Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-512) and indexes.

1. The study and human development

Part 1. Prenatal development, infancy, and early childhood

2. Biological foundations : heredity, prenatal development, and birth

3. Tools for exploring the world : physical, perceptual, and motor development

4. The emergence of thought and language : cognitive development in infancy and early childhood

5. Entering the social world : socioemotional development in infancy and early childhood

Part 2. School-age children and adolescents

6. Off to school : cognitive and physical development in middle school

7. Expanding social horizons : socioemotional development in middle childhood

8. Rites of passage : physical and cognitive development during adolescence

9. Moving into the adult social world : socioemotional development in adolescence

Part 3. Young and middle adulthood

10. Becoming an adult : physical, cognitive, and personality development in young adulthood

11. Being with others : forming relationships in young and middle adulthood

12. Work : occupational and lifestyle issues in young and middle adulthood

13. Making it in midlife : the biopsychosocial challenges of middle adulthood

Part 4. Late adulthood

14. The personal context of later life : physical, cognitive, and mental health issues

15. Social aspects of later life : psychosocial, retirement, relationship, and societal issues

16. The final passage : dying and bereavement