Life span development : a topical approach / Robert S. Feldman

By:

Feldman, Robert S [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, c2011Description: xviii, 534 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN:

9780205759569

Subject(s):

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

LOC classification:

BF 713 .F45 2011

Contents:

Preface -- About the author -- 1. An orientation to lifespan development -- 2. Genetics, prenatal development, and birth -- 3. Physical growth and aging across the life span -- 4. Health and wellness -- 5. Cognitive growth: Piaget and Vygotsky -- 6. Cognitive growth: information processing approaches -- 7. Language development -- 8. Intelligence -- 9. Social and emotional development -- 10.Development of the self -- 11. Moral development and aggression -- 12. Gender and sexuality -- 13. Friends and family -- 14. Schooling, culture, and society: living in a multicultural world -- 15. Death and grieving: the end of life -- References -- Glossary -- Credits -- Name index -- Subject index.

Summary: "Life Span Development: A Topical Approach is based on the chronologically-organized, highly popular Development Across the Life Span, is be approximately 20% shorter than traditional lifespan books and organized topically .Feldman maintains the student friendliness that has been the hallmark of Feldman's other development textbooks. It is rich in examples and illustrates the applications that can be derived from the research and theory of lifespan developmentalists. It pays particular attention to the applications that can be drawn from theory and research in the field."

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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 .F45 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000001934

Includes bibliographical references and indices.

"Life Span Development: A Topical Approach is based on the chronologically-organized, highly popular Development Across the Life Span, is be approximately 20% shorter than traditional lifespan books and organized topically .Feldman maintains the student friendliness that has been the hallmark of Feldman's other development textbooks. It is rich in examples and illustrates the applications that can be derived from the research and theory of lifespan developmentalists. It pays particular attention to the applications that can be drawn from theory and research in the field."

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