Last edition Elsevier A compelling blend of lifespan development research and applications Development Across the Life Span provides a chronological overview of human development from the moment of conception through death, examining both the traditional areas of the field and more recent innovations. Author Robert Feldman focuses on how developmental findings can be can be applied meaningfully and practically, helping students to recognize the relevance of the discipline to their own lives. Thoroughly updated with the latest data and contemporary examples, the Eighth Edition better engages students in key concepts via recent news items, timely world events, and contemporary uses of lifespan development.
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9781292157955
Imprint: Pearson
Language: English
Authors: Robert S Feldman
Pub Date: 05/2017
Pages: 744
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 1,350.000 grams
Size: h 218 X 276 mm
Product Type: Softcover
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- • UPDATED! New and updated information throughout the eighth edition ensures currency and boosts student engagement. For instance, advances in such areas as behavioral genetics, brain development, evolutionary perspectives, and cross-cultural approaches to development receive expanded and new coverage. Overall, more than a thousand new citations have been added, with most of those from articles and books published in the last few years. And new topics, many focused on contemporary issues that are relevant to students, have been added to every chapter.
- • NEW! Numbered learning objectives for each major section provide a means for instructors to evaluate student mastery of specific content. These clear, specific learning objects help students direct their study most effectively and efficiently, and also enable instructors to focus their assessment.
- • NEW! A brief vignette at the beginning of each chapter describes an individual or situation that is relevant to the basic developmental issues being discussed in the chapter. These engaging chapter-opening prologues introduce students to the real-world implications of the chapter topic.
- Robert S. Feldman is Dean in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Feldman, who is winner of the College Distinguished Teacher award, has also taught courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. As Dean, Feldman is responsible for developing, administering, and promoting the academic programs of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. In this position, he is involved with supporting students, faculty, and staff of the college, as well as developing programs that benefit our faculty and undergraduate and graduate students.
- PART 1 – BEGINNINGS
- 1. An Introduction to Lifespan Development
- 2. The Start of Life: Prenatal Development
- 3. Birth and the Newborn Infant
- PART 2 – INFANCY: FORMING THE FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE
- 4. Physical Development in Infancy
- 5. Cognitive Development in Infancy
- 6. Social and Personality Development in Infancy
- PART 3 – THE PRESCHOOL YEARS
- 7. Physical and Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years
- 8. Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years
- PART 4 – THE MIDDLE CHILDHOOD YEARS
- 9. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
- 10. Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
- PART 5 – ADOLESCENCE
- 11. Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
- 12. Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
- PART 6 – EARLY ADULTHOOD
- 13. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
- 14. Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood
- PART 7 – MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
- 15. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
- 16. Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood
- PART 8 – LATE ADULTHOOD
- 17. Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
- 18. Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
- 19. Death and Dying
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