The Developing Person Through The Life Span 10th Edition

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• Toc: Cover......Page 1 LaunchPad......Page 2 Halftitle Page......Page 4 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 About the Author......Page 8 Brief Contents......Page 9 Contents......Page 14 New Material......Page 37 New Online Data Connections Activities......Page 40 Renewed Emphasis on Critical Thinking and Application in the Pedagogical Program......Page 41 New Integration with LaunchPad......Page 42 Writing That Communicates the Excitement and Challenge of the Field......Page 43 Current Research from the Field......Page 44 LaunchPad with LearningCurve Quizzing and Data Connections Activities......Page 45 Thanks......Page 47 PART I The Beginnings......Page 49 CHAPTER 1 The Science of Human Development......Page 52 The Scientific Method......Page 56 A VIEW FROM SCIENCE......Page 57 The Nature–Nurture Controversy......Page 59 Development Is Multidirectional......Page 62 Development Is Multicontextual......Page 64 Development Is Multicultural......Page 70 OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES*......Page 74 Development Is Multidisciplinary......Page 76 Development Is Plastic......Page 77 A CASE TO STUDY*......Page 79 Observation......Page 82 The Experiment......Page 83 Studying Development over the Life Span......Page 85 Correlation and Causation......Page 90 Ethics......Page 91 SUMMARY......Page 94 CHAPTER 2 Theories......Page 96 Questions and Answers......Page 100 Facts and Norms......Page 101 Past and Future......Page 102 Psychoanalytic Theory: Freud and Erikson......Page 104 Behaviorism: Conditioning and Learning......Page 107 Cognitive Theory: Piaget and Information Processing......Page 113 INSIDE THE BRAIN......Page 118 Sociocultural Theory: Vygotsky and Beyond......Page 122 OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES......Page 126 Evolutionary Theory......Page 127 What Theories Contribute......Page 134 SUMMARY......Page 136 CHAPTER 3 The New Genetics......Page 138 46 to 20,000 to 3 Billion......Page 142 Same and Different......Page 143 Matching Genes and Chromosomes......Page 146 OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES......Page 149 Cells and Identity......Page 152 Twins and More......Page 155 Many Factors......Page 158 Gene–Gene Interactions......Page 159 Nature and Nurture......Page 162 A CASE TO STUDY......Page 165 Not Exactly 46......Page 167 Gene Disorders......Page 169 Genetic Counseling and Testing......Page 171 SUMMARY......Page 176 CHAPTER 4 Prenatal Development and Birth......Page 178 Germinal: The First 14 Days......Page 182 Embryo: From the Third Week Through the Eighth Week......Page 183 Fetus: From the Ninth Week Until Birth......Page 184 INSIDE THE BRAIN......Page 185 Birth......Page 190 The Newborn’s First Minutes......Page 191 Medical Assistance......Page 192 Harmful Substances......Page 199 Applying the Research......Page 205 A VIEW FROM SCIENCE......Page 207 OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES......Page 208 Low Birthweight: Causes and Consequences......Page 210 Complications During Birth......Page 214 The Newborn......Page 216 New Mothers......Page 217 New Fathers......Page 218