Robert Kail, John Cavanaugh

Human Development

A Life-Span View

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gain a strong understanding of the issues, forces and outcomes that shape individuals into the people they become as you study the captivating content in Kail/Cavanaugh's HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW, 9E. This comprehensive, yet succinct, narrative offers a rich description of all life-span stages, tracing development from conception through late life. The authors use real-life examples to help you understand the relevance of the latest research as well as controversial topics and emergent trends. Updates explore the pandemic from a developmental perspective and examine issues such as the differences in emerging and established adulthood, the development of transgender children and advancements in holistic interventions for dementia. You gain the foundation in important theories and research to critically interpret developmental information throughout your career. MindTap digital resources are also available to strengthen your understanding.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cengage Learning EMEA / Wadsworth Publishing
• 9. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 720
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 216mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1493g
• ISBN-13: 9780357657959
• ISBN-10: 0357657950
• Artikelnr.: 63605471

Autorenporträt

Robert V. Kail is visiting professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and distinguished professor emeritus of psychological sciences at Purdue University. His undergraduate degree is from Ohio Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. is from the University of Michigan. Dr. Kail served as editor of both Child Development Perspectives and Psychological Science. He received the McCandless Young Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association, was named the Distinguished Sesquicentennial Alumnus in Psychology by Ohio Wesleyan University and is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Kail has also written CHILDREN AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT and SCIENTIFIC WRITING FOR PSYCHOLOGY.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Study of Human Development.Part I: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, INFANCY, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.2. Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth.3. Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development.4. The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.5. Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood.Part II: SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.6. Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood.7. Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood.8. Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence.9. Moving Into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence.Part III: YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD.10. Emerging and Established Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development.11. Being Connected: Relationships in Emerging, Established, and Middle Adulthood.12. Working and Relaxing.13. Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood.Part IV: LATE ADULTHOOD.14. The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues.15. Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues.16. The Final Passage: Dying and Bereavement.Glossary.References.