Foundations in Human Development: A Chronological Approach
Third Edition Bigner, Grayson, © 2022, 597 pages
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Foundations in Human Development: A Chronological Approach is a comprehensive and engaging introduction to life span development. With a unique blend of classical studies and cutting-edge research, the reader is provided a context in which he or she is able to appreciate the historical foundations of life span development, as well as current themes and findings. The reader is consistently encouraged to apply the text material to his or her own life, in order to encourage retention and increase interest.
New to the Third Edition
The third edition of Foundations in Human Development: A Chronological Approach has a great deal of new content, including many new photos, figures, and tables, as well as many new references. Other significant changes in this new edition include:
Chapter 1: The Field of Human Development
• Added a brief discussion of paradigms and why they are important for theories and research
• New examples to replace outdated ones
• Added logic to the section on philosophical issues and influences and explained how it relates to current research on risky behavior in adolescence
• Added social philosophy to the section on philosophical issues and influences and its relation to current research on social cognition (which is defined and explained)
• New information regarding how one’s sense of agency plays a role in the nature and nurture dance
• Discussion of how culture can influence evolution
• Section on culture and individual development
• Introduce the idea of dynamic systems research
Chapter 2: Foundational Theories in Human Development
• Numerous graphics and tables added to simplify and highlight the information
Chapter 3: Genetics and Human Development
• New introduction to three patterns of inheritance: Mendelian inheritance, mitochondrial DNA inheritance, and epigenetic or multifactorial inheritance
• New section on gene mutation, introducing the following mutations: missense, nonsense, insertion, deletion, and duplication
Chapter 4: The Dawn of Development
• Updated discussion of neural tube defects, particularly spina bifida and anencephaly
• New information on cleft lips and cleft palates
• Discussion that newer research is showing that the age of the father can contribute to genetic mutations in the sperm, increasing the risk for some disorders in offspring
• Updated weight gain recommendations during pregnancy
• Introduction to new prenatal diagnostic screenings done early in the pregnancy
• A simplified discussion of the newborn’s reflexes
Chapter 5: Biological Aspects of Development during Infancy
• A brief introduction to the emerging field of developmental cognitive neuroscience
• New information about the five kinds of brain waves and the developmental impact on the brain waves of children raised in orphanages
• Updated research on body composition during infancy
• New information on the development of body awareness
• Additional information regarding visual perception milestones the first year
• New research regarding motor skill development
• Updated statistics on breastfeeding
• New information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlining the vaccination schedule for the first two years.
Chapter 6: Cognitive Aspects of Development during Infancy
• Expanded discussion of the components of language
Chapter 7: Socioemotional Aspects of Development during Infancy
• Explanation of the emotions that we can communicate via vocalizations (looking at both prosody and vocal bursts), and their development
• Updated sections on attachment research and temperament research
Chapter 8: Biological Aspects of Development during Childhood
• Updated statistics regarding children needing corrective lenses, by age group
• Updated information regarding the possible positive and negative outcomes associated with participating in sports
• New information regarding concussions
• New information on food neophobia and picky eating during childhood
• Updated information on malnutrition
• Updated information on societal and food choice contributions to obesity
• Updated advice from the CDC on how to prevent obesity
• New information on loss of control (LOC) eating
• New information on food responsiveness and restrictive eating
• Updated information and statistics on safety concerns
Chapter 9: Cognitive Aspects of Development during Childhood
• Expanded discussion of Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory
• New section on Binet and a comparison of Piaget’s ideas with Binet’s ideas
• Updated research on theory of mind
• Increased explanation of private speech and inner speech
• Simplification of how children understand illness
Chapter 10: Socioemotional Aspects of Development during Childhood
• Addition of the development of emotional understanding
• Updated information on screen time
• New information on the how aggression typically peaks between 24 and 42 months, then declines. Reasons why it begins to decline at this age and problems that may occur if it does not
Chapter 11: Biological Aspects of Development during Adolescence
• Updated obesity statistics
• Addition of mindful eating strategies during adolescence
• Expanded discussion of a vegetarian diet during adolescence
• Included the statistics, causes, symptoms, and treatments for binge eating in the discussion of eating Disorders
• Updated statistics on substance use/abuse by adolescents
• New information on the short-term and long-term outcomes associated with the use of marijuana
• Updated statistics on adolescent risky behavior
• Discussion of acne during adolescence
Chapter 12: Cognitive Aspects of Development during Adolescence
• New section on Ebbinghaus and memory
• Updated research on theory of mind
• New information regarding communication via social media and development, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, and Twitter; new concepts such as social surveillance, Facebook intensity, self-concept clarity, Fitspiration have been added
• New section on online communication and ostracism
Chapter 13: Socioemotional Aspects of Development during Adolescence
• Updated information on common crowds in adolescence
• Properties of love (e.g., stability, conscious controllability, experiential salience, and commonality)
• Expanded section on Sternberg’s theory of love to include all eight of his types of love
• Addition of the impact of gaming on development
