Domains of Moral Development Contexts of Moral Development Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior Values, Religion, Spirituality, and Meaning in Life Reach Your Learning Goals Section 5: Social Contexts of Development Chapter 14: Families, Lifestyles, and Parenting Family Processes The Diversity of Adult Lifestyles Parenting Other Family Relationships Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 15: Peers and the Sociocultural World Peer Relations in Childhood and Adolescence Friendship Play and Leisure Aging and the Social World Sociocultural Influences Reach Your Learning Goals Chapter 16: Schools, Achievement, and Work Schools Achievement Careers, Work, and Retirement Reach Your Learning Goals Section 6: Endings Chapter 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving The Death System and Cultural Contexts Defining Death and Life/Death Issues A Developmental Perspective on Death Facing One's Own Death Coping with the Death of Someone Else Reach Your Learning Goals Glossary References Credits Name Index Subject Index

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