The Developing Person Through the Life Span / Edition 7

by Kathleen Stassen Berger

Overview

Kathleen Stassen Berger's best-selling books on all stages of human development present theory, research, practical examples, and controversial issues in a way that inspires students to think about development--and about the individual's role in the community and the world. The Fifth edition of The Developing Person Through the Life Span again weaves theory, research and applications into a masterful narrative that captivates and involves students. All the Berger hallmarks are here, along with new content, features, media, and supplements that make this edition the most effective and far-reaching to date.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780716760726
Publisher:	Worth Publishers
Publication date:	11/02/2007
Edition description:	Seventh Edition
Pages:	667
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Kathleen Stassen Berger completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University and Radcliffe College, earned her M.A.T. from Harvard University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Yeshiva University. Her broad range of experience as an educator includes directing a preschool, teaching philosophy and humanities at the United Nations International School, teaching child and adolescent development to graduate students at Fordham University, teaching inmates earning paralegal degrees at Sing Sing Prison, and teaching undergraduates at both Montclair State University and Quinnipiac University. She has also been involved in education as the president of Community School Board in District Two in Manhattan.

For over three decades, Berger has taught human development at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York. The students Kathleen Berger teaches every year come from diverse ethnic, economic, and educational backgrounds representing a wide range of interests and consistently honor her with the highest teaching evaluations.

Berger’s developmental texts are currently being used at nearly 700 colleges and universities in a dozen countries and in five languages. Kathleen’s research interests include adolescent identity, sibling relationships, and bullying. As the mother of four daughters, as well as a new grandmother, she brings to her teaching and writing ample firsthand experience with human development.

