# Lifespan Development

- By: Lumen Learning
- Publisher: Lumen Learning
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Development/Lifespan_Development_(Lumen))
- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Development/Lifespan_Development_(Lumen)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-60351/pdf

Lifespan Development examines the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes that occur throughout a lifetime. This course covers the essentials in understanding human development, psychological research, and theories of growth and development and explores the lifespan perspective through each of the major stages of development: prenatal development, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood (including emerging adulthood), middle adulthood, and late adulthood.