Life Span Development, Pearson New International Edition, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (July 23, 2013) © 2014

  • Robert S. Feldman University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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  • A print edition

Title overview

Current Research and Real World Application.

Updated in its second edition, Life Span Development: A Topical Approach maintains the student friendliness that has been the hallmark of Feldman’s development texts. Rich in examples, it illustrates the applications that can be derived from the research and theory of lifespan developmentalists. The text takes a modular approach providing both readers and instructors with maximum flexibility.

MyPsychLab is an integral part of the Feldman program. Key learning applications include, MyDevelopmentLab video series, MyVirtualLife, and MyVirtualChild.

Teaching & Learning Experience

  • Personalize LearningMyPsychLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program. It helps students prepare for class and instructor gauge individual and class performance.
  • Improve Critical Thinking – “Review and Apply” sections consist of short recaps of the chapters’ main points, followed by questions designed to provoke critical thinking.
  • Engage Students – At the beginning of each chapter are Chapter Opening Prologues, a short vignette, describing an individual or situation that is relevant to the basic developmental issues being addressed in the chapter.
  • Explore Research “From Research to Practice” boxes describe current developmental research or research issues applied to everyday problems.
  • Support Instructors – All supplements were developed around the textbook’s carefully constructed learning objectives.

Note: MyDevelopmentLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyDevelopmentLab, please visit: www.mydevelopmentlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + NEW MyDevelopmentLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205946461 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205946464.

Table of contents

Brief Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1     An Orientation to Lifespan Development

Chapter 2     Genetics, Prenatal Development, and Birth

Chapter 3     Physical Growth and Aging Across the Life Span

Chapter 4     Health and Wellness

Chapter 5     Cognitive Growth: Piaget and Vygotsky

Chapter 6     Cognitive Growth: Information Processing Approaches

Chapter 7     Language Development

Chapter 8     Intelligence

Chapter 9     Social and Emotional Development

Chapter 10   Development of the Self

Chapter 11   Moral Development and Aggression

Chapter 12   Gender and Sexuality

Chapter 13   Schooling, Culture, and Society: Living in a Multicultural World

Chapter 14   Friends and Family

Chapter 15   Death and Dying

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