Table of Contents

Part I	The Beginnings	1
Chapter 1	Introduction	3
	Studying the Life Span: Five Characteristics	3
	A Case to Study: "This Sense of Liberation"	8
	In Person: My Nephew David	16
	Developmental Study as a Science	18
	Studying Changes over Time	23
	Ethics and Science	29
Chapter 2	Theories of Development	33
	What Theories Do	33
	Grand Theories	34
	Thinking Like a Scientist: What Is a Mother For?	40
	Emergent Theories	45
	In Person: My Beautiful, Hairless Babies	51
	What Theories Can Contribute	52
Chapter 3	Heredity and Environment	59
	The Genetic Code	59
	Changing Policy: Too Many Boys? Too Many Girls?	63
	Thinking Like a Scientist: The Human Genome Project	69
	From Genotype to Phenotype	70
	Chromosomal and Genetic Abnormalities	75
	A Case to Study: What Do People Live to Do?	81
	Changing Policy: Decisions and Values	86
Chapter 4	Prenatal Development and Birth	91
	From Zygote to Newborn	91
	Risk Reduction	97
	Changing Policy: AIDS and Alcohol as Teratogens	102
	The Birth Process	107
Part II	The First Two Years: Infants and Toddlers	119
Chapter 5	The First Two Years: Biosocial Development	121
	Body Changes	121
	A Case to Study: Toni's Well-Child Visit	122
	Early Brain Development	125
	Thinking Like a Scientist: Plasticity and Young Orphans	129
	The Senses and Motor Skills	130
	In Person: the Normal Berger Daughters	135
	Public Health Measures	136
Chapter 6	The First Two Years: Cognitive Development	147
	Sensorimotor Intelligence	147
	Thinking Like a Scientist: Object Permanence Revisited	150
	Information Processing	154
	Language: What Develops in Two Years?	158
Chapter 7	The First Two Years: Psychosocial Development	171
	A Case to Study: Parents on Autopilot	172
	Theories About Early Psychosocial Development	172
	Emotional Development	178
	The Development of Social Bonds	180
	Conclusions in Theory and Practice	189
Part III	The Play Years	195
Chapter 8	The Play Years: Biosocial Development	197
	Body and Brain	197
	Motor Skills and Avoidable Injuries	203
	Changing Policy: Fences All Around the Pool	207
	Child Maltreatment	208
	A Case to Study: The Neglect of Neglect: A 2-Year-Old Boy	211
Chapter 9	The Play Years: Cognitive Development	217
	How Children Think: Piaget and Vygotsky	217
	Language	225
	In Person: Fast Mapping: Mommy the Brat	227
	Early-Childhood Education	230
Chapter 10	The Play Years: Psychosocial Development	237
	Emotional Development	237
	Parenting Patterns	246
	Boy or Girl: So What?	253
	In Person: Berger and Freud	255
Part IV	The School Years	263
Chapter 11	The School Years: Biosocial Development	265
	In Person: Two Children of Mexican Heritage in California	266
	A Healthy Time	267
	Brain Development	271
	Children with Special Needs	276
	A Case to Study: Billy: Dynamo or Dynamite?	276
Chapter 12	The School Years: Cognitive Development	289
	Building on Piaget and Vygotsky	289
	Information Processing	296
	Teaching and Learning	301
	Thinking Like a Scientist: How Does Class Size Affect Learning?	302
Chapter 13	The School Years: Psychosocial Development	313
	The Child's Emotions and Concerns	313
	The Peer Group	317
	Thinking Like a Scientist: Intervention to Stop Bullying: Impossible?	322
	Families and Children	323
	Coping with Problems	330
Part V	Adolescence	339
Chapter 14	Adolescence: Biosocial Development	341
	Puberty Begins	341
	Hazards to Health	350
	Changing Policy: Postponing Teenage Drug Experimentation	358
Chapter 15	Adolescence: Cognitive Development	363
	Intellectual Advances	363
	Thinking Like a Scientist: Piaget's Balance Experiment	364
	Adolescent Decision Making	372
Chapter 16	Adolescence: Psychosocial Development	385
	The Self and Identity	385
	Sadness and Anger	391
	Family and Friends	397
	In Person: Talking to My Children About Marriage and Parenthood	400
	Conclusion	406
Part VI	Early Adulthood	411
Chapter 17	Early Adulthood: Biosocial Development	413
	Growth, Strength, and Health	413
	Emotional Problems in Early Adulthood	423
	A Case to Study: Julia Again: "Too Thin, As If That's Possible"	425
Chapter 18	Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development	435
	Postformal Thought	436
	Thinking Like a Scientist: Reducing Stereotype Threat	442
	Adult Moral Reasoning	445
	In Person: Faith and Tolerance	449
	Cognitive Growth and Higher Education	449
	In Person: A Dialectical View of Cheating	454
Chapter 19	Early Adulthood: Psychosocial Development	459
	Theories of Adulthood	459
	A Case to Study: Linda: "Her Major Issues Were Relationships and Career"	461
	Intimacy	464
	In Person: Romance and Reality: Changing Expectations	474
	Generativity	476
	A Case to Study: Linda: "A Much Sturdier Self"	485
Part VII	Middle Adulthood	489
Chapter 20	Middle Adulthood: Biosocial Development	491
	Primary and Secondary Aging	491
	Measuring Health	498
	Health Habits Through the Years	502
	Thinking Like a Scientist: World Health and the Tragedy of the Commons	508
	Ethnic Variations in Health	509
Chapter 21	Middle Adulthood: Cognitive Development	519
	What Is Intelligence?	519
	Thinking Like a Scientist: Case by Case	527
	Selective Gains and Losses	530
	In Person: An Experienced Parent	531
	A Case to Study: "Men Come and Go"	539
Chapter 22	Middle Adulthood: Psychosocial Development	543
	Personality Throughout Adulthood	543
	Family Relationships in Midlife	549
	Work in Middle Adulthood	564
	Changing Policy: Income and Age	566
Part VIII	Late Adulthood	573
Chapter 23	Late Adulthood: Biosocial Development	575
	Prejudice and Predictions	576
	Primary Aging in Late Adulthood	583
	Theories of Aging	593
	The Centenarians	599
Chapter 24	Late Adulthood: Cognitive Development	605
	Changes in Information Processing	605
	Reasons for Age-Related Changes	611
	Thinking Like a Scientist: Neuroscience and Brain Activity	611
	Dementia	618
	New Cognitive Development in Later Life	625
Chapter 25	Late Adulthood: Psychosocial Development	633
	Theories of Late Adulthood	634
	A Case to Study: Mrs. Edwards, Doing Just Fine	642
	Keeping Active	644
	The Social Convoy	649
	The Frail Elderly	656
	Changing Policy: Between Fragile and Frail: Protective Buffers	660
	Epilogue: Death and Dying	1
	Deciding How to Die	1
	Medical Professionals	2
	Legal Preparations	4
	Preparing for Death	7
	Avoiding Despair	7
	A Case to Study: "Ask My Son and My Husband"	8
	Cultural Variations	9
	Coping with Bereavement	12
	Forms of Sorrow	12
	Contemporary Challenges	14
	Responses to Bereavement	15
	Conclusion	16
Appendix A	Supplemental Charts, Graphs, and Tables	1
Appendix B	More About Research Methods	1
Appendix C	Suggestions for Research Assignments	1
	Glossary	1
	References	1
	Name Index	1
	Subject Index	1