Human Development
By Dr. Akash Garg, DC, MS, MBA, MEd · 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, MS in Management and Leadership, MBA, and MEd degrees in Chemistry, English, Higher Education and Learning Experience Design. Teaching college science since 2007.