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Human development : a life-span view / Robert V. Kail and John C. Cavanaugh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Cengage, 2023Edition: 9th editionDescription: xl, 708 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780357657959
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155 K122h 23
LOC classification:
  • BF713  .K336 2023
Contents:
The study of human development -- Part 1. Prenatal development, infancy, and early childhood -- Biological foundations: heredity, prenatal development, and birth -- Tools for exploring the world: physical, perceptual, and motor development -- The emergence of thought and language: cognitive development in infancy and early childhood -- Entering the social world: socioemotional development in infancy and early childhood -- Part 2. School-age children and adolescents -- Off yo school: cognitive and physical development in middle childhood -- Expanding social horizons: socioemotional development in adolescence -- Rites of passage: physical and cognitive development in adolescence -- Moving into the adult social social world: socioemotional development in adolescence -- Part 3. Young and middle adulthood -- Emerging and established adulthood: physical, cognitive, and personality development -- Being connected: relationships in emerging, established and middle adulthood -- Working and relaxing -- Making it in midlife: the biopsychosocial challenges of middle adulthood -- Part 4. Late adulthood -- The personal context of later life: physical, cognitive and mental health issues -- Social aspects of later life: psychosocial, retirements, relationship, and societal issues -- Dying and bereavement.
Summary: "Gain a strong understanding of the issues, forces and outcomes that shape individuals into the people they become as you study the captivating content in Kail/Cavanaugh's Human development a life-span view , 9E. This comprehensive, yet succinct, narrative offers a rich description of all life-span stages, tracing development from conception through late life. The authors use real-life examples to help you understand the relevance of the latest research as well as controversial topics and emergent trends. Updates explore the pandemic from a developmental perspective and examine issues such as the differences in emerging and established adulthood, the development of transgender children and advancements in holistic interventions for dementia. You gain the foundation in important theories and research to critically interpret developmental information throughout your career. "-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The study of human development -- Part 1. Prenatal development, infancy, and early childhood -- Biological foundations: heredity, prenatal development, and birth -- Tools for exploring the world: physical, perceptual, and motor development -- The emergence of thought and language: cognitive development in infancy and early childhood -- Entering the social world: socioemotional development in infancy and early childhood -- Part 2. School-age children and adolescents -- Off yo school: cognitive and physical development in middle childhood -- Expanding social horizons: socioemotional development in adolescence -- Rites of passage: physical and cognitive development in adolescence -- Moving into the adult social social world: socioemotional development in adolescence -- Part 3. Young and middle adulthood -- Emerging and established adulthood: physical, cognitive, and personality development -- Being connected: relationships in emerging, established and middle adulthood -- Working and relaxing -- Making it in midlife: the biopsychosocial challenges of middle adulthood -- Part 4. Late adulthood -- The personal context of later life: physical, cognitive and mental health issues -- Social aspects of later life: psychosocial, retirements, relationship, and societal issues -- Dying and bereavement.

"Gain a strong understanding of the issues, forces and outcomes that shape individuals into the people they become as you study the captivating content in Kail/Cavanaugh's Human development a life-span view , 9E. This comprehensive, yet succinct, narrative offers a rich description of all life-span stages, tracing development from conception through late life. The authors use real-life examples to help you understand the relevance of the latest research as well as controversial topics and emergent trends. Updates explore the pandemic from a developmental perspective and examine issues such as the differences in emerging and established adulthood, the development of transgender children and advancements in holistic interventions for dementia. You gain the foundation in important theories and research to critically interpret developmental information throughout your career. "-- Provided by publisher

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