Includes bibliographical references (pages R1-R43) and index

Introduction -- Biological beginnings -- Physical development and biological aging -- Health -- Motor, sensory, and perceptual development -- Cognitive developmental approaches -- Information processing -- Intelligence -- Language development -- Emotional development -- The self, identy, and personality -- Gender and sexuality -- Moral devlopment, values and religion -- Marriage, lifestyles, and families -- Peers and the sociocultural worls -- Schools, schievement, and work -- Death and grieving -- Careers in life-span development

This book is about human development-its universal features, its individual variations, its nature. Every life is distinct, a new biography in the world. Examining the shape of life-span development allows us to understand it better. The book is about the rhythm and meaning of people's lives, about turning mystery into understanding, and about weaving a portrait of who each of us was, is and will be

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