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1 online resource (792 pages) |
| Contents |
Prelims; Half title; Title page; Imprint page; Brief contents; Contents; Guide to the text; Guide to the online resources; Preface; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Understanding life span human development; 1.1 How should we think about development?; Defining development; Conceptualising the life span; Framing the influence of nature and nurture; 1.2 What is the science of life span development?; Goals of study; Early beginnings; The modern life span perspective; 1.3 How is development studied?; The scientific method; Sample selection; Data collection techniques |
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Case study, experimental and correlational methodsDevelopmental research designs; 1.4 What special challenges do developmental scientists face?; Protecting the rights of research participants; Conducting culturally sensitive research; Chapter 2: Theories of human development; 2.1 Developmental theories and the issues they raise; Nature and nurture; Activity and passivity; Continuity and discontinuity; Universality and context specificity; 2.2 Psychoanalytic theories; Freud: Psychoanalytic theory; Erikson: Psychosocial theory; Psychoanalytic theories: Contributions and weaknesses |
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2.3 Learning theoriesPavlov and Watson: Classical conditioning; Skinner: Operant conditioning; Bandura: Social cognitive theory; Learning theories: Contributions and weaknesses; 2.4 Humanistic theories; Maslow: Hierarchy of needs; Humanistic theories: Contributions and weaknesses; 2.5 Cognitive theories; Piaget: Cognitive developmental theory; Vygotsky: Sociocultural theory; Information-processing approach; Theories of adult cognitive development; Cognitive theories: Contributions and weaknesses; 2.6 Systems theories; Gottlieb: Epigenetic psychobiological systems perspective |
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Systems theories: Contributions and weaknesses2.7 Theories in perspective; Chapter 3: Genes, environment and the beginnings of life; 3.1 Individual heredity; Conception; The genetic code; Mechanisms of inheritance; Genetic abnormalities and disorders; 3.2 The interplay of genes and environment; Studying genetic and environmental influences; The heritability of different traits; How genes and environment work together; 3.3 Prenatal stages; The germinal period; The embryonic period; The foetal period; 3.4 The prenatal environment and foetal health; Teratogens |
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Maternal characteristics and foetal healthPaternal characteristics and foetal health; 3.5 The perinatal environment; Childbirth; Identifying at-risk newborns; 3.6 The neonatal environment; Breast or bottle?; Peripartum depression; Risk and resilience; Chapter 4: Body, brain and health; 4.1 Building blocks of growth and lifelong health; The endocrine system; The brain and nervous system; Principles of growth; A life span developmental model of health; 4.2 The infant; Rapid physical growth; The infant brain; Newborn capabilities; Infant motor development; Health and wellness in infancy |
| Summary |
Life span human development is about the development of human beings - from conception to death. It highlights similarities as well as differences in developmental stages, and it asks fundamental questions about why humans develop as we do. Taking an integrated topical and chronological approach, each chapter focuses on a topic or domain of development - such as physical growth, cognition or personality - and traces developmental trends and influences in that domain from infancy to old age |
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4.3 The child |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Print version record |
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Developmental psychology -- Textbooks
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Developmental biology -- Textbooks
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Life cycle, Human -- Textbooks
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Developmental biology
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Developmental psychology
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Life cycle, Human
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Textbooks
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Electronic book
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| Author |
George, Linda de
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Cunial, Kimberley
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| ISBN |
9780170284288 |
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017028428X |
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