Life-span human development / Carol K. Sigelman [and] Elizabeth A. Rider

By:

Sigelman, Carol K [author]

Contributor(s):

Rider, Elizabeth A [co-author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Belmont, California : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2009Edition: Sixth EditionDescription: xxvii, 524 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:

9780495506157

Subject(s):

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

LOC classification:

BF 713 .S54 2009

Contents:

1. Understanding life-span human development -- 2. Theories of human development -- 3. Genes, environment, and development -- 4. Prenatal development and birth -- 5. Health and physical development -- 6. Perception -- 7. Cognition -- 8. Memory and information processing -- 9. Intelligence -- 10. Language and education -- 11. Self and personality -- 12. Gender roles and sexuality -- 13. Social cognition and moral development -- 14. Attachment and social relationship -- 15. The family -- 16. Developmental psychopathology -- 17. The final challenge: death and dying -- Appendix.

Summary: "This book is about the development of human beings - from their days as fertilized eggs to their last days. It highlights regularities in development as well as differences among individuals in different social contexts, and it asks fundamental questions about why we humans develop as we do." -- Preface

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	GC BF 713 .S54 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000001377

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Includes bibliographical references and indices.

"This book is about the development of human beings - from their days as fertilized eggs to their last days. It highlights regularities in development as well as differences among individuals in different social contexts, and it asks fundamental questions about why we humans develop as we do." -- Preface

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