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An interdisciplinary approach — drawing on psychology, anthropology, sociology, history, education, psychiatry, medicine, and family studies — helps paint a comprehensive picture of development.
In order to provide a fresh, more comprehensive overview of young people’s development, author Jeffrey Jensen Arnett offers coverage of topics sometimes overlooked in other development texts.
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Cultural Focus boxes in each chapter explore aspects of development in a specific culture, which helps students learn how to think culturally (as well as critically) about development.
Historical Focus boxes describe some aspect of young people's development during a specific historical period, helping students to understand the role historical context plays in development.
Research Focus boxes explain the methods used in a specific study in detail, providing students with detailed examples of how research on adolescence and emerging adulthood is conducted.
UPDATED! In the Sixth Edition, learning objectives are more fully integrated throughout the text to help students better organize and understand key concepts. The learning objectives appear at the beginning of each chapter and are also tied to each of the chapter’s subheads.
NEW! A chapter summary recaps the content of the chapter and ties directly to the chapter learning objectives, ensuring that students understand the chapter’s key takeaways.
New and updated content ensures an up-to-date learning experience
NEW! The Sixth Edition includes new material that will enhance students’ understanding of cultural similarities and differences and how the development of adolescents and emerging adults is influenced by their culture.
NEW! Every chapter includes the latest, most up-to-date theory and research related to emerging adulthood to reflect exciting developments in this area.
NEW! Hundreds of new citations from 2012–2016 have been added to this edition, incorporating the most recent findings in the field.
NEW! Updated content includes coverage of brain development in emerging adulthood in Chapter 3, Cognitive Foundations, and fresh material on slang in Chapter 8, Friends and Peers.
NEW! Updated and expanded research on adolescence around the world enhances students’ understanding of cultural similarities and differences and how culture influences development.
NEW! The inclusion of updated and expanded theory and research on emerging adulthood ensures that the text reflects the exciting scholarly developments happening in the field.
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Dynamic content designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn brings concepts to life
Integrated within the narrative, interactives and videos empower students to engage with concepts and take an active role in learning. Revel's unique presentation of media as an intrinsic part of course content brings the hallmark features of Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Cultural Approach to life. Revel's media interactives have been designed to be completed quickly, and its videos are brief, so students stay focused and on task.
Located throughout Revel, quizzing affords students opportunities to check their understanding at regular intervals before moving on.
The Revel mobile app lets students read, practice, and study — anywhere, anytime, on any device. Content is available both online and offline, and the app syncs work across all registered devices automatically, giving students great flexibility to toggle between phone, tablet, and laptop as they move through their day. The app also lets students set assignment notifications to stay on top of all due dates.
Revel’s writing functionality, available in select courses, enables educators to integrate writing — among the best ways to foster and assess critical thinking — into the course without significantly impacting their grading burden. Self-paced Journaling Prompts throughout the narrative encourage students to express their thoughts without breaking stride in their reading. Assignable Shared Writing Activities direct students to share written responses with classmates, fostering peer discussion. And Essays integrated directly within Revel allow instructors to assign the precise writing tasks they need for the course.
Highlighting, note taking, and a glossary let students read and study however they like. Educators can add notes for students, too, including reminders or study tips.
Student-oriented features foster understanding of key concepts
UPDATED! In the Sixth Edition, learning objectives are more fully integrated throughout the text to help students better organize and understand key concepts. The learning objectives appear at the beginning of each chapter and are also tied to each of the chapter’s subheads.
A chapter summary recaps the content of the chapter and ties directly to the chapter learning objectives, ensuring that students understand the chapter’s key takeaways.
New and updated content ensures an up-to-date learning experience
The Sixth Edition includes new material that will enhance students’ understanding of cultural similarities and differences and how the development of adolescents and emerging adults is influenced by their culture.
Every chapter includes the latest, most up-to-date theory and research related to emerging adulthood to reflect exciting developments in this area.
Hundreds of new citations from 2012–2016 have been added to this edition, incorporating the most recent findings in the field.
Updated content includes coverage of brain development in emerging adulthood in Chapter 3, Cognitive Foundations, and fresh material on slang in Chapter 8, Friends and Peers.
Updated and expanded research on adolescence around the world enhances students’ understanding of cultural similarities and differences and how culture influences development.
The inclusion of updated and expanded theory and research on emerging adulthood ensures that the text reflects the exciting scholarly developments happening in the field.
Superior assignability and tracking tools help educators make sure students are completing their reading and understanding core concepts
Revel’s assignment calendar allows educators to indicate precisely which readings must be completed on which dates. This clear, detailed schedule helps students stay on task by eliminating any ambiguity as to which material will be covered during each class. When they understand exactly what is expected of them, students are better motivated to keep up.
Revel’s performance dashboard empowers educators to monitor class assignment completion as well as individual student achievement. Actionable information, such as points earned on quizzes and tests and time on task, helps educators intersect with their students in meaningful ways. For example, the trending column reveals whether students' grades are improving or declining, helping educators to identify students who might need help to stay on track.
Revel’s Blackboard Learn™ integration provides institutions, instructors, and students easy access to their Revel courses. With single sign-on, students can be ready to access Revel’s interactive blend of authors' narrative, media, and assessment on their first day. Flexible, on-demand grade synchronization capabilities allow educators to control exactly which Revel grades should be transferred to the Blackboard Gradebook.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Biological Foundations 3. Cognitive Foundations 4. Cultural Beliefs 5. Gender 6. The Self 7. Family Relationships 8. Friends and Peers 9. Love and Sexuality 10. School 11. Work 12. Media 13. Problems and Resilience
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About the Author(s)
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is also the Executive Director of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA; see www.ssea.org
). During 2005 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has also taught at Oglethorpe University and the University of Missouri. He was educated at Michigan State University (undergraduate), the University of Virginia (graduate school), and the University of Chicago (postdoctoral studies). His research interests are in risk behavior (especially cigarette smoking), media use in adolescence (especially music), and a wide range of topics in emerging adulthood. He was editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research
from 2005 through 2014 and has also edited two encyclopedias, the International Encyclopedia of Adolescence
(2007) and the Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media
(2007). The second edition of his book Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties
was published in 2015. He is also the author of a life span textbook, Human Development: A Cultural Approach
(2015, Pearson). He lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with his wife Lene Jensen and their seventeen-year-old twins, Miles and Paris. For more information on Dr. Arnett and his research, see www.jeffreyarnett.com
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