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Índice: Developmental psychology: themes and contexts -- Theories in developmental psychology -- Research methods in developmental psychology -- Physical development: growing a body -- The biology of development: genes, nervous system, brain and environment -- Perceptual and sensorimotor development -- Emotional development and attachment -- Language and communication -- Cognitive development: origins of knowledge -- The development of cognitive functions -- Intelligence, achievement and learning -- Parents, peers and social relationships -- Social identities: gender, gender roles and ethnicity -- Morality, altruism and aggression -- Atypical development with Alice Jones -- Development in adulthood.