Research Stories for Lifespan Development

This book takes a scientific approach to the study of human development by exploring the chronology of a typical lifespan through research stories.The primary goal of this book is to help readers learn to be intellectually critical, by reading contemporary research literature on human development and evaluating the assertions that are made. Each of the 32 chapters is a separate research "story," telling why the study was done, what was done, and what the results tell us about development.For psychologists, educators, or anyone interested in human development or family studies.

Preface

xi

PART I PRENATAL AND NEONATAL DEVELOPMENT

Sound Familiar?

1

(11)

Experiments and infant memory

Deep Roots

12

(10)

Correlations and infant temperament

Drinking without Thinking

22

(9)

Sensitive periods and teratogens

The Nose Knows

31

(11)

Behavioral observation and recognition of infants by smell

PART II FIRST TWO YEARS

Gimme the Ball

42

(12)

Object permanence and Piagetian theory

Attachment in Separation

54

(11)

Quasi-experiments and maternal attachment

A Family Affair

65

(10)

Ecological psychology and maternal employment

Please Pass the Vegetables

75

(11)

Graph interpretation and egocentricity

PART III EARLY CHILDHOOD-2 YEARS TO 6 YEARS

Spare the Rod

86

(12)

Punishment and aggression

Reach for the Sky

98

(11)

Cognitive immaturity and affordance judging

Some Restrictions May Apply

109

(10)

Deprivation and maltreatment

Chip Off the Old Block

119

(11)

Genetics and psychological characteristics

PART IV LATER CHILDHOOD-7 YEARS TO 12 YEARS

Watching and Weighting

130

(10)

Childhood obesity and television watching

Boldface Letters

140

(9)

Attributions and learned helplessness

It All Adds Up

149

(10)

Ethnicity and academic performance

Watch Yourself

159

(12)

Behavioral therapy and self-management

PART V ADOLESCENCE

At a Loss for Words

171

(10)

Sensitive periods and language development

Coming of Age

181

(11)

Pubertal timing and adolescent behavior

Apparent from the Parents

192

(12)

Parenting styles and adolescent behavior

Making the Grade

204

(9)

Early intervention and intellectual outcomes

PART VI EARLY ADULTHOOD

Who's Old First?

213

(10)

Physical declines in early adulthood

Let's See What This Baby Can Do

223

(11)

Birth and parent schedules

Love Makes the World Go 'Round

234

(11)

Evolutionary psychology and jealousy

Take a Whiff

245

(10)

Evolutionary psychology and mate choice

PART VII MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

Work It Out

255

(9)

Exercise in middle adulthood

Blowing in the Wind

264

(10)

Disaster in middle adulthood

Back to Work

274

(9)

Unemployment in late middle age

For Better or Worse

283

(8)

Marital satisfaction and locus of control

PART VIII LATE ADULTHOOD

Old Folks at Home

291

(10)

Activities of daily living in late adulthood

Over the Hill

301

(10)

A prospective cohort study and intellectual functioning

Please Don't Depend On Me

311

(9)

Dependent behavior in institutions

Termination of the Termites

320

(11)

Psychological correlates of life span length

Name Index

331

(6)

Subject Index

337

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