Human development across the life span / Carol K. Singelman [and] Elizabeth A. Rider

By:

Sigelman, Carol K [author]

Contributor(s):

Rider, Elizabeth A [co-author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Australia : Wadsworth, c2012Edition: Seventh Edition; International EditionDescription: xvi, 587 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:

9781111343156

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

BF 713 .S54 2012

Contents:

1. Introduction to the human life-span -- 2. Ways to think about human development -- 3. Biological and environmental influences on development -- 4. The prenatal period and birth -- 5. Physical development and health -- 6. Perceptual development -- 7. Cognitive development -- 8. Information processing and memory -- 9. Intelligence -- 10. Language development and education -- 11. The conceptualization of self and personality -- 12. Gender and sexuality -- 13. Social cognitive and moral development -- 14.Human development and relationships -- 15. Human development and the family -- 16. Human development and psychopathology -- 17. Death dying -- Appendix: Careers in human development.

Summary: "This book is about the development of human beings-from their days as fertilized eggs to their dying days. It highlights regularities as well as differences in development, and it asks fundamental questions about why we humans develop as we do. The field of life-span human development is a dynamic one, and we attempt to keep up with the change in this, the seventh edition of human development across the life span." -- 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 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000002042

Includes indices.

"This book is about the development of human beings-from their days as fertilized eggs to their dying days. It highlights regularities as well as differences in development, and it asks fundamental questions about why we humans develop as we do. The field of life-span human development is a dynamic one, and we attempt to keep up with the change in this, the seventh edition of human development across the life span." -- Preface

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