CHAPTER: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

Chapter 1: Basic Questions

• Nature and Nurture: An Ancient Debate
• Interactions of Nature and Nurture
• The Nature of Development
• Theories of Development
• Finding the Answers: Research on Development
• Research Methods
• Research Analysis

Chapter 2: Prenatal Development

• Conception
• The Basics of Conception
• Patterns of Genetic Inheritance
• Twins and Siblings
• Genotypes and Phenotypes
• Development from Conception to Birth
• An Overview of Prenatal Development
• Genetic Errors
• Teratogens: Diseases and Drugs
• Other Influences on Prenatal Development
• An Overview of Risks and Long-Term Consequences of Prenatal Problems
• Sex Differences in Prenatal Development
• Social Class Differences

Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child

• The Stages of Labor
• Adapting to the Newborn
• The Newborn: What Can He Do?
• The Daily Life of Infants
• Individual Differences Among Babies

Chapter 4: Physical Development

• Four Reasons for Studying Physical Development
• Basic Sequences and Common Patterns
• Development of Sexual Maturity
• Using the Body: Motor Development
• Variations in Rate of Development
• Health Issues
• Determinants of Growth: Explanations of Physical Development

Chapter 5: Perceptual Development

• Ways of Studying Early Perceptual Skills
• basic Sensory Skills
• Complex Perceptual Skills: Preferences, Discrimination, and Patterns
• Ignoring Perceptual Information: The Perceptual Constancies
• The Object Concept
• Perception of Social Signals
• Individual Differences in Perception: Speed and Efficiency
• Explanations of Perceptual Development
• Perceptual Development: A Summing-Up

Chapter 6: Cognitive Development I: Structure and Process

• Three Views of Intelligence
• Piaget's Perspective
• Infancy
• The Preschool Years
• The School-Age Child
• Cognitive Development in Adolescence
• Preliminary Conclusions and Questions
• Information Processing in Children

Chapter 7:Cognitive Development II: Individual Difference in Cognitive Abilities

• Measuring Intellectual Power: IQ Tests and Other Measures
• Stability and Predictive Values of IQ Tests
• An Alternative View: Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
• Explaining Differences in IQ Scores
• Interaction Heredity and Environment
• Group Differences in IQ Scores
• The Measurement of Intelligence: A Last Look
• Individual Differences in Information Processing
• Cognitive Development: Putting the Three Approaches Together

Chapter 8: The Development of Language

• What is Language Anyway?
• Before the First Words: The Prelinguistic Phase
• The First Words
• Speaking in Sentences: The Development of Grammar
• the Development of Word Meaning
• Using Language: Communication and Self-direction
• Explaining Language development
• Individual Differences in Language Development
• An Application of the Basic Knowledge: Learning to Read

Chapter 9: Personality Development: Alternative Views

• Defining Personality in Adults
• Defining Personality in Children
• Genetic and Biological Explanations
• Learning Explanations
• Psychoanalytic Explanations
• A Possible Synthesis

Chapter 10: The Concept of Self in Children

• The Development of the Concept of Self
• Self-esteem
• The Self-concept: A Summing-up
• The Development of Gender and Sex-Role Concepts

Chapter 11: The Development of Social Relationships

• Attachment theory: Concepts and Terminology
• The Parents' Bond to the Child
• The Baby's Attachment to the Parent
• Variations in the Quality of Infants' Attachments
• Relationships with Peers: Playmates and Friends
• Behavior with Peers: Prosocial Behavior and Aggression
• Individual Differences in Peer Relationships

Chapter 12: Thinking About Relationships: The Development of Social Cognition

• Some General Principles and Issues
• Reading Others' Feelings
• Describing Other People
• Describing Friendships
• Making Moral Judgments
• Social Cognition and Behavior
• Social Cognition and General Cognitive Development

Chapter 13: The Ecology of Development: The Child Within the Family System

• Theoretical Approaches
• Dimensions of Family Interaction
• Patterns or Styles of Child Rearing
• Other Aspects of Family Dynamics
• Some Exosystem Effects: Parents' Work and Social Support

Chapter 14: Beyond the Family: The Impact of the Broader Culture

• Child Care
• The Impact of Schools
• Joining the Work World: The Impact of Jobs on Teenagers
• The Impact of the Mass Media
• Macrosystem Effects: The Impact of the Larger Culture

Chapter 15: Atypical Development

• Frequency of Problems
• Developmental Psychopathology: A New Approach
• The Psychopathologies of Childhood
• Intellectually Atypical Development
• Schooling for Atypical Children
• Sex Differences in Atypical Development
• A Final Point

Chapter 16: Putting it All Together: The Developing Child

• Transitions, Consolidations, and Systems
• From Birth to 18 Months
• The Preschool Years
• The Elementary School Years
• Adolescence
• Returning to Some Basic Questions
• Individual Difference
• A Final Point: The Joy of Development