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TABLE OF CONTENT Ti Ti




History, Theory, and Research Strategies
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Genetic Reproductive Choices and Environmental Foundations Prena
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tal Development, Birth, and the Newborn Baby
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Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Cognit
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ive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
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Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhoo
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d Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood E
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motional and Social Development in Early Childhood Physic
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al and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood Emotiona
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l and Social Development in Middle Childhood Physical and
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Cognitive Development in Adolescence Emotional and Social
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Development in Adolescence
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Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
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Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood P
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hysical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
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Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood
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Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood E
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motional and Social Development in Late Adulthood Deat
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h, Dying, and Bereavement
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HISTORY, THEORY, AND RESEARCH STRATEGIES Ti Ti Ti Ti




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Dr. Langley‘s work is devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the lifespan. Dr
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. Langley‘s field of study is
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Objective: 1.1 What is developmental science, and what factors stimulated expansion of the field?
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Topic: A Scientific, Applied, and Interdisciplinary Field
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Although great diversity characterizes the interests and concerns of investigators who stud
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y development, they share a single goal: to identify
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genetic factors that contribute to longevity
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those factors that lead to abnormal development in children and adolescents
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those factors that influence consistencies and transformations in people from conception to death
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because it has grown through the combined efforts of peopl
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Copyright © 2018 Laura E. Berk. All Rights Reserve
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A theory of development
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does not require scientific verification
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Objective: 1.2 Identify three basic issues on which theories of human development take a stand. T
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The discontinuous view of development holds that
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infants and preschoolers respond to the world in much the same way adults do
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growth is the process of gradually augmenting the skills that were present from the beginning infa
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development is a smooth process limited only by a lack of information and precision
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Dr. Kostel believes that development takes place in stages. This belief is consistent with the
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