DEVELOPEMNTAL PSYCHOLOGY


Exploring LifeSpan Development, 2nd ed
Laura E. Berk, 2010 (orig 2008) 
Full Contents
SECTION 1
PART 1 - THEORY & RESEARCH IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
  • ch1) History, Theory and Research Strategy
PART 2 - FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
  • ch2) Biological and Environmental Foundations
  • ch3) Prenatal Development, Birth and Newborn Baby
PART 3 - INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD: THE FIRST TWO YEARS
  • ch4) Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
  • ch5) Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
  • ch6) Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood>/li>
( Milestones: birth-6months | 7-12 months | 19-24 months ) 

SECTION 2
PART 4 - EARLY CHILDHOOD: TWO TO SIX YEARS
  • ch7) Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
  • ch8) Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood

  • (Milestones: 2 years | 3-4 years | 5-6 years)
PART 5 - MIDDLE CHILDHOOD: SIX TO ELEVEN YEARS
  • ch9) Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
  • ch10) Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle CHildhood
  • (Milestones: 6-8 years | 9-11 years) 
PART 6 - ADOLESCENCE: THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
  • ch11) Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
  • ch12) Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence
  • (Milestones: 11-14 years | 14-16 years | 16-18 years)

SECTION 3
PART 7 - EARLY ADULTHOOD
  • ch13) Physical and Cognitive development in Early Adulthood
  • ch14) Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood
  • (Milestones: 18-30 years | 30-40 years)
PART 8 - MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
  • ch15) Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
  • ch16) Emotion and Social Development in Middle Adulthood
  • (Milestones: 40-50 years | 50 -65 years)

SECTION 4
PART 9 - LATE ADULTHOOD
  • ch17) Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
  • ch18) Emotion and SOcial Development in Late Adulthood
  • (Milestones: 65-80 years)
PART 10 - THE END OF LIFE
  • ch19) Death, Dying, and Bereavement


PS100 DEVELOPMENT
ch14) Physical and Cognitive Development | Review ch14
What is Development?
  • development as differentiation | development as growth | development as orderly progression
Physical Basis of Development
  • mechanism of genetic transmission | environments at different points in development | environment and maturation
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
  • sensory-motor intelligence | preoperational period | concrete and formal operations
Perception and Motor Action in Infancy
  • links between eye and ear | perception of objects
Preschooler and the Stage Concept
  • the meaning of mental stage | the question of consistency | the question of discreteness | sequence or stages?
Causes of Cognitive Growth
  • Nativist approach: maturation | Empiricist approach: specific learning | Piaget's approach: assimilation and accommodation | Information-processing approach: chunking and strategies
Cognitive Development from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Taking Stock

ch15) Social Development | Review ch15
Attachment
  • roots of attachment | separation and loss | how crucial is early experience?
Childhood Socialization
  • cultural values and child rearing mechanisms of socialization | patterns of child rearing | child's effect on parents
Development of Morality
  • not doing wrong | doing good | moral reasoning
Development of Sex and Gender
  • gender roles | constitutional factors and sex differences | social factors and sex differences | theories of gender typing | sexual orientation
Development After Childhood
  • adolescence | adulthood

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