Foundations
Basic Concepts and Methods
The Scientific Study of Human Development
Modern Developmental Psychology
Research Designs and Methods
The Real World: Defending the Accused: The Leopold and Loeb Trial
Development in the Information Age: Child-Rearing Experts
Research Report: Children and Adolescents in the Great Depression of the 1930s: An Example of a Cohort Effect
No Easy Answers: It Depends
Theories of Development
Psychoanalytic Theories
Learning Theories
Cognitive Theories
Current Trends
Comparing Theories
No Easy Answers: The Repressed Memory Controversy
The Real World: Parenting Learning Principles in Real Life
Research Report: Piaget''s Clever Research
Prenatal Development and Birth
Conception and Genetics
Pregnancy and Prenatal Development
Problems in Prenatal Development
Birth and the Neonate
Research Report: Twins in Genetic Research
No Easy Answers: Pregnancy, Epilepsy, and Anti-Convulsant Drugs
The Real World: Singing to Your Newborn
Development in the Information Age: The Youngest Celebrities
Policy Question I: Should Pregnant Women Who Use Illicit Drugs Be Prosecuted?
Infancy And Early Childhood
Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy
Physical Changes
Cognitive Changes
The Beginnings of Language
Individual and Group Differences
The Real World: Parenting a Day in the Life of Two Babies
Development in the Information Age: What Do Babies Learn From Watching Television?
Research Report: Early Gestural ldquo;Languagerdquo; In the Children of Deaf Parents
No Easy Answers: One Language or Two?
Social and Personality Development in Infancy
Theories of Social and Personality Development
Attachment
Personality, Temperament, and Self-Concept
Effects of Non-Parental Care
Individual and Group Differences
No Easy Answers: Adoption and Development
The Real World: Parenting Choosing a Day-Care Center
Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
Physical Changes
Cognitive Changes
Changes in Language
Differences in Intelligence
The Real World: Teaching Children''s Play and Cognitive Development
Development in the Information Age: Computers and Early Childhood Learning
No Easy Answers: To Test or Not to Test?
Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
Theories of Social and Personality Development
Family Relationships
Family Structure and Divorce
Peer Relationships
Personality and Self-Concept
The Gender Concept and Sex Roles
The Real World: Teaching Racism in the Preschool Classroom
Research Report: The Significance of Early Childhood Cross-Gender Behavior
No Easy Answers: When Divorce Is Unavoidable
Policy Question II: ldquo;Deadbeatrdquo; Dads: Irresponsible Parents of Political Scapegoats
Middle Childhood and Adolescence
Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Physical Changes
Cognitive Changes
Schooling
Individual and Group Differences
Development in the Information Age: The Effects of Video Games
No Easy Answers: IQ Testing in the Schools
The Real World: Teaching Dialects at School
Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
Theories of Social and Personality
Development
Dimensions of Moral Development
Social Relationships
Personality and Self-Concept
Influences Beyond Family and School
The Real World: Parenting Encouraging Moral Reasoning
Research Report: Long-Term Consequences of Childhood Aggression and Peer Rejection
No Easy Answers: Children and War
Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Physical Changes
Adolescent Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Heal