Discovering the Life Span, Global Edition, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (October 29, 2021) © 2022
Robert S. Feldman

Title overview

Thistitle is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has workedclosely with educators around the world to include content which is especiallyrelevant to students outside the United States.

For courses in LifespanDevelopmentA modular, manageable, meaningful survey of the life span
Revel® Discovering the Life Span provides a broad overviewof a human life, from the moment of conception through death. Utilizing aflexible, modular organization, author Robert Feldman covers the life spanchronologically and focuses on physical, cognitive, and social and personalitydevelopment within each stage of life. Feldman’s engaging and accessiblewriting style makes the material meaningful to students, and prepares them toapply what they’re learning about development to their personal and futureprofessional lives. The 5th Edition more prominentlyhighlights the impact of culture on development and places more emphasis on theapplication of multiple perspectives when studying development.
Revel empowers students to actively participate in learning. More than adigital textbook, Revel delivers an engaging blend of author content, media,and assessment. With Revel, students read and practice in one continuousexperience — anytime, anywhere, on any device.

A modular approach makes lifespan development manageable and meaningful

  • Author Robert Feldman uses a modular approach to optimize student learning. Each chapter is divided into three modules, and each module, in turn, is divided into several smaller sections to break the material into smaller and more manageable chunks. In addition, this modular approach offers instructors more flexibility in how they assign text material, enabling them to easily emphasize their preferred theoretical or topical approach to lifespan development.
  • The fifth edition includes integrated videos and media content throughout, allowing students to explore topics more deeply at the point of relevancy. Revel makes the content come alive as students respond to “Myth or Truth” and “Fun Facts and a Lie” interactives. Each chapter also includes at least one “Trending Topic” feature, which explores cutting-edge research or current events. Highly engaging interactives encourage student participation. Interactive scenarios invite students into “choose

your own path”–typeactivities. Other interactives lead them through how a health-careprofessional, counselor, teacher, or parent might react to a specificdevelopmental situation or solve a problem. Students can also explore interactivefigures using drag-and-drop and predictive graphing tools.

  • Each chapter includes a Thinking About the Data prompt, which encourages the student to think about what is behind the data they see in graphs and tables using a data-driven

Social Exploreractivity in Revel. Finally, a set of carefully curated videos builds on text content,exploring developmental psychology from a variety of perspectives, including adeeper look at diversity and the latest in neuroscience.

  • Revel also offers the ability for students to assess their content mastery by taking multiple-choice quizzes that offer instant feedback and by participating in a variety of writing assignments, such as peer-reviewed questions and autograded assignments.

Student-focused content and pedagogical tools boostunderstanding and retention

  • Chapter-opening prologues tell the story of an individual who is at the developmental stage covered by the chapter. The material in the prologue sets the stage for the chapter, and the prologue is revisited at the end of the chapter when the physical, cognitive, and social and personality aspects are integrated.
  • Module-opening vignettes describe an individual or situation that is relevant to the basic developmental issues being addressed in the module.
  • Learning objectives at the beginning of every subsection clearly specify what students are expected to master after reading and studying the material.
  • Cultural Dimensions sections incorporated into the text highlight issues relevant to today’s multicultural society. Topics discussed include about preschools around the world, gay and lesbian relationships, the marketing of cigarettes to the less advantaged, and race, gender, and ethnic differences in life expectancy.
  • Development in Your Life features present information on specific uses that can be derived from research conducted by developmental investigators. Previously titled “Becoming an Informed Consumer of Development,” these features provide concrete information on how to encourage children to become more physically active and on planning and living a good retirement.
  • Keyed to the text’s learning objectives, Review, Check, and Apply sections at the end of each module give students opportunities to revisit key content, boosting retention of what they’ve learned.
  • “From the Perspective of...” questions throughout the text show the applicability of the material to a variety of professions — including education, nursing, social work, and health care.
  • A running glossary helps students stay on top of key terms, which are defined in the margins of the page on which they are presented.
  • End-of-chapter integrative material offers students opportunities to synthesize all that they’ve learned before moving on. At the end of each chapter, the prologue is recapped and addressed from the three domains of physical, cognitive, and social and personality development. In addition, questions about the prologue are posed from the perspective of people such as parents, nurses, and educators.

New and updated material keeps the text current andengaging

  • NEW - A stronger emphasis on culture throughout the 5th Edition emphasizes the important impact of culture on development.
  • UPDATED - Each chapter includes a look at a topic through the lenses of various theoretical perspectives. For example, Chapter 1 discusses how various theorists would study the Ruiz family, profiled in the chapter opener.
  • UPDATED - Putting It All Together chapter summaries have been redesigned to more closely link to chapter content.
  • NEW - Engaging chapter-opening photos represent the content to follow.
  • UPDATED - From Research to Practice boxes, many new to the 5th Edition, describe current developmental research or research issues, applied to everyday problems.
  • NEW - The 5th Edition offers expanded and new coverage of advances in areas such as behavioral genetics, brain development, evolutionary perspectives, and cross-cultural approaches to development.
  • NEW - Hundreds of new citations have been added, mostly from articles and books published in the last few years.
  • NEW - Contemporary topics have been added to every chapter to ensure that the text remains current. Highlights of new and revised topics include:
    • A new section on assessing cognitive neuroscience approaches
    • New guidelines on drugs during delivery from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • New statistics on social media use and video games
    • New material on emerging adulthood
    • New drug therapies for extending life

Dynamic content bringsconcepts to life

● Videos and interactives integrated directly intothe narrative get students learning actively, making it more likely thatthey’ll retain what they’ve read.

● Two simulations in one, MyVirtualLife offersprofound insights into development across the entire lifespan. After studentsparent a virtual child (by way of the included MyVirtualChild learningpath), MyVirtualLife pivots to the first-person perspective of a virtual adult,providing a vivid sense of the impact of genetics, attitudes, and decisions overthe course of a lifetime.

