Professor Feldman, who initiated the Minority Mentoring Program at the University of Massachusetts, also has served as a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and Senior Online Teaching Fellow. He initiated distance learning courses in psychology at the University of Massachusetts

A Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, Professor Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award, and he has written more than 100 books, book chapters, and scientific articles. He has edited Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children (Springer-Verlag), Applications of Nonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research (Erlbaum), and co-edited Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior (Cambridge University Press). He is also author of Child Development, Understanding Psychology, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His books have been translated into a number of languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, and Japanese. His research interests include honesty and deception in everyday life and the use of nonverbal behavior in impression management, and his research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.

2. Full Table of Contents

1. Brief Table of Contents

Chapter 1:    An Orientation to Lifespan Development

Chapter 2:     Genetics, Prenatal Development, and Birth

Chapter 3:     Physical Growth and Aging Across the Life Span

Chapter 4:    Health and Wellness

Chapter 5:    Cognitive Growth: Piaget and Vygotsky

Chapter 6:    Cognitive Growth: Information Processing Approaches

Chapter 7:     Language Development

Chapter 8:    Intelligence

Chapter 9:    Social and Emotional Development

Chapter 10:  Development of the Self

Chapter 11:  Moral Development and Aggression

Chapter 12:  Gender and Sexuality

Chapter 13:  Friends and Family

Chapter 14:  Schooling, Culture, and Society: Living in a Multicultural World

Chapter 15:  Death and Dying

2. Full Table of Contents

Chapter 1:    An Orientation to Lifespan Development

Module 1.1: Determining the Nature—and Nurture—of Lifespan Development

Key Debates in Lifespan Development

Module 1.2: Theoretical Perspectives on Lifespan Development

Module 1.3: Research Methods

Chapter 2:     Genetics, Prenatal Development, and Birth

Module 2.1: Earliest Development and the Foundations of Genetics

Genetic Counseling: Predicting the Future from the Genes of the Present

Module 2.2: The Interaction of Heredity and Environment

Module 2.3: Prenatal Growth and Birth

Chapter 3:     Physical Growth and Aging Across the Life Span

Module 3.1: Physical Growth and Change

Module 3.2: Brain Growth and Motor Development

Module 3.3: Perceptual Development

Chapter 4:    Health and Wellness

Module 4.1: Stress and Coping

Module 4.2: Illness and Well-Being

Module 4.3: Promoting Health and Wellness

Chapter 5:    Cognitive Growth: Piaget and Vygotsky

Module 5.1: Piaget’s Approach to Cognitive Development

Module 5.2: Appraising Piaget: Support, Challenges, and Alternatives

Module 5.3: Vygotsky’s View of Cognitive Development: Taking Culture

into Account

Chapter 6:    Cognitive Growth: Information Processing Approaches

Module 6.1: The Basics of Information Processing

Module 6.2: Attention and Memory

Module 6.3: Applying Information Processing Approaches

Chapter 7:     Language Development

Module 7.1: The Course of Language Development

Module 7.2: The Origins of Language Development

Module 7.3: Children’s Conversations:Speaking to and with Children

Chapter 8:    Intelligence

Module 8.1: Intelligence: Determining Individual Strengths

Module 8.2: Controversies Involving Intelligence

Module 8.3: Intellectual Deficits and the Intellectually Gifted

Chapter 9:    Social and Emotional Development

Module 9.1: Forging Early Social Relationships

Module 9.2: Emotional Development

Module 9.3: Personality Development across the Life Span

Chapter 10:  Development of the Self

Module 10.1: The Development of the Self

Module 10.2: Evaluating the Self

Module 10.3: Picking an Occupation: Choosing Life’s Work

Chapter 11:  Moral Development and Aggression

Module 11.1: Developing Morality: Following Society’s Rights and Wrongs

Module 11.2: Values, Religion, and Spirituality: Focusing on the

Meaning of Life

Module 11.3: Aggression and Violence

Chapter 12:  Gender and Sexuality

Module 12.1: Gender: Why Do Boys Wear Blue and Girls Wear Pink?

Module 12.2: Sexual Maturation and Sexuality

Module 12.3: Relationships

Chapter 13:  Friends and Family

Module 13.1: Social Relationships Across the Life Span

Module 13.2: Family Life

Module 13.3: Family Ties in Middle and Late Adulthood

Chapter 14:  Schooling, Culture, and Society: Living in a Multicultural World

Module 14.1: Schooling Throughout the Life Span

Module 14.2: Leisure

Module 14.3: Living in a Multicultural World

Chapter 15:  Death and Dying

Module 15.1: Death and Dying across the Life Span

Module 15.2: Confronting Death

Module 15.3: Grief and Bereavement

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