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CHAPTER9Lifespan DevelopmentFuture PlansPROLOGUEMOVED A COUPLE OF TIMES since we the keepers of our extended families’ treasures.Not treasures in the sense of expen-WE’VEbegan the first edition of this textbook.Although we know the drill, moving sive jewelry or antique silver. Treasures likenever seems to go smoothly. Despite the the one that Laura pulled out of one of thebest of intentions, the night before the many boxes marked “miscellaneous.” Itmoving van shows up is always a chaotic, was a hand-colored portrait photo of afrenzied scene. Jumbled piles of assorted, beautiful young woman with delicaterandom objects get frantically tossed into features, blue eyes, dark hair, and aboxes as the piercing shrieks of packing tape tentative smile.make the cats race out of the room. “This “Who is this?” Laura asked.can all get sorted out later,” we reason. This “That’s Grandma Fern, when she wasrationalization works well, of course, until about your age. Wasn’t she pretty?” Sandy“later” actually arrives, and we’re confrontedby the sea of boxes marked “base-another treasure, carefully wrapped. Areached into the box and pulled outment,” “files,” and “miscellaneous.”framed black-and-white photo. “Look,Moving is one of those events that here’s Grandpa Erv and Grandma Fern’sforces you to reflect on your past as bits wedding photo.”and pieces of memories are unearthed“How come Grandma isn’t wearing afrom the corners of closets and drawers, white wedding dress?”pantry shelves, and storage cabinets. Laura “Well, Grandma Fern and Grandpa Ervwas especially intrigued by a dilapidated got married right after World War II. It wascardboard box that held an assortment of the style then to wear a tailored suit. Ibooks. One small, black book caught her don’t know when long, white dresseseye. Nearly every page contained notations came back into style, but it sure wasn’t inmade in Don’s neat handwriting.the 1940s. Not for working families, anyway.Nobody had extra money, and there“What are all these old books?” sheasked.were all kinds of shortages. Just think—“The one you’re holding is your dad’s Fernie was only 19 years old, not muchpilot logbook. The others are his pilot’s older than you are now!”training manuals,” Sandy replied. “I think “What’s this old thing?” Laura asked ashis skydiving manuals are in there, too.” she held up a new treasure. The postmarkBut it’s not just glimpses of our own lives on the crumbling old cardboard mailingthat resurface. Somehow, we’ve ended up tube was gone, but you could still see the>Chapter Outline• Prologue: Future Plans• Introduction: Your Life Story• Genetic Contributions to YourLife Story• Prenatal Development• Development During Infancyand ChildhoodCULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR:Where Does the Baby Sleep?CRITICAL THINKING: The Effectsof Child Care on Attachmentand Development• AdolescenceFOCUS ON NEUROSCIENCE:The Adolescent Brain:A Work in Progress• Adult Development• Late Adulthood and Aging• The Final Chapter: Dying andDeathENHANCING WELL-BEING WITHPSYCHOLOGY: RaisingPsychologically Healthy Children• Chapter Review367