Human Development : A Lifespan View

by KAIL/CAVANAUGH

• ISBN13: 9780534356965
• ISBN10: 0534356966
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-27
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

With skill and enthusiasm, respected authors and noted researchers Robert V. Kail and John C. Cavanaugh tell a comprehensive and engaging story of life in HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFESPAN VIEW, SECOND EDITION. Experts in child development and adulthood and aging, respectively, Kail and Cavanaugh relate the fascinating story of the human lifespan. Their streamlined approach eliminates the redundancy of describing the lifespan via the traditional organizational structure used by many texts for the course. Instead, Kail and Cavanaugh employ a four-part structure that covers early childhood, the school years, the working/raising children years, and later life. This accurate and lively depiction of the developmental process helps students make better sense of our most intriguing and intricate journey. . .life. Providing full coverage of child and adult development within a modified chronological framework, Kail and Cavanaugh help students make the connections between chapters by emphasizing the dynamic interplay of biological, psychological, and social forces on development. This integrated biopsychosocial approach not only address the needs of many instructors, but also helps students understand how each element of development impacts the others. And unlike other lifespan texts which devote 40% or less of their coverage to adulthood and aging, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFESPAN VIEW devotes as much coverage to adulthood and aging as to childhood and adolescence-all in 15 manageable chapters.

Table of Contents

The Study of Human Development	1	(41)
PART ONE PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, INFANCY, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD	42	(158)
Biological Foundations	45	(37)
Tools for Exploring the World	82	(40)
The Emergence of Thought and Language	122	(38)
Entering the Social World	160	(40)
PART TWO SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS	200	(118)
Off to School	203	(34)
Expanding Social Horizons	237	(40)
Rites of Passage to Young Adulthood	277	(41)
PART THREE YOUNG AND MIDDLE ADULTHOOD	318	(166)
Becoming an Adult	321	(42)
Relationships in Adulthood	363	(40)
Work and Leisure	403	(40)
Experiencing Middle Age	443	(41)
PART FOUR LATE LIFE	484	(89)
The Personal Context of Later Life	487	(42)
Social Aspects of Later Life	529	(44)
Dying and Bereavement	573