● Embedded assessmentsafford students regular opportunities to check their understanding. The resultsenable instructors to gauge student comprehension and provide timely feedbackto address learning gaps along the way.

● Writing assignments — such asjournaling prompts, shared writing activities, and essays — enable educatorsto foster and assess critical thinking without significantlyimpacting their grading burden.

● Video quizzes offer students opportunities to furthertheir knowledge by applying concepts and testing their understanding.Instructors can share videos accompanied by time-stamped multiple-choicequestions.

● Shared media makes it easy for instructors and students topost and respond to videos and other media. Students can also record and uploadtheir own presentations for grading, comments, or peer review.

● The Revel® mobile applets students read and practice anywhere, anytime, on any device — onlineand off. It syncs work across all registered devices automatically, allowinglearners to toggle between phon

New and updated material keeps the text current and engaging

  • A stronger emphasis on culture throughout the 5th Edition emphasizes the important impact of culture on development.
  • UPDATED - Each chapter includes a look at a topic through the lenses of various theoretical perspectives. For example, Chapter 1 discusses how various theorists would study the Ruiz family, profiled in the chapter opener.
  • UPDATED - Putting It All Together chapter summaries have been redesigned to more closely link to chapter content.
  • Engaging chapter-opening photos represent the content to follow.
  • UPDATED - From Research to Practice boxes, many new to the 5th Edition, describe current developmental research or research issues, applied to everyday problems.
  • The 5th Edition offers expanded and new coverage of advances in areas such as behavioral genetics, brain development, evolutionary perspectives, and cross-cultural approaches to development.
  • Hundreds of new citations have been added, mostly from articles and books published in the last few years.
  • Contemporary topics have been added to every chapter to ensure that the text remains current. Highlights of new and revised topics include:
    • A new section on assessing cognitive neuroscience approaches
    • New guidelines on drugs during delivery from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    • New statistics on social media use and video games
    • New material on emerging adulthood
    • New drug therapies for extending life

Key features

Features of Revel for the 5th Edition

  • Two simulations in one,  MyVirtualLife offers profound insights into development across the entire lifespan. After students parent a virtual child (by way of the included MyVirtualChild learning path), MyVirtualLife pivots to the first-person perspective of a virtual adult, providing a vivid sense of the impact of genetics, attitudes and decisions over the course of a lifetime.

Table of contents

1. Introduction
Module 1.1 - Beginnings
Module 1.2 - Theoretical Perspectives on Lifespan Development
Module 1.3 - Research Methods
 
2. The Start of Life
Module 2.1 - Prenatal Development
Module 2.2 - Prenatal Growth and Change
Module 2.3 - Birth and the Newborn Infant
 
3. Infancy
Module 3.1 - Physical Development in Infancy
Module 3.2 - Cognitive Development in Infancy
Module 3.3 - Social and Personality Development in Infancy
 
4. The Preschool Years
Module 4.1 - Physical Development in the Preschool Years
Module 4.2 - Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years
Module 4.3 - Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years
 
5. Middle Childhood
Module 5.1 - Physical Development in Middle Childhood
Module 5.2 - Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Module 5.3 - Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
 
6. Adolescence
Module 6.1 - Physical Development in Adolescence
Module 6.2 - Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Module 6.3 - Social and Personality Development in Adolescence
 
7. Early Adulthood
Module 7.1 - Physical Development in Early Adulthood
Module 7.2 - Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
Module 7.3 - Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood
 
8. Middle Adulthood
Module 8.1 - Physical Development in Middle Adulthood
Module 8.2 - Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
Module 8.3 - Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood
 
9. Late Adulthood
Module 9.1 - Physical Development in Late Adulthood
Module 9.2 - Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
Module 9.3 - Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
 
10. Death and Dying
Module 10.1 - Death and Dying Across the Life Span
Module 10.2 - Confronting Death
Module 10.3 - Grief and Bereavement

Author bios

Robert S. Feldman is Professor ofPsychological and Brain Sciences and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor of theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst. He has also served as Dean of the Collegeof Social and Behavioral Sciences, Interim Dean of the College of Education,and Deputy Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts.
A recipient of the College Distinguished Teacher Award, he teaches classesranging in size from 10 to nearly 500 students. During the course of more thantwo decades as a college instructor, he has taught both undergraduate andgraduate courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, and VirginiaCommonwealth University in addition to the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Association forthe Advancement of Science, and the Association for Psychological Science,Professor Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University(and from which he received the Distinguished Alumni Award). He has an M.S. andPh.D. from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He is a winner of a FulbrightSenior Research Scholar and Lecturer award, and he has written more than 200books, book chapters, and scientific articles. He has edited Developmentof Nonverbal Behavior in Children and Applications ofNonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research and co-edited Fundamentalsof Nonverbal Behavior. He is also author of Development Across theLife Span, Understanding Psychology, and P.O.W.E.R.Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His books have beentranslated into many languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch,Chinese, Korean, German, Arabic, Tagalog, and Japanese, and more than 2.5million students have used his textbooks.
Professor Feldman’s research interests include honesty and deception ineveryday life, work that he described in The Liar in Your Life, a trade book.His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of MentalHealth and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.He is also past president of the Federation of Associations in the Behavioraland Brain Sciences Foundation, an organization that promotes the socialsciences, a member of the Board of the Social Psychology Network, and is Chairof the Board and Executive Committee of New England Public Media.
Professor Feldman loves music, is an enthusiastic pianist, and enjoys cookingand traveling. He has three children and six grandchildren. He and his wife, apsychologist, live in western Massachusetts in a home overlooking the HolyokeMountain Range.

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