PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout The AuthorChapter 1: Introduction to Child Development: Themes, Theories, and ResearchUnderstanding DevelopmentCore Concepts In Developmental ScienceTheories Of Child DevelopmentResearch In Child DevelopmentApplied Developmental Science, Ethics, And IntersectionalityApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsCareers In Child Development: Foundations Of DevelopmentChapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations of developmentGenetic Foundations Of DevelopmentChromosomal And Genetic AbnormalitiesReproductive Technology And Genetic DisordersHeredity And Environment InteractionsApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, And The NewbornPrenatal DevelopmentEnvironmental Influences On Prenatal DevelopmentThe Prenatal Environment And Prenatal CareChildbirthThe NewbornApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 4: Brain, Perception, And Motor DevelopmentProcesses of Brain DevelopmentBrain DevelopmentMotor DevelopmentMotor Development as a Dynamic SystemSensory and Perceptual DevelopmentApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 5: Physical Development and HealthBody Growth in Infancy and ChildhoodBody Growth and Maturation in AdolescenceThreats to Infants and Children's HealthThreats to Adolescent HealthApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 6: Cognitive Change: Cognitive-Developmental and Sociocultural ApproachesPiaget's Theory: Sensorimotor Reasoning In InfancyPreoperational Reasoning In Early ChildhoodConcrete Operational Reasoning In Middle ChildhoodFormal Operational Reasoning In AdolescenceVygotsky's Sociocultural TheoryApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 7: Information Processing TheoryInformation Processing TheoryAttentionWorking Memory And Executive FunctionLong-Term MemoryThinkingApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 8: IntelligenceApproaches To Understanding IntelligenceMeasuring IntelligenceContextual Influences On IntelligenceNeurodevelopmental ConditionsApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 9: Language DevelopmentFoundations Of LanguageLanguage Development in Infancy and ToddlerhoodLanguage Development In Childhood And AdolescenceExplanations for Language DevelopmentApply Your KnowledgeSummaryKey WordsCareers in Child Development: Cognitive DevelopmentEarly Childhood EducatorElementary EducationSecondary Education: Middle School Teacher and High School TeacherSpecial EducationESL TeacherNeuropsychological TechnicianSpeech-Language PathologistDevelopmental PsychologistChapter 10: Emotional DevelopmentEmotional ExperienceEmotional RegulationTemperamentAttachmentApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 11: Self, Identity, And PersonalitySelf-ConceptSelf-EsteemIdentityEthnic-Racial IdentityAchievement MotivationApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 12: Moral DevelopmentMoral ReasoningProsocial BehaviorAggression and Antisocial BehaviorReligion And SpiritualityApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 13: GenderSex Differences and Gender StereotypesGender TypingGender Identity in Childhood and AdolescenceTransgender IdentitySexual Activity in AdolescenceApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsCareers in Child Development: Socioemotional DevelopmentSocial WorkerSubstance Abuse CounselorChild Life SpecialistApplied Behavior AnalystClinical Psychologist and Counseling PsychologistIntervention ResearchChapter 14: FamiliesThe Family as a SystemParentingFamily ConstellationsChallenges For FamiliesApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsChapter 15: Contexts of DevelopmentChildren's PlayPeer RelationshipsSchoolMediaRisk And ResilienceApply Your KnowledgeChapter SummaryKey WordsCareers in Child Development: Contexts of DevelopmentPreschool and Child Care Center DirectorRecreation WorkerSchool CounselorSchool PsychologistMarriage and Family TherapistsUser Design and UsabilityToy and Media Research.