Lifespan Development. Tara L. Kuther

       New coverage of Gender Role Norms and Gender Stereotypes

       Updated and rewritten coverage of Contextual Explanations

      Chapter 9

       Updated and rewrote coverage of Motor Development

       New coverage of Childhood Injuries

       Updated coverage of Obesity

       Updated coverage of Classification

       Updated and revised organization of Culture and Concrete Operational Reasoning

       Central Executive Function updated and replaced with new coverage of Working Memory and Executive Function in Children

       Updated coverage of Memory Strategies

       Updated coverage of Intelligence Tests to include the WISC-V

       Updated coverage of Individual and Group Differences in IQ

       New coverage of Contextual Influences on IQ

       Updated coverage of Multiple Intelligences

       Revised and streamlined coverage of Moral Reasoning: Piaget’s Perspective

       Updated and rewrote Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Reasoning, and retitled as Children’s Conceptions of Justice: Kohlberg’s Cognitive-Developmental Perspective

       Updated and revised coverage of Distributive Justice Reasoning and Distinguishing Moral and Conventional Rules

       Updated Language Development and revised Vocabulary

       Updated and reorganized coverage of Reading and Mathematics

       Updated coverage of Transition to First Grade

       Updated Ethical and Policy Applications of Life Span Development: Grade Retention and Social Promotion and retitled Applying Developmental Science: Grade Retention and Social Promotion

       New coverage of Autistic Spectrum Disorder

       Updated and streamlined coverage of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

      Chapter 10

       Updated and reorganized coverage of Self-Concept

       Updated and expanded coverage of Self-Esteem to include age differences and contextual and cultural influences

       New coverage of Achievement Motivation and Contextual Influences on Achievement Attributions and Motivation

       Updated and reorganized coverage of Friendship

       Updated coverage of Popularity and Peer Rejection

       Updated and reorganized Bullying, including Children Who Bully (retitled), Victims of Bullying (retitled), and Intervening in Bullying

       Updated Ethical and Policy Applications of Life Span Development: Antibullying Legislation and retitled as Applying Developmental Science: Antibullying Legislation

       Updated and streamlined coverage of Parent–Child Relationships and Siblings

       Updated coverage of Cultural Influences on Development: China’s One-Child Policy

       Updated and streamlined coverage of Same-Sex Parented Families, Single-Parent Families, and Cohabiting Families

       Updated and retitled as Divorce and Divorcing Families

       Updated coverage of Stepfamilies and retitled as Blended Famlies

       Updated and rewrote coverage of Common Fears and Anxiety, retitling it as School Refusal

       Updated and reorganized Child Sexual Abuse

       Updated and rewrote coverage of Resilience

       Updated and rewrote Lives in Context: Exposure to War and Terrorism and Children’s Development

      Chapter 11

       Updated and integrated Popular Views of Adolescence: Storm and Stress into Is Adolescence a Period of Storm and Stress?

       Updated and streamlined coverage of Adolescent Moodiness

       Updated and reorganized coverage of Puberty into Changes in Body Size and Shape, Sexual Characteristics, and Sexual Maturation

       New Cultural Influences on Development: Menarche Rituals of the !Xoo

       Updated coverage of Psychosocial Effects of Early and Late Puberty and revised to Psychosocial Effects of Pubertal Timing, expanding coverage of context

       Updated Puberty and Sleep Patterns

       Updated and rewrote Nutrition and Development

       Updated Brain Development in Adolescence and expanded to include the dual-systems model

       Updated Socioemotional Perception

       Updated and rewrote Risk Taking

       Updated Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory and Information Processing Theory

       Updated and streamlined Implications of Adolescent Thinking

       Updated, revised, and retitled Ethical and Policy Applications of Lifespan Development: Legal Implications of Adolescent Decision Making as Applying Developmental Science: Legal Implications of Adolescent Decision Making

       New Lives in Context: Volunteer Work and Social Responsibility

       Updated coverage of School Transitions

       Updated and expanded Applying Developmental Science: School Dropout and integrated it into the text

      Chapter 12

       Updated and streamlined coverage of Self-Concept and Self-Esteem

       Updated and rewrote coverage of Identity, including Identity Statuses, Influences on Identity Development, Outcomes Associated With Identity Development, and Ethnic Identity

       New Cultural Influences on Development: Cultural Views of Gender

       Updated and rewrote coverage of Parent–Adolescent Conflict

       Updated and differentiated Parenting Style and Monitoring into separate sections, Parenting and Parental Monitoring

       Updated coverage of Friendships and Cliques and Crowds

       Updated and reorganized coverage of Peer Conformity

       Updated and rewrote coverage of Dating

       Updated Sexuality and Influences on Sexual Activity, combined into one section, Sexuality, and expanded to include topics such as ethnic differences, timing, sexting, and risk factors

       Updated and rewrote coverage of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adolescents

       Updated and streamlined coverage of Contraceptive Use, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Adolescent Pregnancy

       Updated and reorganized Depression and Suicide, Eating Disorders, and Alcohol and Substance Use

      Chapter 13

       New coverage of Emerging Adulthood: Transition to Adulthood

       New Cultural Influences on Development: Emerging Adulthood and Culture

       Updated and reorganized Physical Development, retitling it as Physical Changes

       New Brain and Biological