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| Each chapter contains in-text glossary, "Chapter Outline," "Summary," "Important Terms and Concepts," and "FYI For Further Information and Help." | |
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| History, Theory, and Research Strategies | |
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| Human Development as an Interdisciplinary, Scientific, Basic and Applied Field Issues | |
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| The Lifespan Perspective: A Balanced Point of View | |
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| Historical Foundations | |
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| Mid-Twentieth-Century Theories | |
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| Recent Theoretical Perspectives | |
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| Comparing and Evaluating Theories | |
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| Studying Development | |
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| Ethics in Lifespan Research | |
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| Biological and Environmental Foundations | |
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| Genetic Foundations | |
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| Reproductive Choices | |
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| Environmental Contexts for Development | |
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| Understanding the Relationship between Heredity and Environment | |
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| Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn Baby | |
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| Prenatal Development | |
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| Prenatal Environmental Influences | |
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| Childbirth | |
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| Approaches to Childbirth | |
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| Medical Interventions | |
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| Preterm and Low-Birth-Weight Infants | |
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| Understanding Birth Complications | |
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| The Newborn Baby's Capacities | |
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| Adjusting to the New Family Unit | |
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| Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood | |
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| Body Growth | |
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| Brain Development | |
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| Influences on Early Physical Growth | |
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| Learning Capacities | |
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| Motor Development | |
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| Perceptual Development | |
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| Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood | |
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| Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory | |
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| Information Processing | |
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| The Social Context of Early Cognitive Development | |
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| Individual Differences in Early Mental Development | |
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| Language Development | |
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| Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood | |
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| Erikson's Theory of Infant and Toddler Personality | |
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| Emotional Development | |
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| Temperament and Development | |
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| Development of Attachment | |
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| Self-Development during the First Years | |
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| Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Physical Development | |
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| Body Growth | |
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| Brain Development | |
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| Influences on Physical Growth and Health | |
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| Motor Development | |
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| Cognitive Development | |
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| Piaget's Theory: The Preoperational Stage | |
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| Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory | |
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| Information Processing | |
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| Individual Differences in Mental Development | |
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| Language Development | |
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| Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Erikson's Theory: Initiative versus Guilt | |
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| Self-Understanding | |
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| Emotional Development | |
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| Peer Relations | |
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| Foundations of Morality | |
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| Gender Typing | |
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| Child Rearing and Emotional and Social Development | |
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| Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| Physical Development | |
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| Body Growth | |
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| Common Health Problems | |
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| Motor Development and Play | |
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| Cognitive Development | |
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| Piaget's Theory: The Concrete Operational Stage | |
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| Information Processing | |
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| Individual Differences in Mental Development | |
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| Language Development | |
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| Learning in School | |
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| Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| Erikson's Theory: Industry versus Inferiority | |
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| Self-Understanding | |
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| Emotional Development | |
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| Understanding Others: Perspective Taking | |
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| Moral Development | |
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| Peer Relations | |
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| Gender Typing | |
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| Family Influences | |
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| Some Common Problems of Development | |
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| Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence | |
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| Physical Development | |
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| Conceptions of Adolescence | |
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| Puberty: The Physical Transition to Adulthood | |
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| The Psychological Impact of Pubertal Events | |
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| Health Issues | |
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| Cognitive Development | |
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| Piaget's Theory: The Formal Operational Stage | |
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| An Information-Processing View of Adolescent Cognitive Development | |
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| Consequences of Abstract Thought | |
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| Sex Differences in Mental Abilities | |
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| Learning in School | |
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| Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence | |
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| Erikson's Theory: Identity versus Identity Diffusion | |
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| Self-Understanding | |
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| Moral Development | |
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| Gender Typing | |
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| The Family | |
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| Peer Relations | |
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| Problems of Development | |
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| Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood | |
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| Physical Development | |
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| Biological Aging Begins in Early Adulthood | |
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| Physical Changes | |
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| Health and Fitness | |
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| Cognitive Development | |
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| Changes in the Structure of Thought | |
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| Information Processing: Expertise and Creativity | |
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| Changes in Mental Abilities | |
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| The College Experience | |
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| Vocational Choice | |
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| Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood | |
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| Erikson's Theory: Intimacy versus Isolation | |
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| Other Theories of Adult Psychosocial Development | |
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| Close Relationships | |
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| The Family Life Cycle | |
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| The Diversity of Adult Lifestyles | |
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| Career Development | |
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| Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Physical Development | |
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| Physical Changes | |
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| Health and Fitness | |
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| Adapting to the Physical Challenges of Midlife | |
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| Cognitive Development | |
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| Changes in Mental Abilities | |
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| Information Processing | |
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| Vocational Life and Cognitive Development | |
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| Adult Learners: Becoming a College Student in Midlife | |
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| Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood | |
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| Erikson's Theory: Generativity versus Stagnation | |
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| Other Theories of Psychosocial Development in Midlife | |
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| Stability and Change in Self-Concept and Personality | |
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| Relationships at Midlife | |
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| Vocational Life | |
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| Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood | |
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| Physical Development | |
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| Life Expectancy | |
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| Physical Changes | |
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| Health, Fitness, and Disability | |
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| Cognitive Development | |
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| Memory | |
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| Language Processing | |
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| Problem Solving | |
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| Wisdom | |
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| Factors Related to Cognitive Change | |
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| Cognitive Interventions | |
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| Lifelong Learning | |
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| Emotional and Social Development in Late Adulthood | |
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| Erikson's Theory: Ego Integrity versus Despair | |
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| Other Theories of Psychosocial Development in Late Adulthood | |
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| Stability and Change in Self-Concept and Personality | |
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| Individual Differences in Psychological Well-Being | |
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| A Changing Social World | |
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| Relationships in Late Adulthood | |
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| Retirement and Leisure | |
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| Successful Aging | |
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| Death, Dying and Bereavement | |
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| How We Die | |
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| Understanding of and Attitudes toward Death | |
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| Thinking and Emotions of Dying People | |
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| A Place to Die | |
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| The Right to Die | |
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| Bereavement: Coping with Death of a Loved One | |
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| Death Education | |