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Intro; Lifespan development; Brief contents; Contents; About the authors; PART 1 Beginnings; 1 Studying development; 1.1 The nature of development; Multiple domains of development; Development from a lifespan perspective: voices across the lifespan; 1.2 Why study development?; 1.3 The life course in times past; Early precursors to developmental study; The emergence of modern developmental study; 1.4 Perspectives on human development; Continuity within change; Lifelong growth; Changing meanings and vantage points; Developmental diversity; 1.5 Methods of studying developmental psychology. Scientific methodsVariations in time frame; Variations in control: naturalistic and experimental studies; Variations in sample size; 1.6 Ethical constraints on studying development; Strengths and limitations of developmental knowledge; SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; APPLICATION QUESTIONS; ESSAY QUESTION; WEBSITES; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 2 Theories of development; 2.1 The nature of developmental theories; What is a developmental theory?; How do developmental theories differ?; 2.2 Psychodynamic developmental theories; Freudian theory. Eriksons psychosocial theoryOther psychodynamic approaches; Applications of psychodynamic developmental theories throughout the lifespan; 2.3 Behavioural learning and social cognitive learning developmental theories; Behavioural learning theories; Social cognitive learning theory; Applications of learning theories throughout the lifespan; 2.4 Cognitive developmental theories; Piagets cognitive theory; Neo-Piagetian approaches; Information-processing theory; Applications of cognitive developmental theories throughout the lifespan; Moral developmental theories. 2.5 Contextual developmental theoriesBronfenbrenner's bioecological systems theory; Vygotsky's sociocultural theory; Applications of contextual developmental theories throughout the lifespan; 2.6 Adulthood and lifespan developmental theories; Normative-crisis model of development; Timing-of-events model; New directions: dynamic systems perspective; Developmental psychopathology; 2.7 Developmental theories compared: implications for the student; SUMMARY; KEY TERMS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; APPLICATION QUESTION; ESSAY QUESTION; WEBSITES; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3 Biological foundations, genetics, prenatal development and birth3.1 Mechanisms of genetic transmission; The role of DNA; 3.2 Individual genetic expression; Genotype and phenotype; Dominant and recessive genes; Transmission of multiple variations; Polygenic transmission; The determination of sex; 3.3 Genetic abnormalities; Disorders due to abnormal chromosomes; Disorders due to abnormal genes; 3.4 Genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis; 3.5 Relative influence of heredity and environment; Key concepts of behaviour genetics; Adoption and twin studies; 3.6 Stages of prenatal development.

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