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A Topical Approach to Lifespan Development

ISBN10: 1260726819 | ISBN13: 9781260726817

A Topical Approach to Lifespan Development
ISBN10: 1260726819
ISBN13: 9781260726817
By John Santrock

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In this topically-organized life-span text, John Santrock connects current scholarship with real-world applications, helping students see how developmental psychology plays a role in their own lives and future careers.  Students report that highlighting the connections among the different aspects of lifespan development helps them to better understand the concepts. The robust research foundation of this text is made accessible to students through an integrated learning goals system, resulting in a comprehensive approach to lifespan development that helps students gain the insight they need to study smarter, stay focused, and improve performance. McGraw Hill Connect’s® digital learning tools are invaluable in helping students synthesize and master the broad scope of content of the lifespan development course.

Section 1: The Life-Span Perspective
1.Introduction


Section 2: Biological Processes, Physical Development, and Health
2.Biological Beginnings
3.Physical Development and Biological Aging
4.Health
5.Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development


Section 3: Cognitive Processes and Development
6. Cognitive Developmental Approaches
7. Information Processing
8. Intelligence
9. Language Development


Section 4: Socioemotional Processes and Development
10. Emotional Development and Attachment
11. The Self, Identity, and Personality
12. Gender and Sexuality
13. Moral Development, Values, and Religion


Section 5: Social Contexts of Development
14. Families, Relationships, and Parenting
15. Peers and the Sociocultural World
16. Schools, Achievement, and Work


Section 6: Endings
17. Death, Dying, and Grieving


About the Author

John Santrock

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of Charleston, the University of Georgia, and the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology at the undergraduate level. In 2006, Dr. Santrock received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in Teaching Award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology on the contextual aspects of affectively toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 13th Edition; Life-Span Development, 14th Edition; Adolescence, 14th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.

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