Developing Person Through the Life Span, 10e Paper Version & LaunchPad for Berger's Developing Person Through Life Span 10e (Six Month Access)

With Kathleen Stassen Berger's always contemporary, always compelling textbook, students learn to see how the basic ideas of developmental psychology apply to their own lives, the lives of those around them, and the lives of others of all life stages and in cultures all around the world. Berger's narrative voice, wide-ranging cultural perspective, and focus on universal themes captivate students from the outset, helping them grasp the important theoretical and scientific work driving the field of developmental psychology today.

Part I Beginnings
1. Introduction
2. Beginnings: Theories of Development
3. Beginnings: Heredity and Environment
4. Beginnings: Parental Development and Birth

Part II The First Two Years
5. The First Two Years: Biosocial Development
6. The First Two Years: Cognitive Development
7. The First Two Years: Psychosocial Development

Part III Early Childhood
8. Early Childhood: Biosocial Development
9. Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
10. Early Childhood: Psychosocial Development

Part IV Middle Childhood
11. Middle Childhood: Biosocial Development
12. Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development
13. Middle Childhood: Psychosocial Development

Part V Adolescence
14. Adolescence: Biosocial Development
15. Adolescence: Cognitive Development
16. Adolescence: Psychosocial Development

Part VI Emerging Adulthood
17. Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial Development
18. Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive Development
19. Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial Development

Part VII Adulthood
20. Adulthood: Biosocial Development
21. Adulthood: Cognitive Development
22. Adulthood: Psychosocial Development

Part VIII: Late Adulthood
23. Late Adulthood: Biosocial Development
24. Late Adulthood: Cognitive Development
25. Late Adulthood: Psychosocial
Development

Epilogue: Death and Dying