Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

Conception to Birth
The Basics of Genetics
The Earliest Development
Adolescence: Becoming an Adult
Physical Development: 
The Changing Adolescent
Moral and Cognitive Development: 
Distinguishing Right from Wrong
Social Development: Finding One’s Self 
in a Social World
Exploring Diversity:
Rites of Passage: 
Coming of Age Around the World
Infancy and Childhood
The Extraordinary Newborn
Neuroscience in Your Life:
Young Infants 
Recognize Emotions Early in Life
Infancy Through Childhood
PsychWork:
Child Protection Caseworker
Adulthood
Physical Development: The Peak of Health
Social Development: Working at Life
Marriage, Children, and Divorce: Family Ties
Changing Roles of Men and Women
Later Years of Life: Growing Old
Physical Changes in Late 
Adulthood: The Aging Body
Cognitive Changes: Thinking About—
and During—Late Adulthood
Applying Psychology in the 21 st
Century:
 
Gaming in Late Adulthood: 
How Video Games May Improve 
Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults
Becoming an Informed Consumer of 
Psychology:
Adjusting to Death
What is the nature of development before birth?
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What factors aff ect a child during the mother’s 
pregnancy? 
What are the principal kinds of physical, social, 
and intellectual changes that occur in early and 
middle adulthood, and what are their causes?
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How does the reality of late adulthood diff er from 
the stereotypes about that period?
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How can we adjust to death?
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