Looking Forward Through The Lifespan: Developmental Psychology, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (5 September 2025) © 2025

  • Candida C. Peterson University of Queensland
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The edition of this original Australian text continues to offer the most balanced coverage of theory and research for Australian students and educators and appeals to students from many backgrounds. It covers the domains of development including neurological, cognitive, social, physical and personality.

The text is organised chronologically by chapter. Within each chapter content is organised topically. This structure allows for a degree of flexibility and lecturers can choose the way they wish to approach the content, whether it is topically or chronologically.

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  • Part 1 Studying Human Development over the Lifespan
  • 1. Lifespan Developmental Psychology
  • 2. The Science of Lifespan Development: Goals, Theories and Methodology
  • 3. In the Beginning: Hereditary, Prenatal Development & Birth In A Nutshell
  • Part 2 Infancy: From Birth to Age 2
  • 4. Infancy: Physical, Neurocognitive, Sensorimotor and Cognitive Development
  • 5. Infancy: Social, Emotional and Personality Development In a Nutshell
  • Part 3 The Preschool Period: From Age 2 to Age 6
  • 6. Toddlers: Cognitive, Social and Personality Development in the Context of Language Acquisition
  • 7. Preschoolers: Physical, Neurocognitive, Emotional, Intellectual and Social Development In a Nutshell
  • Part 4 Middle Childhood: Age 6 to Age 12
  • 8. Middle Childhood: Social, Personality and Sex-role Development
  • 9. Middle Childhood: Physical, Neurobiological, Cognitive and Emotional Development in the Context of Schooling In a Nutshell
  • Part 5 The Adolescent Phase
  • 10. Adolescence: Physical, Emotional and Sexual Development in the Context of Biological Puberty
  • 11. Adolescence: Cognitive, Moral and Personality Development
  • 12. Adolescence: Social, Personality and Relationship Development In a Nutshell
  • Part 6 Adulthood
  • 13. Early Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, Social and Personality Development
  • 14. Middle Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, Social and Personality Growth
  • 15. Late Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, Social and Personality Development: In a Nutshell
  • Part 7 Old Age and the End of the Lifespan
  • 16. Old Age: Physical, Neurobiological, Sensorimotor and Cognitive Development
  • 17. Old Age: Social, Emotional and Personality Development
  • 18. The End of the Lifespan: Death, Dying and Bereavement In a Nutshell

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