Human development : a life-span view

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Author:

Kail, Robert V.

ISBN:

9781305630505

9781305116641

Personal Author:

Kail, Robert V.

Edition:

Seventh edition

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 688 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Contents:

Ch. 1. The study of human development -- pt. I. Prenatal development, infancy, and early childhood -- ch. 2. Biological foundations: heredity, prenatal development, and birth -- ch. 3. Tools for exploring the world: physical, perceptual, and motor development -- ch. 4. The emergence of thought and language: cognitive development in infancy and early childhood -- ch. 5. Entering the social world: socioemotional development in infancy and early childhood -- pt. II. School-age children and adolescents -- ch. 6. Off to school: cognitive and physical development in middle childhood -- ch. 7. Expanding social horizons: socioemotional development in middle childhood -- ch. 8. Rites of passage: physical and cognitive development in adolescence -- ch. 9. Moving into the adult social world: socioemotional development in adolescence -- pt. III. Young and middle adulthood -- ch. 10. Becoming an adult: physical, cognitive, and personality development in young adulthood -- ch. 11. Being with others: forming relationships in young and middle adulthood -- ch. 12. Work, leisure, and retirement -- ch. 13. Making it in midlife: the unique challenges of middle adulthood -- pt. IV. Late adulthood -- ch. 14. The personal context or later life: physical, cognitive, and mental health issues -- ch. 15. Social aspects of later life: psychosocial, retirement, relationship, and societal issues -- ch. 16. Dying and bereavement.

Abstract:

With its comprehensive, succinct, and applied coverage, this book introduces readers to the issues, forces, and outcomes that make us who we are. It helps readers gain the foundations in important theories and research that enable them to become educated interpreters of developmental information.

Subject Term:

Developmental psychology.

Added Author:

Cavanaugh, John C.

Electronic Access:

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Balanced coverage of the entire life span is just one thing that distinguishes HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW, Seventh Edition. With its comprehensive, succinct, and applied coverage, the book has proven its ability to capture readers' interest while introducing them to the issues, forces, and outcomes that make us who we are. The material is relevant, too: Readers gain the foundations in important theories and research that enable them to become educated interpreters of developmental information. In addition, basic and applied research along with controversial topics and emergent trends demonstrate connections between the laboratory and life.