Human development / Diane E. Papalia, Sally Wendkos Olds, Ruth Duskin Feldman
Imprint
Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, c1998
Edition
7th ed
Descript
xxx, 752 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
CONTENT
Human Development -- Forming a new life: Mechanisms of Heredity ; Nature and Nurture: Influences of Heredity and Environment ; Prenatal Development -- Physical Development During the First Three Years ; Birth ; Newborn ; Survival and Health During Infancy -- Cognitive Development During the First Three Years ; Language Development ; Development of Competence -- Phychosocial Development During the First Three Years ; Foundations of Psychosocial Development -- Developmental Issues in Infancy ; Toddlerhood ; Contact with Other Children -- Early Childhood: Health and Safety ; Preoperational Child ; Early Childhood Education -- Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood: Business of Early Childhood ; Gender ; Child-Rearing Practices ; Relationships with Other Children -- Middle Childood: Fitness, Health, and Safety ; Concrete Operational Child ; Influences on School Achievement ; Children with Special Educational Needs and Strengths -- Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood ; Child in the Family ; Child in the Peer Group -- Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence: Puberty ; Aspects of Cognitive Maturation ; Educational and Vocational Issues -- Psychosocial Development in Adolescence ; Sexuality ; Relationships with Family, Peers, and Adult Society -- Young Adulthood: Moral Development -- Middle Adulthood: Physical Changes ; Health ; Intelligence ; Creativity -- Late Adulthood and the End of Life ; Old Age Today ; Longevity and Aging -- Dealing with Death and Bereavement