Lifespan Development
About This Book
Why It Matters: Lifespan Development Why study lifespan development? Welcome to the study of lifespan development! This is the scientific study of how and why people change or remain the same over time. Think about how you were five, ten, or even fifteen years ago. In what ways have you changed? In what ways have you remained the same? You have probably changed physically; perhaps you’ve grown taller and become heavier. But you may have also experienced changes in the way you think and solve pro
| Category | general |
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| Subject | N/A |
| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 52 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- Why It Matters: Lifespan Development
- Defining Human Development
- Offline Content Access
- Research in Lifespan Development
- Research Methods
- Correlational and Experimental Research
- Developmental Research Designs
- Putting It Together: Lifespan Development
- Understanding Theories
- Psychosocial Theory
- Exploring Cognition
- Heredity and Chromosomes
- Chromosomal Abnormalities and Genetic Testing
- Behavioral Genetics
- Complications of Pregnancy and Delivery
- Newborn Assessment and Risks
- Putting It Together: Prenatal Development
- Why It Matters: Infancy
- Motor and Sensory Development
- Nutrition
- Sleep and Health
- Emotional Development and Attachment
- Psychosocial Development
- Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
- Language Development in Early Childhood
- Learning and Behavior Modification
- Putting It Together: Early Childhood
- Childhood Stress and Development
- Learning and Intelligence
- Psychodynamic and Psychosocial Theories of Middle Childhood
- Stressors in Middle Childhood
- Why It Matters: Adolescence
- Between the ages of 10 and 25, the brain undergoes changes that have important
- Health During Adolescence
- Moral Reasoning During Adolescence
- Cognitive Development during Adolescence
- Putting It Together: Adolescence
- Developmental Tasks of Early Adulthood
- Trends in Dating, Cohabitation, and Marriage
- Parenting
- Physical Development
- Cognitive Development
- Psychosocial Development in Midlife
- Why It Matters: Late Adulthood
- Health in Late Adulthood: Primary Aging
- Theories on Aging
- Cognitive Development and Memory in Late Adulthood
- Relationships in Late Adulthood
- Attitudes about Aging
- Stages of Loss
- Palliative Care and Hospice
- Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide