Table of Contents

PART I The Beginnings.- Chapter 1 The Science of Human Development.- Chapter 2 Theories of Development.- Chapter 3 Heredity and Environment.- Chapter 4 Prenatal Development and Birth.- PART II The First Two Years.- Chapter 5 The First Two Years: Biosocial Development.- Chapter 6 The First Two Years: Cognitive Development.- Chapter 7 The First Two Years: Psychosocial Development.- PART III Early Childhood.- Chapter 8 Early Childhood: Biosocial Development.- Chapter 9 Early Childhood: Cognitive Development.- Chapter 10 Early Childhood: Psychosocial Development.- PART IV Middle Childhood.- Chapter 11 Middle Childhood: Biosocial Development.- Chapter 12 Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development.- Chapter 13 Middle Childhood: Psychosocial Development.- PART V Adolescence.- Chapter 14 Adolescence: Biosocial Development.- Chapter 15 Adolescence: Cognitive Development.- Chapter 16 Adolescence: Psychosocial Development.- PART VI Emerging Adulthood.- Chapter 17 Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial Development.- Chapter 18 Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive Development.- Chapter 19 Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial Development.- PART VII Adulthood.- Chapter 20 Adulthood: Biosocial Development.- Chapter 21 Adulthood: Cognitive Development.- Chapter 22 Adulthood: Psychosocial Development.- PART VIII Late Adulthood.- Chapter 23 Late Adulthood: Biosocial Development.- Chapter 24 Late Adulthood: Cognitive Development.- Chapter 25 Late Adulthood: Psychosocial Development.- Epilogue Death and Dying. - Appendix: More about Research Methods.

About the Author

Kathleen Stassen Berger received her undergraduate education at Stanford University and Radcliffe College, earned an M.A.T. from Harvard University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Yeshiva University. Throughout most of her professional career, Berger has worked at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, first as an adjunct and for the past two decades as a full professor.