Table of Contents

Section 1: The Life-Span Perspective 
Chapter 1: Introduction 


Section 2: Beginnings 
Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings 
Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth 


Section 3: Infancy 
Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy 
Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy 
Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy 


Section 4: Early Childhood 
Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood 
Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood 


Section 5: Middle and Late Childhood 
Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood 
Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood 


Section 6:Adolescence 
Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence 
Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence 


Section 7: Early Adulthood 
Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood 
Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood 


Section 8: Middle Adulthood 
Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood 
Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood 


Section 9: Late Adulthood 
Chapter 17: Physical Development in Late Adulthood 
Chapter 18: Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood 
Chapter 19: Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood 


Section 10: Endings 
Chapter 20: Death, Dying, and Grieving

About the Author

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of Charleston, the University of Georgia, and the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology at the undergraduate level. In 2006, Dr. Santrock received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in Teaching Award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology on the contextual aspects of affectively toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 13th Edition; Life-Span Development, 14th Edition; Adolescence, 14th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.