Unit 1: Foundations of Child and Adolescent Development Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories 1. What is Development? 2. Themes of Human Development 3. Theoretical Perspectives on Human Development 4. Research in Human Development Chapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations of Development 1. Genetic Foundations of Development 2. Patterns of Genetic Inheritance 3. Chromosomal and Genetic Problems 4.
Reproductive Choices 5. Heredity and Environment Chapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn 1. Prenatal Development 2. Environmental Influences on Prenatal Development 3. Childbirth 4. The Newborn Unit 2: Infancy and Toddlerhood Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood 1. Body Growth 2. Brain Development 3.
Early Learning Capacities 4. Sensation and Perception 5. Motor Development Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood 1. Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Perspective 2. Information Processing 3. Language Development Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood 1. Erikson's Theory: Psychosocial Development in Infancy 2. Emotional Development 3.
Temperament 4. Attachment 5. Self-Concept and Self-Recognition Unit 3: Early Childhood Chapter 7: Physical Development in Early Childhood 1. Growth 2. Motor Development 3. Brain Development in Early Childhood 4. Health and Well-Being Chapter 8: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood 1. Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Perspective: Preoperational Reasoning 2.
Vygotsky's Sociocultural Perspective 3. Information Processing Perspective 4. Young Children's Language Development 5. Moral Development in Early Childhood 6. Contextual Influences on Cognitive Development Chapter 9: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood 1. Emerging Sense of Self 2. Emotional Development 3. Parenting 4.
Gender Development 5. Play and Peer Relationships Unit 4: Middle Childhood Chapter 10: Physical Development in Middle Childhood 1. Growth 2. Motor Development 3. Common Health Problems and Disorders Chapter 11: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood 1. Cognition 2. Intelligence 3. Moral Development 4.
Language Development, Literacy, and Mathematics Skills 5. Learning and Schooling Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood 1. Understanding the Self 2. Peer Relations 3. Family Influences on Development 4. Common Problems 5. Fostering Resilience in Children Unit 5: Adolescence Chapter 13: Physical Development in Adolescence 1. Conceptions of Adolescence 2.
Puberty 3. Brain Development 4. Health 5. Adolescent Sexuality Chapter 14: Cognitive Development in Adolescence 1. Cognitive Development 2. Adolescent Moral Development 3. Schools and Academic Functioning in Adolescence 4. Work and Occupational Development Chapter 15: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence 1.
The Changing Self 2. Adolescents and Their Families 3. Adolescents and Their Peers 4. Problems in Adolescence Epilogue: Emerging Adulthood 1. Emerging Adulthood: A New Developmental Stage? 2. Physical Development and Maturation 3. Cognitive Development and Maturation 4. Socioemotional Development and Maturation 5.
Contexts of Development.