Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.

PART I: THEORY AND RESEARCH IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT -- 1: History, Theory, and Research Strategies -- PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT -- 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations -- 3: Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn Baby -- PART III: INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD: THE FIRST TWO YEARS -- 4: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood -- 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood -- 6: Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood -- PART IV: EARLY CHILDHOOD: TWO TO SIX YEARS -- 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood 8: Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood -- PART V: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD: SIX TO ELEVEN YEARS -- 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood -- 10: Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood -- PART VI: ADOLESCENCE: THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD -- 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence -- 12: Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence -- PART VII: EARLY ADULTHOOD -- 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood -- 14: Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood -- PART VIII: MIDDLE ADULTHOOD -- 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood -- 16: Emotional and Scoail Development in Middle Adulthood -- PART IX: LATE ADULTHOOD -- 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood -- 18: Emotional and Social Development in Late Adulthood -- PART X: THE END OF LIFE -- 19: Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Berk, L. E. (1998). Development through the lifespan. Allyn and Bacon.