Lifespan Development. Tara L. Kuther

       Updated coverage of Fertility and Reproductive Capacity

       Updated coverage of Overweight and Obesity to include contextual influences on obesity

       Updated coverage of Physical Activity

       New coverage of Sexual Activity

       New coverage of Sexual Coercion

       Updated and reorganized coverage of Substance Abuse, including rewritten coverage of Alcohol Use and Abuse and Marijuana

       New Applying Developmental Science: Marijuana Legalization

       Updated coverage of Epistemic Cognition and reorganized into Postformal Reasoning

       New coverage of Evaluating Cognitive-Developmental Approaches to Adult Development

       Updated and streamlined coverage of Developmental Impact of Attending College

       New coverage of First-Generation College Students

       Updated and revised coverage of Nontraditional College Students

       Updated and streamlined coverage of The Forgotten Third

       Updated and revised Stages of Vocational Development, retitled as Occupational Stages

       Updated and expanded Influences on Vocational Choice to include SES and parental influence

       New coverage of Transition to Work and Diversity in the Workplace

       New coverage of Work and Family

      Chapter 14

       Distinguished emerging adulthood and early adulthood throughout

       New coverage of Identity Versus Role Confusion

       Lives in Context: Internet Dating updated

       Updated and expanded coverage of Friendship and Mate Selection

       New Brain and Biological Influences on Development: Your Brain on Love

       Updated coverage of Intimate Partner Violence

       Updated coverage of Singlehood, Cohabitation, and Same-Sex Marriage

       Updated and reorganized coverage of the transition to marriage and marital success in Marriage

       Updated Ethical and Policy Applications of Life Span Development: Same-Sex Marriage and the Law and retitled as Applying Developmental Science: The Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage

       Updated and streamlined Divorce, integrating Predicting Divorce and Consequences of Divorce

       Updated Becoming a Parent, Never-Married Single Parent, Same-Sex Parents, and Childlessness

       New coverage of Stepparents

      Chapter 15

       Updated and reorganized coverage of Theories of Aging, moved from Chapter 13

       Updated and organized coverage of Reproductive Aging

       Updated Cultural Influences on Development: Cultural Perspectives on Menopause

       Reorganized Health in Middle Adulthood to include Common Illnesses, Stress, and Hardiness and Health

       New coverage of Sexual Activity

       Updated Appling Developmental Science: Hormone Replacement Therapy

       Updated coverage of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence and Intelligence Over the Adult Years

       New Lives in Context feature on The Flynn Effect: Context and IQ

       Updated coverage of Attention, Memory, and Processing Speed

       New Brain and Biological Influences on Development: Sleep as a Brain Cleanser

       Updated and streamlined coverage of Expertise

      Chapter 16

       Updated coverage of Erikson’s Generativity Versus Stagnation and the Midlife Crisis

       Reorganized and streamlined coverage of Levinson’s Seasons of Life

       New Brain and Biological Influences on Development: Mindfulness Meditation and the Brain

       Updated Self-Concept, expanded coverage of Subjective Age and Possible Selves

       Updated and expanded coverage of Gender Identity in Middle Adulthood

       Updated and reorganized coverage of Personality in Middle Adulthood

       Updated and streamlined coverage of Friendships

       Updated and combined coverage of Marriage and Divorce into one comprehensive section

       Expanded coverage of Parent–Child Relationships into two sections: Parents to Adult Children and Parents to Infants and Young Children

       Updated Grandparenthood and Lives in Context: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

       Updated coverage of Caring for Aging Parents

       Updated coverage of Job Satisfaction

       New coverage of Planning for Retirement

      Chapter 17

       Integrated material from Life Expectancy into Health in Late Adulthood

       Updated and expanded coverage of Brain Aging (was titled Nervous System)

       New Brain and Biological Influences on Development: Aerobic Exercise and the Brain

       Reorganized material on sensory changes into The Senses, with updated coverage of Vision and Hearing

       New coverage of Smell and Taste

       Updated coverage of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Immune Systems

       New coverage of Motor Aging

       Health and Disability in Late Adulthood retitled as Health in Late Adulthood

       Updated coverage of Nutrition and Exercise

       Updated coverage of Osteoporosis and moved from Chapter 15

       Updated coverage of Falls

       Updated coverage of Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Parkinson’s Disease

       New Cultural Influences on Development: Ethnicity and Alzheimer’s Disease

       New coverage of Lewy Body Dementia

       Updated and retitled Reversible Dementia as Delirium

       Reorganized Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood to include new coverage of Attention and expanded Working Memory to include Context, Task Demands, and Memory Performance and Emotion and Working Memory

       Updated coverage of Age-Related Changes in Language and retitled as Aging and Language

       Revised coverage of Problem Solving and Wisdom

       Updated coverage of Cognitive Changes and revised to Influence on Cognitive Change in Adulthood

      Chapter 18

       Updated coverage of Subjective Age and Reminiscence and Life Review

       New Cultural Influences on Development: Cultural Attitudes Toward Older Adults