Last edition Elsevier Provides the most Support for Student Learning and Success Lifespan Development, 7/e by Denise G. Boyd and Helen L. Bee thoroughly and accessibly addresses the most critical concepts of development. Through their engaging writing style, the authors have made more abstract material about developmental theories approachable to students. Readers will appreciate both the applied nature of this title and the clarity of the authors’ presentation of current research. Students will emerge from your course with a thorough understanding of developmental science and will be able to apply this understanding to their own lives.
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9781292065625
Imprint: Pearson
Language: English
Authors: Denise Boyd
Pub Date: 07/2014
Pages: 624
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 1,200.000 grams
Size: h 229 X 276 mm
Product Type: Softcover
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- • Provides the most Support for Student Learning and Success - No Easy Answers essays introduce students to the idea that there are many questions for which developmental psychologists cannot provide definitive answers. These discussions will help readers become more sensitive to the complexity of human development. Developmental Science essays explore practical applications of developmental theory and research. Each essay opens with a brief real-life vignette and concludes with “Reflection” questions.
- • Explores Research - Research Report essays provide detailed accounts of specific research studies while Critical Analysis questions appear at the end of the feature to help students assess the research and make connections between the research study and their daily lives.
- • Applies to the Real World - Developmental Science essays explore practical applications of developmental theory and research.Developmental Science essays include Developmental Science in the Home, Developmental Science at School, and Developmental Science in the Clinic. These essays explore practical applications of developmental theory and research, opening with a brief real-life vignette and concludes with “Reflection” questions.
- • Supports Student Self-Assessment - Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter, called out in the margin next to their corresponding sections, and repeated in the chapter summary, facilitate student review. Test Yourself Before Going on at the end of each section contain brief quizzes with multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and critical thinking questions. A 25-question multiple-choice Chapter Test at the end of each chapter allow readers to assess their knowledge.
- Denise Boyd received her Ed.D. in educational psychology from the University of Houston and has been a psychology instructor in the Houston Community College System since 1988. From 1995 until 1998, she chaired the psychology, sociology, and anthropology department at Houston Community College–Central. She has coauthored four other Allyn and Bacon texts: with Helen Bee, The Developing Child (Twelfth Edition), and The Growing Child (First Edition); and with Genevieve Stevens, Current Readings in Lifespan Development. A licensed psychologist, she has presented a number of papers at professional meetings, reporting research in child, adolescent, and adult development. She has also presented workshops for teachers whose students range from preschool to college.
- Part I: Foundations
- Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Methods
- Chapter 2: Theories of Development
- Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
- Part II: Infancy
- Chapter 4: Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy
- Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy
- Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy
- Part III: Early Childhood
- Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
- Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood
- Part IV: Middle Childhood
- Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
- Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
- Part V: Adolescence
- Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
- Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
- Part VI: Early Adulthood
- Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
- Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood
- Part VII: Middle Adulthood
- Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
- Chapter 16 Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood
- PART VIII: Late Adulthood and the End of Life
- Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
- Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
- Chapter 19: Death, Dying, and Bereavement
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