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Jennifer Ounjian
1.1: Introduction to Lifespan Development
1.2 Defining Lifespan Development
1.3 Periods of the Lifespan
1.4 The Lifespan Perspective
1.5 Theoretical Perspectives and Theories of Development
2.1 Research in Lifespan Development
2.2 Research Methods: Descriptive
2.3 Research Methods: Correlational and Experimental
2.4 Developmental Research Designs
2.5 Putting it together: A Research Example--ACEs
Diana Lang; Human Development Teaching and Learning Group; and Jennifer Ounjian
3.1 Genetics and Heredity
3.2 Prenatal Development
4.1 Childbirth
4.2 The Newborn
5.1 Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
5.2 Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
5.3 Psychosocial Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood: Emotional Development and Temperament
5.4 Psychosocial Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood: Attachment and Erikson's Psychosocial Theory
6.1 Physical Development in Early Childhood
6.2 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
6.3 Psychosocial Development in Early Childhood
Supplemental: Parenting and Families: Creating Supportive Higher Order Contexts
Ellen Skinner and Kristen Raine
7.1 Physical Development in Middle to Late Childhood
7.2 Cognitive Development in Middle to Late Childhood
7.3 Psychosocial Development in Middle to Late Childhood
Supplemental: Gender Development
Human Development Teaching and Learning Group
Supplemental: The Development of Motivation--Mindsets
8.1 Physical Development in Adolescence
8.2 Cognitive Development in Adolescence
8.3 Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
9.1 What is Emerging Adulthood?
9.2 Physical Development in Early Adulthood
9.3 Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
9.4 Psychosocial Development in Early Adulthood
9.5 Relationships in Early Adulthood
10.1 Physical Development in Middle Adulthood
10.2 Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
10.3 Psychosocial Development in Middle Adulthood
10.4 Relationships in Middle Adulthood
11.1 Introduction to Late Adulthood
11.2 Physical Change in Late Adulthood: Primary and Secondary Aging
11.3 Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
11.4 Psychosocial Development in Late Adulthood
12.1 Understanding Death
12.2 Emotions and Attitudes Related to Death
12.3 Facing Death
Evolutionary and Ethological Perspectives
Sonja Ann Miller; Lumen Learning; and Diana Lang
Psychodynamic Perspective: Psychoanalysis
Jessica Traylor; Laura Overstreet; and Diana Lang
Psychodynamic Perspective: Psychosocial Theory
Sonja Ann Miller; OpenStax College; and Diana Lang
Behavioral Perspective: Classical and Operant Conditioning
Sonja Ann Miller; Laura Overstreet; and Diana Lang
Behavioral and Social Cognitive Perspective: Social Learning Theory
Cognitive Perspective: Sociocultural Cognitive Theory
Sonja Ann Miller; Lumen Learning; Laura Overstreet; and Diana Lang
Cognitive Perspective: Piaget and Information Processing
Laura Overstreet; Lumen Learning; Diana Lang; and Jennifer Ounjian
Humanistic Perspective: Rogers and Maslow
Ecological Perspective: Bronfenbrenner
Perspectives of Racial-Ethnic Identity Formation
Vocational Development
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