Table of Contents

Section 1: The Life-Span Perspective Chapter 1: Introduction The Life-Span PerspectiveThe Nature of DevelopmentTheories of DevelopmentResearch in Life-Span DevelopmentReach Your Learning GoalsAppendix: Careers in Life-Span Development Section 2: Biological Processes, Physical Development, and Health Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings The Evolutionary PerspectiveGenetic Foundations of DevelopmentHeredity and Environment Interaction: The Nature-Nurture DebatePrenatal DevelopmentBirthReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 3: Physical Development and Biological AgingBody Growth and ChangeThe BrainSleepLongevityReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 4: Health Health, Illness, and DiseaseNutrition and Eating BehaviorExerciseSubstance UseReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual DevelopmentMotor DevelopmentSensory and Perceptual DevelopmentPerceptual-Motor CouplingReach Your Learning Goals Section 3: Cognitive Processes and Development Chapter 6: Cogntive Developmental Approaches Applying and Evaluating Piaget's TheoryVygotsky's Theory of Cognitive DevelopmentCognitive Changes in AdulthoodReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 7: Information Processing The Information-Processing ApproachAttentionMemoryThinkingMetacognitionReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 8: Intelligence The Concept of IntelligenceControversies and Group ComparisonsThe Development of IntelligenceThe Extremes of Intelligence and CreativityReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 9: Language Development What is Language?How Language DevelopsBiological and Environmental InfluencesReach Your Learning Goals Section 4: Socioemotional Processes and Development Chapter 10: Emotional Development Exploring EmotionDevelopment of EmotionTemperamentAttachment and LoveReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 11: The Self, Identity, and Personality The SelfIdentityPersonalityReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 12: Gender and Sexuality Biological, Social, and Cognitive Influences on GenderGender Stereotypes, Similarities, and DifferencesGender Development Through the Life SpanExploring SexualitySexuality Through the Life SpanReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 13: Moral Development, Values and ReligionDomains of Moral DevelopmentContexts of Moral DevelopmentProsocial and Antisocial BehaviorValues, Religion, Spirituality, and Meaning in LifeReach Your Learning Goals Section 5: Social Contexts of Development Chapter 14: Families, Lifestyles, and Parenting Family ProcessesThe Diversity of Adult LifestylesParentingOther Family RelationshipsReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 15: Peers and the Sociocultural World Peer Relations in Childhood and AdolescenceFriendshipPlay and LeisureAging and the Social WorldSociocultural InfluencesReach Your Learning Goals Chapter 16: Schools, Achievement, and Work SchoolsAchievementCareers, Work, and RetirementReach Your Learning Goals Section 6: Endings Chapter 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving The Death System and Cultural ContextsDefining Death and Life/Death IssuesA Developmental Perspective on DeathFacing One's Own DeathCoping with the Death of Someone ElseReach Your Learning Goals Glossary References Credits Name Index Subject Index

About the Author

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of Charleston, the University of Georgia, and the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology at the undergraduate level. In 2006, Dr. Santrock received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in Teaching Award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology on the contextual aspects of affectively toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 13th Edition; Life-Span Development, 14th Edition; Adolescence, 14th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.