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| Note: Each chapter concludes with a Chapter Recap, which includes a Summary of Developmental Themes, a Chapter Review, and Key Terms and Concepts | |
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| Overview | |
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| Themes and Theories What Is Development? | |
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| Five Major Themes in Developmental Psychology | |
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| The Study of the Child | |
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| Historical Perspectives Theories of Development What Develops? | |
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| Studying Child Development Research | |
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| Methods in Developmental Psychology | |
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| Special Issues in Developmental Research | |
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| Ethical Issues in Developmental Research | |
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| Controversy: Thinking It Over: Should Researchers | |
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| Reveal Information | |
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| They Learn About Participants in Their Studies? | |
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| First Steps in Development | |
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| Genetics and Heredity | |
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| Principles of Hereditary | |
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| Transmission Gene and Chromosomal Abnormalities | |
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| Genetic Counseling | |
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| Controversy: Thinking It Over: Should Sex Preselection Be Permitted? | |
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| Developmental and Behavioral Genetics | |
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| Research Applied to Parenting: Treating Siblings Fairly | |
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| The Prenatal Period and Birth | |
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| The Stages of Prenatal Development | |
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| Environmental Factors Influencing Prenatal Development | |
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| Controversy: Thinking It Over: Should a Drug-Abusing | |
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| Expectant Woman Be Charged with Child Abuse? | |
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| Birth and the Perinatal Environment Research | |
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| Applied to Parenting: Nurturing and Caring | |
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| During Labor Newborn Assessment | |
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| Infancy (Ages 0-2) | |
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| Physical Development | |
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| Body Growth and Development | |
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| The Brain and Nervous System | |
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| Motor Skill Development | |
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| Sleep Research | |
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| Applied to Parenting: Reducing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | |
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| Basic Learning Processes | |
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| Sensory Capacities | |
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| Atypical Development: Visual Problems in Infancy | |
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| Perception, Cognition, and Language | |
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| Perception Cognition | |
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| Language Atypical Development: Developmental Delay Research | |
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| Applied to Parenting: Reading to Children | |
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| Social and Emotional Development | |
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| Emotions in Infancy Attachment Research | |
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| Applied to Parenting: Promoting Secure Attachment in Irritable | |
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| Infants Atypical Development: Failure-to-Thrive Syndrome Self and Other | |
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| Early Childhood (Ages 2-6) | |
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| Physical, Cognitive, and Language | |
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| Development Physical Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Perception in Early Childhood | |
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| Cognition in Early Childhood | |
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| Atypical Development: Childhood | |
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| Autism Controversy: Thinking It Over: How Reliable Is Children\'s Eyewitness Testimony? | |
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| Language in Early Childhood | |
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| Social and Emotional Development | |
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| Emotional Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Self and Self-Regulation in Early Childhood | |
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| Research Applied to Parenting: Encouraging Children\'s Compliance | |
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| Moral Development in Early Childhood | |
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| Gender Roles in Early Childhood | |
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| Atypical Development: Hormonal Disorders in Children | |
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| The Socialization of Gender Roles | |
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| Contexts of Development | |
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| The Family in Early Childhood | |
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| Parents and Socialization Controversy: Thinking It Over: Should Parents Spank Their Children? | |
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| Factors That Influence Parenting Strategies | |
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| Atypical Development: Posttraumatic Stress | |
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| Disorder Siblings | |
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| Peer Relationships in Early Childhood | |
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| Child Care Research | |
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| Applied to Parenting: Choosing a Daycare Center | |
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| Middle Childhood (6-11 years) | |
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| Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development | |
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| Physical Development in Middle Childhood | |
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| Cognition in Middle Child | |