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Life-Span Development, 8/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas - Dallas
The Life-Span Development Perspective
The Science of Life-Span Development

Chapter Outline

  1. THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT

      Psychoanalytic Theories

        Freud's Theory

        Erikson's Theory

        Evaluating the Psychoanalytic Theories

      Cognitive Theories

        Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory

        Vygotsky's Sociocultural Cognitive Theory

        The Information-Processing Approach

        Evaluating the Cognitive Theories

      Behavioral and Social Cognitive Theories

        Pavlov's Classical Conditioning

        Skinner's Operant Conditioning

        Social Cognitive Theory

        Evaluating the Behavioral and Social Cognitive Theories

      Ethological Theory

        Evaluating Ethological Theory

      Ecological Theory

        Evaluating Ecological Theory

      An Eclectic Theoretical Orientation

  2. RESEARCH METHODS

      Observation

      Interviews and Questionnaires

      Case Studies

      Standardized Tests

      Life-History Records

      Physiological Research and Research with Animals

      Correlational Research

      Experimental Research

      Time Span of Research

        Cross-Sectional Approach

        Longitudinal Approach

        Sequential Approach

        Cohort Effects

  3. RESEARCH JOURNALS
  4. RESEARCH CHALLENGES

      Ethics

      Gender

      Ethnicity and Culture









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