Chapter 14: Biological Aspects of Development during Adulthood
• Research regarding the aging brain and the quality of sleep
• Updated statistics on digestive system disturbances
• Completely updated section on the theories of aging
• New information regarding the threats of UV light and screen time to eye health
• Information on how the consumption of DHA may slow the aging of the eye or even prevent some eye diseases
• Expanded coverage on macular degeneration
• New information regarding touch and pain in late adulthood
• Updated research on the developmental course of reaction time
• New research regarding motor skill development and decline
• Updated statistics on young adult risky behavior
• Updated and expanded information on Alzheimer’s disease
• Discussion of the importance of nature and sunshine for one’s sense of well-being
Chapter 15: Cognitive Aspects of Development during Adulthood
• New information on how mind-wandering increases starting in late-middle adulthood
• Updated research on theory of mind
• New research on off-topic verbosity
• Addition of the construct of story asides, and the types of story asides
• Updated information regarding the use of the CHAT intervention to prevent elderspeak
• Added discussion of the characteristics of Twitter users
Chapter 16: Socioemotional Aspects of Development during Adulthood
• New discussion on the transition from adolescence to adulthood
• Explanation of protective and risk factors when adjusting to college
• New information on personality and transitioning to retirement
• Discussion of millennials in terms of their upbringing, leaving the home, and heading their own house
• Entire new section on evolutionary and psychological strategies for finding a mate and strategies employed during mate shortages
• Expanded discussion of “sliding into marriage” versus “deciding into marriage” and the statistics and outcomes associated with the cohabitation effect; in this section, there is also a discussion of the types of commitment and the differing outcomes associated with enthusiastic commitment versus moral commitment
• Extended discussion on behaviors that increase marital satisfaction and behaviors that decrease marital satisfaction
• New discussion of Duck’s dissolution model and Lee’s model of relationship dissolution
• Explanation of types of parental goals and their impact on child development
• Addition of stepgrandparent–stepgrandchild relationship to the grandparenthood section
• New subsection on custodial grandfamilies, including statistics, causes, and outcomes
• Discussion of millennials and Generation Z in the workplace
Chapter 17: The Dusk of Life
• Expanded discussion of how to ease a person’s psychological death
• Expanded discussion and statistics for hospice care
• Discusses the distinction between euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
• Explains how the American Medical Association is divided on the issue of physician-assisted suicide and updated statistics in both the United States and worldwide
• Addition of research on the occurrence of “nearing death awareness” by the dying
• Discussion of the Four C’s (cause, catch, cure, and care) in helping children cope with death
• Updated information on the physical concerns of the dying, emotional ways to support them, and how best to interact with them
• Addition of research on the “ghost in the womb” and how women who suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth can struggle with future pregnancies and how therapy can help
• Addition of the seven stages of grief model, which is modeled after Kübler-Ross’s DABDA model of dying
• New death rituals that include the use of social media
• Comparison of traditional burials with cremations in terms of environmental impacts, and the growing demand for green burials
New to the Third Edition
The third edition of Foundations in Human Development: A Chronological Approach has a great deal of new content, including many new photos, figures, and tables, as well as many new references. Other significant changes in this new edition include:
Chapter 1: The Field of Human Development
• Added a brief discussion of paradigms and why they are important for theories and research
• New examples to replace outdated ones
• Added logic to the section on philosophical issues and influences and explained how it relates to current research on risky behavior in adolescence
• Added social philosophy to the section on philosophical issues and influences and its relation to current research on social cognition (which is defined and explained)
• New information regarding how one’s sense of agency plays a role in the nature and nurture dance
• Discussion of how culture can influence evolution
• Section on culture and individual development
• Introduce the idea of dynamic systems research
Chapter 2: Foundational Theories in Human Development
• Numerous graphics and tables added to simplify and highlight the information
Chapter 3: Genetics and Human Development
• New introduction to three patterns of inheritance: Mendelian inheritance, mitochondrial DNA inheritance, and epigenetic or multifactorial inheritance
• New section on gene mutation, introducing the following mutations: missense, nonsense, insertion, deletion, and duplication
Chapter 4: The Dawn of Development
• Updated discussion of neural tube defects, particularly spina bifida and anencephaly
• New information on cleft lips and cleft palates
• Discussion that newer research is showing that the age of the father can contribute to genetic mutations in the sperm, increasing the risk for some disorders in offspring
• Updated weight gain recommendations during pregnancy
• Introduction to new prenatal diagnostic screenings done early in the pregnancy
• A simplified discussion of the newborn’s reflexes
Chapter 5: Biological Aspects of Development during Infancy
• A brief introduction to the emerging field of developmental cognitive neuroscience
• New information about the five kinds of brain waves and the developmental impact on the brain waves of children raised in orphanages
• Updated research on body composition during infancy
• New information on the development of body awareness
• Additional information regarding visual perception milestones the first year
• New research regarding motor skill development
• Updated statistics on breastfeeding
• New information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlining the vaccination schedule for the first two years.
