Morrison, Alan : State University of New York - Plattsburgh

Shaffer, Lary : State University of New York - Plattsburgh

This text takes a scientific approach to the study of human development by exploring the chronology of a typical lifespan text.

The primary goal of this text is to help students 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.

This book is also intended to be a bridge to prepare students for more difficult journal articles.

Features :

• Contains contemporary scientific studies that have been rewritten for consumption by lower-level students.
• Chapter summaries help reinforce the research findings.
• Graphs, charts, and tables like those found in the contemporary scientific literature support the readings and appeal particularly to visual learners.
• A Critical Thinking Toolkit is built over the chapters (found at the end of each chapter) and encourages student evaluation. These �tools� can be used to evaluate each chapter as the student proceeds through the book and can also be used in other research findings encountered beyond the course.
• The Instructor's Manual contains instructions and materials for the daily operation of class. This is particularly useful for first-time instructors.

Prenatal & Neonatal Development.

1. Sound Familiar?: Experiments and infant memory.
2. Deep Roots: Correlations and infant temperament.
3. Drinking Without Thinking: Sensitive periods and teratogens.
4. The Nose Knows: Behavioral observation and recognition of infants by smell.

First Two Years.

5. Gimme the Ball: Object Permanence and Piagetian theory.
6. Attachment in Separation: Quasi experiments and maternal attachment.
7. A Family Affair: Ecological psychology and maternal employment.
8. Please Pass the Vegetables: Graph interpretation and egocentricity.

Early Childhood � 2 Years to 6 Years.

9. Spare the Rod: Punishment and aggression.
10. Reach for the Sky: Cognitive immaturity and affordance judging.
11. Some Restrictions May Apply: Deprivation and maltreatment.
12. Chip Off the Old Block: Genetics and psychological characteristics.

Later Childhood � 7 Years to 12 Years.

13. Watching and Weighting: Childhood obesity and television watching.
14. Boldface Letters: Attributions and learned helplessness.
15. It All Adds Up: Ethnicity and academic performance.
16. Watch Yourself: Behavioral therapy and self-management.

Adolescence.

17. At a Loss for Words: Sensitive periods and language development.
18. Coming of Age: Pubertal timing and adolescent behavior.
19. Apparent from the Parents: Parenting styles and adolescent behavior.
20. Making the Grade: Early intervention and intellectual outcomes.

Early Adulthood.

21. Who's Old First?: Physical declines in early adulthood.
22. Let's See What This Baby Can Do: Birth and parent schedules.
23. Love Makes the World Go 'Round: Evolutionary psychology and jealousy.
24. Take a Whiff: Evolutionary psychology and mate choice.

Middle Adulthood.

25. Work it Out: Exercise in middle adulthood.
26. Blowing in the Wind: Disaster in middle adulthood.
27. Back to Work: Unemployment in late middle age.
28. For Better or Worse: Marital satisfaction and locus of control.

Late Adulthood.

29. Old Folks at Home: Activities of daily living in late adulthood.
30. Over the Hill: A prospective cohort study and intellectual functioning.
31. Please Don't Depend on Me: Dependent behavior in institutions.
32. Termination of the Termites: Psychological correlates of life span length.