A psychoanalytic orientation to development in the 21st century -- Infancy : psychoanalytic theory, developmental research, and the mother-child dyad in the first year of life -- Toddlerhood : separation-individuation, rapprochement, and the forerunners of superego development -- The Oedipal phase and the oedipal complex : developmental advances and theoretical considerations -- Latency : the era of learning, autonomy, and peer relationships -- Preadolescence and early adolescence : overview of the adolescent process; challenges of sexual maturation; pre- and early adolescence -- Middle and late adolescence : sex and gender, individuation, and identity in progression toward the threshold of adulthood -- Emerging adulthood and contemporary society : development in the third decade.