List of Boxed Features Preface Acknowledgments About the AuthorUnit I: Foundations of Child and Adolescent DevelopmentChapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories Understanding Development Basic Issues in Developmental Science Theories of Child Development Research in Human DevelopmentChapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations of Development Genetic Foundations of Development Chromosomal and Genetic Problems Reproductive Choices Heredity and EnvironmentChapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn Prenatal Development Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development Childbirth The NewbornUnit II: Infancy and ToddlerhoodChapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Body Growth Brain Development During Infancy and Toddlerhood Early Learning Capacities Sensation and Perception During Infancy and Toddlerhood Motor Development During Infancy and ToddlerhoodChapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Piaget's Cognitive-Developmental Theory Information Processing Theory Individual Differences in Cognitive Abilities Language Development in Infancy and ToddlerhoodChapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Psychosocial Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Emotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Temperament in Infancy and Toddlerhood Attachment in Infancy and Toddlerhood The Self in Infancy and ToddlerhoodUnit III: Early ChildhoodChapter 7: Physical Development in Early Childhood Growth and Motor Development Brain Development Promoting Health in Early Childhood Threats to Health and Well-BeingChapter 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood Cognitive-Developmental and Sociocultural Reasoning in Early Childhood Information Processing in Early Childhood Language Development in Early Childhood Moral Development in Early Childhood Early Childhood EducationChapter 9: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood Emerging Sense of Self Emotional Development in Early Childhood Families Gender Stereotypes, Gender Differences, and Gender Development Play and Peer Relationships in Early ChildhoodUnit IV: Middle ChildhoodChapter 10: Physical Development in Middle Childhood Growth and Motor Development Brain Development Physical Activity in Middle Childhood Threats to Health in Middle ChildhoodChapter 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood Intelligence Moral Reasoning in Middle Childhood Language Development in Middle Childhood Learning and Schooling in Middle ChildhoodChapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood Gender Development Peer Relationships in Middle Childhood Families in Middle ChildhoodUnit V: AdolescenceChapter 13: Physical Development in Adolescence Puberty Brain Development in Adolescence Adolescent Health Adolescent SexualityChapter 14: Cognitive Development in Adolescence Cognitive Development Adolescent Moral Development Schools and Academic Functioning in Adolescence Postsecondary Education And EmploymentChapter 15: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence Psychosocial Development: The Changing Self Adolescents and Their Parents Adolescents and Their Peers Problems in AdolescenceGlossaryReferencesName IndexSubject Index.