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1 Defining Lifespan Human Development Human Development or Lifespan Development is the scientific study of the ways in which people change, as well as remain the same, from conception to death. You will discover that the field, known more broadly as developmental science, examines changes and stability across multiple domains of psychological and social functioning. These include physical and neurophysiological processes, cognition, language, emotion, personality, moral, and psychosocial develop

Chapters

• 1 Defining Lifespan Human Development
• 1.1 The Lifespan Perspective
• 1.2 Domains of Development
• 1.3 Age and Periods of Human Development
• 2 Developmental Theories
• 2.2 Contemporary Theories on Development
• 3.3 Correlational and Experimental Research
• 4.1 Heredity and Chromosomes
• 4.2 Chromosomal Abnormalities and Genetic Testing
• 4.3 Behavioral Genetics
• 5.1 Periods of Prenatal Development
• 5.5 The Newborn
• 6.1 Motor Development
• 6.3 Endocrine System Changes
• 7.2 Sleep
• 8.2 Sensation & Perception in Late Adulthood
• 9 Play
• 10 Cognition
• 10.3 Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory
• 11 Development and Morality
• 12 Memory
• 13 Language
• 13.2 Language Development
• 14 Education
• 14.1 K-12 Education
• 16.1 Vocational Development
• Introduction to Psychosocial Development
• 17.1 Early Life Attachment
• 18 The Family
• 18.1 Parenting
• 18.3 Singlehood, Marriage, & Cohabitation
• 18.4 Divorce
• 19.1 Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development
• 19.4 Identity
• 20 Emotion & Self-Regulation
• 22 Death, Dying, & Bereavement
• 22.1 Lifespan, Life Expectancy, & Healthy Aging
• 22.2 Developmental Concepts of Death
• 22.3 End-of-Life
• 22.4 Grief, Bereavement, & Mourning

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