Developmental theorists have long argued that human psychosocial development continues across the lifespan, at least for most people. This perspective has had a major impact on how we, as individuals ...

As challenging as coping with significant life change can be, as I’ve written previously, change is really the only constant during this one precious life we have. Indeed, life itself is an ongoing ...

1. Understanding life-span human development -- 2. Theories of human development -- 3. Genes, environment, and development -- 4. Prenatal development and birth -- 5. The physical self -- 6. Perception ...

Scattered plots are the effect size as a function of age, with curves fitted by GAM (blue color) and the square root model (red color). Shaded areas around the curves represent standard errors. Dashed ...