Development Across the Life Span, Global Edition, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (July 1, 2022) © 2022

  • Robert S. Feldman University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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PART 1: Beginnings

  1. An Introduction to Lifespan Development
  2. The Start of Life: Prenatal Development
  3. Birth and the Newborn Infant

PART 2: Infancy: Forming the Foundations Of Life

  1. Physical Development in Infancy
  2. Cognitive Development in Infancy
  3. Social and Personality Development in Infancy

PART 3: The Preschool Years

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years
  2. Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years

PART 4: The Middle Childhood Years

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
  2. Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

PART 5: Adolescence

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
  2. Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

PART 6: Early Adulthood

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
  2. Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

PART 7: Middle Adulthood

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
  2. Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

PART 8: Late Adulthood

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
  2. Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
  3. Death and Dying

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