Lifespan Development : Resources, Challenges and Risks
Foreword. Preface. 1. Life-Span Development. 2. Theories of Development. 3. Introducing the Life-Span Model of Developmental Challenge.
4. Challenges Associated with Normative and Non-Normative Shifts. 5. For Richer, For Poorer? Two Examples of Non-Normative Events. 6. First Encounters with the World: The Challenges of Childhood. 7. Adolescence and Early Adulthood.
8. Middle Adulthood: Conventional Lifestyles or New Challenges? 9. Late Adulthood: Back to the Future? 10. Old age: The Ultimate Challenge? 11. Emerging Themes of Life-Span Development References. Name Index. Subject Index.