Chapter 6: Cognitive Aspects of Development during Infancy
• Expanded discussion of the components of language
Chapter 7: Socioemotional Aspects of Development during Infancy
• Explanation of the emotions that we can communicate via vocalizations (looking at both prosody and vocal bursts), and their development
• Updated sections on attachment research and temperament research
Chapter 8: Biological Aspects of Development during Childhood
• Updated statistics regarding children needing corrective lenses, by age group
• Updated information regarding the possible positive and negative outcomes associated with participating in sports
• New information regarding concussions
• New information on food neophobia and picky eating during childhood
• Updated information on malnutrition
• Updated information on societal and food choice contributions to obesity
• Updated advice from the CDC on how to prevent obesity
• New information on loss of control (LOC) eating
• New information on food responsiveness and restrictive eating
• Updated information and statistics on safety concerns
Chapter 9: Cognitive Aspects of Development during Childhood
• Expanded discussion of Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory
• New section on Binet and a comparison of Piaget’s ideas with Binet’s ideas
• Updated research on theory of mind
• Increased explanation of private speech and inner speech
• Simplification of how children understand illness
Chapter 10: Socioemotional Aspects of Development during Childhood
• Addition of the development of emotional understanding
• Updated information on screen time
• New information on the how aggression typically peaks between 24 and 42 months, then declines. Reasons why it begins to decline at this age and problems that may occur if it does not
Chapter 11: Biological Aspects of Development during Adolescence
• Updated obesity statistics
• Addition of mindful eating strategies during adolescence
• Expanded discussion of a vegetarian diet during adolescence
• Included the statistics, causes, symptoms, and treatments for binge eating in the discussion of eating Disorders
• Updated statistics on substance use/abuse by adolescents
• New information on the short-term and long-term outcomes associated with the use of marijuana
• Updated statistics on adolescent risky behavior
• Discussion of acne during adolescence
Chapter 12: Cognitive Aspects of Development during Adolescence
• New section on Ebbinghaus and memory
• Updated research on theory of mind
• New information regarding communication via social media and development, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, and Twitter; new concepts such as social surveillance, Facebook intensity, self-concept clarity, Fitspiration have been added
• New section on online communication and ostracism
Chapter 13: Socioemotional Aspects of Development during Adolescence
• Updated information on common crowds in adolescence
• Properties of love (e.g., stability, conscious controllability, experiential salience, and commonality)
• Expanded section on Sternberg’s theory of love to include all eight of his types of love
• Addition of the impact of gaming on development
Chapter 14: Biological Aspects of Development during Adulthood
• Research regarding the aging brain and the quality of sleep
• Updated statistics on digestive system disturbances
• Completely updated section on the theories of aging
• New information regarding the threats of UV light and screen time to eye health
• Information on how the consumption of DHA may slow the aging of the eye or even prevent some eye diseases
• Expanded coverage on macular degeneration
• New information regarding touch and pain in late adulthood
• Updated research on the developmental course of reaction time
• New research regarding motor skill development and decline
• Updated statistics on young adult risky behavior
• Updated and expanded information on Alzheimer’s disease
• Discussion of the importance of nature and sunshine for one’s sense of well-being
Chapter 15: Cognitive Aspects of Development during Adulthood
• New information on how mind-wandering increases starting in late-middle adulthood
• Updated research on theory of mind
• New research on off-topic verbosity
• Addition of the construct of story asides, and the types of story asides
• Updated information regarding the use of the CHAT intervention to prevent elderspeak
• Added discussion of the characteristics of Twitter users
Chapter 16: Socioemotional Aspects of Development during Adulthood
• New discussion on the transition from adolescence to adulthood
• Explanation of protective and risk factors when adjusting to college
• New information on personality and transitioning to retirement
• Discussion of millennials in terms of their upbringing, leaving the home, and heading their own house
• Entire new section on evolutionary and psychological strategies for finding a mate and strategies employed during mate shortages
• Expanded discussion of “sliding into marriage” versus “deciding into marriage” and the statistics and outcomes associated with the cohabitation effect; in this section, there is also a discussion of the types of commitment and the differing outcomes associated with enthusiastic commitment versus moral commitment
• Extended discussion on behaviors that increase marital satisfaction and behaviors that decrease marital satisfaction
• New discussion of Duck’s dissolution model and Lee’s model of relationship dissolution
• Explanation of types of parental goals and their impact on child development
• Addition of stepgrandparent–stepgrandchild relationship to the grandparenthood section
• New subsection on custodial grandfamilies, including statistics, causes, and outcomes
• Discussion of millennials and Generation Z in the workplace
Chapter 17: The Dusk of Life
• Expanded discussion of how to ease a person’s psychological death
• Expanded discussion and statistics for hospice care
• Discusses the distinction between euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
• Explains how the American Medical Association is divided on the issue of physician-assisted suicide and updated statistics in both the United States and worldwide
• Addition of research on the occurrence of “nearing death awareness” by the dying
• Discussion of the Four C’s (cause, catch, cure, and care) in helping children cope with death
• Updated information on the physical concerns of the dying, emotional ways to support them, and how best to interact with them
• Addition of research on the “ghost in the womb” and how women who suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth can struggle with future pregnancies and how therapy can help
• Addition of the seven stages of grief model, which is modeled after Kübler-Ross’s DABDA model of dying
• New death rituals that include the use of social media
• Comparison of traditional burials with cremations in terms of environmental impacts, and the growing demand for green burials