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Development Across the Life Span, 10th edition

Published by Pearson (March 1, 2023) © 2024

  • Robert S. Feldman University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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Title overview

Development Across the Life Span provides a chronological overview of human development from the moment of conception through death. Author Robert Feldman examines both the traditional areas of the field as well as more recent innovations, drawing you into the discipline. Focusing on how developmental findings can be applied practically, the text will help you recognize the relevance of the discipline to your own life.

The 10th Edition offers updated content, including coverage of how recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic are impacting development. In order to keep the text current, the author has updated the narrative with dozens of revised figures and photos, as well as over 1000 new citations from articles and books published in the last few years.

Table of contents

Part 1: Beginnings

  1. An Introduction to Lifespan Development
  2. The Start of Life: Prenatal Development
  3. Birth and the Newborn Infant

Part 2: Infancy - Forming the Foundations of Life

  1. Physical Development in Infancy
  2. Cognitive Development in Infancy
  3. Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Part 3: The Preschool Years

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years
  2. Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years

Part 4: The Middle Childhood Years

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
  2. Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

Part 5: Adolescence

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
  2. Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Part 6: Early Adulthood

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
  2. Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

Part 7: Middle Adulthood

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
  2. Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

Part 8: Late Adulthood and the End of Life

  1. Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
  2. Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood
  3. Death and Dying

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