Thanatology: Study of Death and Dying

• What Is Developmental Psychology?
• Issues in Developmental Psychology
• The Biopsychosocial Perspective

• Research Concepts
• Research Designs and Methods
• Research Ethics
• Evaluating Developmental Research

• Stages of Pregnancy
• Prenatal Care
• Stages of Childbirth
• Problems During Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Infertility

• Physical Development: Age 0–2
• Cognitive Development: Age 0–2

• Personality Development: Age 0–2
• Family Relationships: Age 0–2
• Sexuality: Age 0–2
• Gender Development

• Physical Development: Age 2–6
• Cognitive Development: Age 2–6

• Personality Development: Age 2–6
• Family Relationships: Age 2–6
• Friends and Playmates: Age 2–6
• Sexuality: Age 2–6
• Fear and Aggression: Age 2–6

• Physical Development: Age 7–11
• Cognitive Development: Age 7–11

• Self‐Concept: Age 7–11
• Social Cognition: Age 7–11
• Family Relationships: Age 7–11
• Friendships: Age 7–11
• Peer Pressure: Age 7–11
• Sexuality: Age 7–11
• Stressors: Age 7–11

• Physical Development: Age 12–19
• Health Issues: Age 12–19
• Cognitive Development: Age 12–19

• The Search for Identity: Age 12–19
• Sexual Identity, Orientation: Age 12–19
• Sexuality: Age 12–19
• Juvenile Delinquency: Age 12–19

• Physical Development: Age 17–45
• Health: Age 17–45
• Intellectual Development: Age 17–45

• Independence: Age 17–28
• Relationships: Age 17–45
• Establishing a Career: Age 22–33
• Starting a Family: Age 33–45

• Physical Development: Age 45–65
• Health: Age 45–65
• Intellectual Development: Age 45–65

• Crisis in Middle Adulthood: Age 45–65
• Relationships: Age 45–65

• Physical Development: Age 65+
• Health: Age 65+
• Intelligence and Memory: Age 65+

• Theories of Aging
• Relationships: Age 65+
• Work and Retirement: Age 65+

• Thanatology: Study of Death and Dying
• Life Meaning and Death
• The Stages of Dying and Death
• Dealing with Dying and Death
• Widowhood
• Other Issues in Thanatology