Description: I. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: AN INTEGRATED STUDY OF THE LIFE SPAN. 1. Child Development: Perspectives, Processes and Research Methods. 2. Theories of Child Development: An Introduction. II. THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN LIFE. 3. Heredity and Environment. 4. The Prenatal Period. 5. Childbirth and the Neonate. III. INFANCY: THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF LIFE. 6. Infancy: Physical, Motor, and Cognitive Development. 7. Infancy: Developing Relationships. IV. EARLY CHILDHOOD. 8. Language: The Bridge from Infancy. 9. Early Childhood: Physical Development. 10. Early Childhood: Developing Thought and Action. 11. Early Childhood: Personality and Social Development. V. MIDDLE CHILDHOOD. 12. Physical Development in Middle Childhood. 13. Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development and School Tasks. 14. Middle Childhood: Personality and Social Development. VI. ADOLESCENCE. 15. Adolescence: A Time of Transition. 16. Adolescence: Social and Personality Development. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index.

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