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Toc: Cover......Page 1LaunchPad......Page 2Halftitle Page......Page 4Title Page......Page 5Copyright......Page 6About the Author......Page 8Brief Contents......Page 9Contents......Page 14New Material......Page 37New Online Data Connections Activities......Page 40Renewed Emphasis on Critical Thinking and Application in the Pedagogical Program......Page 41New Integration with LaunchPad......Page 42Writing That Communicates the Excitement and Challenge of the Field......Page 43Current Research from the Field......Page 44LaunchPad with LearningCurve Quizzing and Data Connections Activities......Page 45Thanks......Page 47PART I The Beginnings......Page 49CHAPTER 1 The Science of Human Development......Page 52The Scientific Method......Page 56A VIEW FROM SCIENCE......Page 57The Nature–Nurture Controversy......Page 59Development Is Multidirectional......Page 62Development Is Multicontextual......Page 64Development Is Multicultural......Page 70OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES*......Page 74Development Is Multidisciplinary......Page 76Development Is Plastic......Page 77A CASE TO STUDY*......Page 79Observation......Page 82The Experiment......Page 83Studying Development over the Life Span......Page 85Correlation and Causation......Page 90Ethics......Page 91SUMMARY......Page 94CHAPTER 2 Theories......Page 96Questions and Answers......Page 100Facts and Norms......Page 101Past and Future......Page 102Psychoanalytic Theory: Freud and Erikson......Page 104Behaviorism: Conditioning and Learning......Page 107Cognitive Theory: Piaget and Information Processing......Page 113INSIDE THE BRAIN......Page 118Sociocultural Theory: Vygotsky and Beyond......Page 122OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES......Page 126Evolutionary Theory......Page 127What Theories Contribute......Page 134SUMMARY......Page 136CHAPTER 3 The New Genetics......Page 13846 to 20,000 to 3 Billion......Page 142Same and Different......Page 143Matching Genes and Chromosomes......Page 146OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES......Page 149Cells and Identity......Page 152Twins and More......Page 155Many Factors......Page 158Gene–Gene Interactions......Page 159Nature and Nurture......Page 162A CASE TO STUDY......Page 165Not Exactly 46......Page 167Gene Disorders......Page 169Genetic Counseling and Testing......Page 171SUMMARY......Page 176CHAPTER 4 Prenatal Development and Birth......Page 178Germinal: The First 14 Days......Page 182Embryo: From the Third Week Through the Eighth Week......Page 183Fetus: From the Ninth Week Until Birth......Page 184INSIDE THE BRAIN......Page 185Birth......Page 190The Newborn’s First Minutes......Page 191Medical Assistance......Page 192Harmful Substances......Page 199Applying the Research......Page 205A VIEW FROM SCIENCE......Page 207OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES......Page 208Low Birthweight: Causes and Consequences......Page 210Complications During Birth......Page 214The Newborn......Page 216New Mothers......Page 217New Fathers......Page 218