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.