Author: Robert V. Kail

ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW, 2nd Edition fills the need for a shorter text that emphasizes the essential, defining features of modern research and theory in human development. Using a modified chronological approach and emphasizing the biopsychosocial framework, the text provides: a readable account of human development across the life span; conceptual foundations that enable students to become critical interpreters of developmental information; and an introduction to relevant research and its application to key issues.

1. The Study of Human Development.

Part I: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, INFANCY, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.

2. Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth.

3. Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.

4. The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.

5. Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.

Part II: SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.

6. Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood.

7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood.

8. Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence.

9. Moving into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence.

Part III: YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD.

10. Becoming an Adult: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development in Young Adulthood.

11. Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood.

12. Work: Occupational and Lifestyle Issues in Young and Middle Adulthood.

13. Making It in Midlife: The Unique Challenges of Middle Adulthood.

Part IV: LATE ADULTHOOD.

14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues.

15. Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues.

16. The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement.

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