Developmental Psychology

A Guide to Lifespan Development and Child Psychology

Donar A.I. Saage

• Publisher: Saage Media GmbH
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9783691413687
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This comprehensive guide to developmental psychology provides a thorough examination of human development across the entire lifespan, from infancy through late adulthood. The book integrates fundamental principles of developmental science with practical applications, offering readers a deep understanding of cognitive, social, and emotional growth processes.
The text begins with foundational concepts in developmental psychology, exploring how cognitive development processes can be fostered through memory formation strategies, reasoning enhancement, and creative problem-solving approaches. It examines the building of socio-emotional competencies, including emotion regulation practices, empathy development, and the establishment of stable attachment patterns. Motor skill development is also addressed, covering both gross and fine motor abilities.
Child psychology receives extensive coverage, with dedicated sections on early childhood development from infancy through toddlerhood, preschool and elementary school years, and the unique challenges of adolescence. Each developmental stage is examined through the lens of contemporary developmental science, providing evidence-based insights into language development, social interaction, identity formation, and the navigation of physical and hormonal changes.
The exploration of lifespan psychology continues with detailed analysis of adult development tasks, including the transition to professional life, long-term relationship building, career development, and the management of generative responsibilities in middle age. The text addresses crisis management strategies and personal growth throughout adulthood.
Later life perspectives encompass retirement transitions, health and well-being in advanced age, biographical reflection, and wisdom development. The book concludes with applied developmental science in family, educational, and personal growth contexts, emphasizing lifelong learning and development-promoting attitudes.
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Table of contents

• introduction
• 1. Foundations of Developmental Psychology
• 1.1 Fostering Cognitive Development Processes
• Strategies for Memory Formation
• Promoting Deductive Reasoning
• Stimulating Creative Problem Solving
• 1.2 Building Socio-Emotional Competencies
• Practices of Emotion Regulation
• Purposefully Strengthening Empathy Skills
• Building Stable Attachment Patterns
• 1.3 Supporting Motor Skills
• Support for Gross Motor Skills
• Exercises for Fine Motor Skills
• Coordination of Sensory and Motor Skills
• 2. Developmental Psychology in Childhood and Adolescence
• 2.1 Early Child Psychology (Infant and Toddler)
• Designing a Stimulating Learning Environment
• Supporting Language Development
• Dealing with Autonomy Strivings
• 2.2 Development in Preschool and Primary School Age
• Promoting Social Interaction with Peers
• Strengthening Self-Esteem
• Establishing Rules and Boundaries
• 2.3 Challenges of Adolescence
• Support in Identity Formation
• Communication about Risk Behavior
• Accompanying Physical and Hormonal Changes
• 3. Developmental Tasks in Adulthood
• 3.1 Young Adulthood: Autonomy and Partnership
• Shaping the Transition to Professional Life
• Building Long-Term Romantic Relationships
• Coping with Leaving the Parental Home
• 3.2 Middle Adulthood: Generativity and Responsibility
• Taking on Care for the Next Generation
• Further Development of Professional Career
• Dealing with the Family Sandwich Position
• 3.3 Personal Growth and Crisis Management
• Strategies for Dealing with Life Crises
• Maintaining Supportive Social Networks
• Reorientation of Personal Life Goals
• 4. Perspectives of Lifespan Psychology in Old Age
• 4.1 Transition to Retirement
• Active Shaping of the Post-Professional Phase
• Adjustment of Social Roles and Tasks
• Maintaining Cognitive Flexibility
• 4.2 Health and Well-being in Old Age
• Promoting Physical and Mental Activity
• Dealing with Physical Limitations
• Strengthening Psychological Resilience
• 4.3 Life Review and Wisdom
• Methods of Biographical Work
• Passing on Life Experience to Younger Generations
• Acceptance of One's Own Life Story
• 5. Applied Developmental Science in Practice
• 5.1 Development in the Family Context
• Shaping Positive Sibling Relationships
• Communication Between Generations
• Coping with Family Transitions
• 5.2 Development in the Educational Context
• Developmentally Appropriate Learning Support
• Designing Individual Learning Paths
• Promoting Learning Motivation Across the Lifespan
• 5.3 Promoting Lifelong Personal Development
• Techniques for Self-Reflection
• Building a Development-Promoting Attitude
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