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Lifespan Development in Context A Topical Approach 1st Edition Kuther TEST BANK
Test Bank for Lifespan Development in Context A Topical Approach, 1st Edition, Tara L. Kuther, ISBN: 9781506373409, ISBN: 9781506373393
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I: Foundations of Development
1 Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories
What Is Lifespan Human Development?
Basic Issues in Lifespan Human Development
Theoretical Perspectives on Human Development
Research in Human Development
Ethical Issues in Research
Part II: Biological Development and Health
2 Biological and Environmental Foundations and Prenatal Development
Genetic Foundations of Development
Chromosomal and Genetic Problems
Heredity and Environment
Prenatal Development
Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development
3 Physical Development and Aging
Physical Development in Infancy and Childhood
Physical Development in Adolescence
Physical Changes in Adulthood
Eating and Exercise Over the Lifespan
4 Brain, Perception, and Motor Development
Brain Development
Motor Development
Sensation and Perception
5 Health
Common Health Issues in Infancy and Childhood
Common Health Issues in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Common Health Issues in Adulthood
Dementia in Older Adulthood
Part III: Cognitive Development
6 Cognitive Change: Cognitive– Developmental and Sociocultural Approaches
Piaget’s Cognitive–Developmental Perspective: Cognition in Infancy and Early Childhood
Piaget’s Cognitive–Developmental Perspective: Cognition in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Perspective
Cognitive Development in Adulthood
7 Cognitive Change: Information Processing Approach
The Information Processing System
Information Processing in Infancy
Information Processing in Childhood
Information Processing in Adolescence
Information Processing in Adulthood
8 Intelligence
Psychometric Approach to Intelligence
New Approaches to Intelligence
Development of Intelligence
Group Differences in IQ
Giftedness, Intellectual Disability, and Special Needs
9 Language Development
Foundations of Language
From Sounds to Symbols: Language Development in Infancy
Language Development Over the Lifespan
Perspectives on Language Development
Contextual Influences on Language Development
Part IV: Socioemotional Development
10 Emotional Development
Emotional Development in Infancy
Emotional Development in Childhood
Emotional Development in Adolescence and Adulthood
Attachment
Temperament
11 Self, Identity, and Personality
Self-Concept
Self-Esteem
Identity
Personality
12 Moral Development
Moral Reasoning
Prosocial Behavior
Moral Socialization
Aggression and Antisocial Behavior
Religion and Spirituality
13 Gender and Sexuality
Gender Stereotypes, Gender Differences, and Gender Development
Influences on Gender Development
Emerging Sexuality
Sexuality and Sexual Activity
Part V: Contexts of Development
14 Social Relationships: Family and Peers
Social Transitions and Family Formation
Family Constellations
Parenting
Family Relationships in Adulthood
Peer Relationships
15 School, Achievement, and Work
Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Secondary and Postsecondary Education
Achievement Motivation
Career Development, Work, and Retirement
Part VI: Endings
16 Death and Dying
Patterns of Mortality and Defining Death
Conceptions of Death Across the Lifespan
Dying and the Experience of Death
Bereavement and Grief
References
Glossary
Index
