Development Across the Life Span Feldman 7th Edition Solutions Manual

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0205940072
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0205940073
• Author: Robert S. Feldman

Robert Feldman offers students a chronological overview of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development—from conception through death with his text Development Across the Life Span. This best-selling text presents up-to-date coverage of theory and research, with an emphasis on the application of these concepts by students in their personal—and future professional—lives. The text taps into students’ inherent interest in the subject of human development, encouraging them to draw connections between the material and their own experiences.

Table of contents:

PART 1: BEGINNINGS
Chapter 1: Beginnings: An Introduction to Development Across the Lifespan	2
Prologue: A Brave New World	3
Looking Ahead	4
AN ORIENTATION TO LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT	5
Developmental Diversity: How Culture, Ethnicity, and Race Influence Development	11
KEY ISSUES AND QUESTIONS: DETERMINING THE NATURE-AND NURTURE-OF LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT	12
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT	16
RESEARCH METHODS	30
From Research to Practice: Using Developmental Research to Improve Public Policy 	37
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Evaluating the "Experts"	41
Epilogue	42
Looking Back	43
Key Terms and Concepts	44
Chapter 2: The Start of Life: Genetics and Prenatal Development	46
Prologue: Multiplicity	47
Looking Ahead	48
EARLIEST DEVELOPMENT	48
THE INTERACTION OF HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT	60
From Research to Practice: Advancing Gene Therapy: Are We Heading Toward a Clone Age?	61
Developmental Diversity	: Cultural Differences in Physical Arousal: Might a Culture's Philosophical Outlook Be Determined by Genetics?	69
PRENATAL GROWTH AND CHANGE	73
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Optimizing the Prenatal Environment	84
Epilogue	85
Looking Back	86
Key Terms and Concepts	87
Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Infant	88
Prologue: A Life Begins Early	89
Looking Ahead	90
BIRTH	90
From Research to Practice: Who Delivers? Childbirth Attendants in the 21st Century	98
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Dealing with Labor	100
BIRTH COMPLICATIONS	101
Careers in Lifespan Development: Diana Hegger, Neonatal Nurse and Educator	106
Developmental Diversity: Overcoming Racial and Cultural Differences in Infant Mortality	108
THE COMPETENT NEWBORN	112
Epilogue	119
Looking Back 	120
Key Terms and Concepts	121
PART 2: INFANCY: FORMING THE FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE
Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy	122
Prologue: First Steps	123
Looking Ahead	124
GROWTH AND STABILITY	124
From Research to Practice: SIDS: The Unanticipated Killer	134
MOTOR DEVELOPMENT	135
Developmental Diversity: The Cultural Dimensions of Motor Development	140
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SENSES	147
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Exercising Your Infant's Body and Senses	153
Epilogue	154
Looking Back	154
Key Terms and Concepts	155
Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy	156
Prologue: The Forgotten Memories of Simona Young	157
Looking Ahead	158
 PIAGET'S APPROACH TO COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT	158
INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPROACHES TO COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT	167
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN INTELLIGENCE: IS ONE INFANT SMARTER THAN ANOTHER?	171
From Research to Practice: Crib TV	176
THE ROOTS OF LANGUAGE	176
Developmental Diversity: Is Infant-Directed Speech Similar Across All Cultures?	184
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development	: What Can You Do to Promote Infants' Cognitive Development?	186
Epilogue	187
Looking Back	188
Key Terms and Concepts	189
Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy	190
Prologue: The Velcro Chronicles	191
Looking Ahead	192
FORMING THE ROOTS OF SOCIABILITY	192
FORMING RELATIONSHIPS	200
Developmental Diversity: Does Attachment Differ Across Cultures?	205
DIFFERENCES AMONG INFANTS	209
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Choosing the Right Infant Care Provider	215
From Research to Practice: How Does Infant Childcare Affect Later Development?	216
Epilogue	218
Looking Back	218
Key Terms and Concepts	219
PART 3: THE PRESCHOOL YEARS
Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years	220
Prologue: Aaron	221
Looking Ahead	222
PHYSICAL GROWTH	222
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Keeping Preschoolers Healthy 	233
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT	235
From Research to Practice: Children's Eyewitness Testimony: Memory on Trial	243
THE GROWTH OF LANGUAGE AND LEARNING	248
Developmental Diversity: Preschools Around the World	255
Careers in Lifespan Development: Robert Recio, Jr., Preschool Teacher	258
Epilogue	259
Looking Back	259
Key Terms and Concepts	261
Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years	262
Prologue: The Gathering	263
Looking Ahead	264
FORMING A SENSE OF SELF	264
Developmental Diversity: Developing Racial and Ethnic Awareness	266
FRIENDS AND FAMILY: PRESCHOOLERS' SOCIAL LIVES	272
From Research to Practice: Spanking: Why the Experts Say "No"	282
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Disciplining Children	285
Moral Development and Aggression	286
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Increasing Moral Behavior and Reducing 
Epilogue	296
Looking Back	297
Key Terms and Concepts	299
PART 4: THE MIDDLE CHILDHOOD YEARS
Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood	300
Prologue: Suzanne McGuire	301
Looking Ahead	302
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT	302
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Keeping Children Fit	314
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT	316
SCHOOLING: THE THREE Rs (AND MORE) OF MIDDLE CHILDHOOD	325
Developmental Diversity: Multicultural Education	328
From Research to Practice: Home Schooling: Living Rooms as Classrooms	329
Careers in Lifespan Development: Valerie Patterson, Special Education Teacher	343
Epilogue	345
Looking Back	345
Key Terms and Concepts	347
Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood	348
Prologue: Balancing Cultures	349
Looking Ahead	350
THE DEVELOPING SELF	350
