Human Development
By Dr. Akash Garg, DC, MS Pharmacology, MEd, MBA · Updated October 20, 2026
Growth across the whole lifespan. Free to read, practice and play, with no sign-up.
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Chapters
- 1Studying Human DevelopmentThe three domains, nature vs nurture, and research designs
- 2Theories of DevelopmentPsychoanalytic, learning, cognitive & contextual theories
- 3Genetics & Prenatal DevelopmentGenes, inheritance, the prenatal stages & teratogens
- 4Birth & the NewbornThe stages of labor, interventions & the newborn
- 5Infancy: Body & MindGrowth, motor & perceptual development, sensorimotor cognition, language
- 6Infancy: Social & EmotionalTemperament, attachment & Erikson's first stages
- 7Early ChildhoodPreoperational thinking, Vygotsky, self & parenting styles
- 8Middle ChildhoodConcrete operations, intelligence, moral development & peers
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- 9Adolescence: Body & MindPuberty, the teen brain & formal operations
- 10Adolescence: Identity & RelationshipsIdentity, family, peers, values & risk
- 11Early AdulthoodPhysical peak, adult cognition, intimacy & work
- 12Middle AdulthoodMidlife changes, generativity & the sandwich generation
- 13Late AdulthoodTheories of aging, cognition & dementia, integrity, aging well
- 14Death, Dying & BereavementUnderstanding death, Kübler-Ross, hospice & grief
Written by Dr. Akash Garg
Doctor of Chiropractic, MS in Pharmacology, MEd and MBA. Teaching college science since 2007.