ohn W. Santrock University of Texas at Dallas
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ESSENTIALS OF LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT, FIFTH EDITION
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Santrock, John W., author. Essentials of life-span development / John W. Santrock, University of Texas at Dallas. Fifth Edition. | New York : McGraw-Hill Education, 2018. | Revised edition of the author’s Essentials of life-span development, [2016] LCCN 2016038147 | ISBN 9781259708794 (alk. paper) | ISBN 1259708799 (alk. paper) LCSH: Developmental psychology. LCC BF713 .S256 2016b | DDC 155—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016038147
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Brief Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 Biological Beginnings 35
3 Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy 74
4 Socioemotional Development in Infancy 112
5 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood 137
6 Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood 165
7 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood 193
8 Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood 222
9 Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence 253
10 Socioemotional Development in Adolescence 277
11 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood 299
12 Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood 319
13 Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood 336
14 Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood 354
15 Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood 369
16 Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood 397
17 Death, Dying, and Grieving 413
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Contents
1 Introduction 1 Stories of Life-Span Development: How Did Ted
Kaczynski Become Ted Kaczynski and
Alice Walker Become Alice Walker? 1
The Life-Span Perspective 2 The Importance of Studying Life-Span Development 3
Characteristics of the Life-Span Perspective 3
Contemporary Concerns in Life-Span Development 6
Luis Vargas, Child Clinical Psychologist 7
The Nature of Development 10 Biological, Cognitive, and Socioemotiona