Human growth and development / Chris Beckett and Hilary Taylor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The birth of a human being: what makes us who we are? -- Below the surface: unconscious processes and psychodynamic insights -- A secure base: the importance of attachment -- Learning to think the developing the ability to reason -- Learning without thinking: ideas from behaviorism -- Boy or girl: the development of sex and gender -- Who I am going to be? adolescence, identity and change -- Acting like a grown-up: challenges of livelihood -- Access to adulthood: growing up with disability -- No one is an island: Family system and their life cycle -- It takes a village: the wider context -- Coming to a conclusion: the experience of growing old -- That good night: death, dying, and bereavement.

Our bestselling guide to human growth and development across the life course is back again! Following the shape of a human life, beginning with birth and ending with death, this book combines theoretical concepts and reflective learning to help anyone studying for a career in the helping professions develop an understanding of what makes us grow and change over our lives. Written by two authors with extensive experience in the helping professions, this edition also includes a brand-new chapter on the development of sex and gender.