Developmental Diversity: Are Children of Immigrant Families Well Adjusted?	356
RELATIONSHIPS: BUILDING FRIENDSHIP IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD	361
From Research to Practice: Stopping the Torment: Dealing with Schoolyard Bullies	367
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Increasing Children's Social Competence	369
FAMILY AND SCHOOL: SHAPING CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD	370
Developmental Diversity: Explaining Asian Academic Success	379
Epilogue	384
Looking Back	385
Key Terms and Concepts	387
PART 5: ADOLESCENCE
Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence	388
Prologue: Picture of Health	389
Looking Ahead	390
PHYSICAL MATURATION	390
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOOLING	400
From Research to Practice: Violence in Schools 	410
THREATS TO ADOLESCENTS' WELL-BEING	411
Careers in Lifespan Development: Doreen Gail Branch, Substance Abuse Researcher 	413
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Hooked on Drugs or Alcohol?	414
Developmental Diversity: Selling Death: Pushing Smoking to the Less Advantaged	416
Epilogue	419
Looking Back	420
Key Terms and Concepts	421
Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence	422
Prologue: Adolescent Trio	423
Looking Ahead	424
IDENTITY: ASKING "WHO AM I?"	424
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Adolescent Suicide: How to Help	435
RELATIONSHIPS: FAMILY AND FRIENDS	436
Developmental Diversity: Race Segregation: The Great Divide of Adolescence	442
DATING, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY	447
From Research to Practice: Explaining the Decline in Teen Pregnancy	451
Epilogue	453
Looking Back	454
Key Terms and Concepts	455
PART 6: EARLY ADULTHOOD
Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood	456
Prologue: A Tale of Two Students	457
Looking Ahead	458
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND STRESS	458
Developmental Diversity: How Cultural Beliefs Influence Health and Health Care	462
Careers in Lifespan Development: Martin Binks, Behavioral Health Clinician	465
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Coping with Stress	470
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT	472
COLLEGE: PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION	479
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development:	 When Do College Students Need Professional Help with Their Problems?	483
From Research to Practice: 	Stereotype Threat and Disidentification with School: Do Stereotypes Depress the Academic Performance of African-Americans and Women?	487
Epilogue	489
Looking Back	489
Key Terms and Concepts	491
Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood	492
Prologue: Dance	493
Looking Ahead	494
FORGING RELATIONSHIPS: INTIMACY, LIKING, AND LOVING DURING EARLY ADULTHOOD	494
Developmental Diversity: Gay and Lesbian Relationships: Men with Men and Women with Women	506
THE COURSE OF RELATIONSHIPS	507
From Research to Practice: 	Does a Good Marriage Mean a Long Life? The Impact of Marital Quality on Health	511
WORK: CHOOSING AND EMBARKING ON A CAREER	516
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Choosing a Career	521
Epilogue	523
Looking Back	523
Key Terms and Concepts	525
PART 7: MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood	526
Prologue: Fit for Life	527
Looking Ahead	528
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT	528
From Research to Practice: The Dilemma of Hormone Therapy: No Easy Answer	535
HEALTH	536
Developmental Diversity: Individual Variation in Health: Ethnic and Gender Differences	539
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT	547
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Effective Strategies for Remembering	553
Epilogue	554
Looking Back	554
Key Terms and Concepts	557
Chapter 16: Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood	558
Prologue: A Winding Journey to Success	559
Looking Ahead	560
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT	560
Developmental Diversity: Middle Age: In Some Cultures It Doesn't Exist	564
From Research to Practice	From College Yearbook Photo to Midlife Personality: The Stability of Personality in Later Years of Life	567
RELATIONSHIPS: FAMILY IN MIDDLE AGE	568
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Dealing with Spousal Assault	577
WORK AND LEISURE	579
Careers in Lifespan Development: Cathy Goodwin, Career Advisor	582
Developmental Diversity: Immigrants on the Job: Making It in America	582
Epilogue	586
Looking Back	587
Key Terms and Concepts	589
PART 8: LATE ADULTHOOD
Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood	590
Prologue: 100 and Counting	591
Looking Ahead	592
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN LATE ADULTHOOD	593
HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN LATE ADULTHOOD	601
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Caring for People with Alzheimer's Disease	605
From Research to Practice: Will Your Attitude Toward Aging Affect Your Life Span?	606
Developmental Diversity: Gender, Race, and Ethnic Differences in Average Life 	Expectancy: Separate Lives, Separate Deaths	612
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN LATE ADULTHOOD	614
Epilogue	619
Looking Back	620
Key Terms and Concepts	621
Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood	622
Prologue: Sex, Love, and Nursing Homes	623
Looking Ahead	624
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSFUL AGING	624
Developmental Diversity: How Culture Shapes the Way We Treat People in Late Adulthood	630
THE DAILY LIFE OF LATE ADULTHOOD	636
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Planning For-and Living-a Good Retirement	642
RELATIONSHIPS: OLD AND NEW	643
From Research to Practice: Life After Death: Adjusting to the Loss of a Spouse	648
Epilogue	653
Looking Back	653
Key Terms and Concepts	655
PART 9: ENDINGS
Chapter 19: Endings: Death and Dying	656
Prologue: Choosing Death	657
Looking Ahead	658
DYING AND DEATH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN	658
Developmental Diversity: Differing Conceptions of Death	663
CONFRONTING DEATH	666
From Research to Practice: 	Comfort for the Dying: Palliative Care as an Alternative to Aggressive Treatment	673
Careers in Lifespan Development: Dina C. Bianga, Hospice Nurse	675
GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT	675
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development: Helping a Child Cope with Grief	679
Epilogue	680
Looking Back	680
Key Terms and Concepts	681
Glossary
References
Acknowledgments
Name Index
Subject Index
Preface

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