Human development : a life-span view / Robert V. Kail and John C. Cavanaugh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The study of human development -- Biological foundations: heredity, prenatal development, and birth -- Tools for exploring the world: physical, perceptual, and motor development -- The emergence of thought and language: cognitive development in infancy and early childhood -- Entering the social world: socioemotional development in infancy and early childhood -- Off to school: cognitive and physical development in middle childhood -- Expanding social horizons: socioemotional development in middle childhood -- Rites of passage : physical and cognitive development in adolescence -- Moving into the adult social world: socioemotional development in adolescence -- Becoming an adult: physical, cognitive, and personality development in young adulthood -- Being with others: relationships in young and middle adulthood -- Working and relaxing -- Making it in midlife: the biopsychosocial challenges of middle adulthood -- The personal context of later life: physical, cognitive, and mental health issues -- Social aspects of later life: psychosocial, retirement, relationship, and societal issues -- Dying and bereavement.