Includes bibliographical references (p. 643--712) and indexes
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The study of human development -- Part I: Prenatal development, infancy, and early childhood -- Biological foundations -- Tools for exploring the world -- The emergence of thought and language -- Entering the social world -- Part II: School-age children and adolescents -- Off to school -- Expanding social horizons -- Rites of passage -- Moving into the adult social world -- Part III: Young and middle adulthood -- Becoming an adult -- Being with others -- Work and leisure -- Making it in midlife -- Part IV: Late adulthood -- The personal context of later life -- Social aspects of later life -- The final passage -- Glossary