Table of Contents
(each chapter ends with a summary and a set of websites) 

1    Basic Concepts of Infant Behavior and Development 
      The Importance of Infancy 
      Parent, Caregiver, and Clinician Education 
      A Brief History of Babies  
      The Scientific Perspective on Infancy 
      Research Methods in Develomental Science 
      Experimental Research Methods 
      Observational Research Methods  
      Qualitative Research Methods 
      Applications: Research for the Real World

2    Theories of Infant Development   
      Biological Approaches  
      Learning Theories  
      Cognitive Theories   
      Systems Theories  
      Clinical Theories 

3    Before Birth: Prenatal Behavior and Development   

Conception and Fertility  

Developmental Processes before Birth 

Individual Differences in Prenatal Development  

Family and Society     

4    Childbirth and Newborn Health            

The Childbirth Experience  

The Baby at Birth: Health and Risk   

Perinatal Mortality 

Family and Society  

Applications: The Case of Baby Doe  

5    The First Two Months

      Physical and Motor Development  
Perceptual Development

Cognitive Development   

Emotional Development 

Family and Society  

Co-Regulating with Baby 

6    Two to Five Months
Physical and Motor Development  

Perceptual Development  

Cognitive Development  

Emotional Development  

Social Development  

Family and Society   

Applications: Unexpected Death in Infancy 

Co-Regulating with Baby 
 

7    Six to Nine Months           

Physical and Motor Development  

Perceptual Development  

Cognitive Development  

Emotional Development  

Social and Language Development 

Family and Society   

Applications: Infant Nutrition 

Co-Regulating with Baby   

8    Ten to Twelve Months

Physical and Motor Development 

Perceptual and Cognitive Development  

Emotional Development   

Social and Language Development  

Family and Society  

Applications: Infant Health and Safety 

Co-Regulating with Baby 
 

9    Twelve to Eighteen Months           

Physical and Motor Development  

Cognitive Development 

Emotional Development  

Social and Language Development  

Family and Society   

Applications: Poverty and Risk

Co-Regulating with Baby 
 

10  Eighteen to Twenty-Four Months

Motor and Cognitive Development 

Emotional Development  

Social and Language Development 

Family and Society 

Applications: Careers with Infants

Co-Regulating with Baby 

11     Twenty-Four to Thirty-Six Months   
Motor and Cognitive Development 
Emotional Development 
Social and Language Development
Family and Society
Applications: Infant and Child Maltreatment 
Co-Regulating with Baby

12  The Effects of the Infancy Period on the Formation of 
      Individual Differences     

Development as a Complex Dynamic Process 

Research on Continuity between Early and Later Development   

Developmental Systems of Multiple Interacting Factors 

Final Thoughts    

     Glossary

     References