Includes index.

basic processes;
answering questions;
prenatal development and birth;
the newborn infant: the first six months;
physical growth and development;
growth and health in adults;
perceptual development over the life span;
the development of language in children;
the mystery of language development - can we explain it?;
the development of thinking from birth to adolescence;
cognitive growth and change in adolescents and adults;
the measurement of intelligence in the child;
growth and change in adult intelligence;
theories of personality and social development;
the development of personality and social relationships in children;
development of adult attachments;
self-concept and sex roles in children;
self-concept and roles in adult life;
putting it all together: life-span development