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About this book
This streamlined, readable account of human development gives you the conceptual foundations that enable you to become an educated and critical interpreter of developmental information. ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW, 2nd Edition offers an introduction to relevant research and its application to important issues in life-span development. In addition, the text emphasizes the application of human development research across diverse professional settings. If you're pursuing a career related to psychology, education, health, or human sciences -- be it as a nurse, physician, educator, psychologist, social worker, or another similar profession -- this text will show you how human development research can allow you to work more effectively with future patients, students, or clients. Succinct and filled with real-life examples that aid your understanding, it will capture your interest while introducing you to the essential issues, forces, and outcomes that make us who we are.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- To the Student
- About the Authors
- Ch 1: The Study of Human Development
- Part 1: Prenatal Development, Infancy, and Early Childhood
- Part 2: School-Age Children and Adolescents
- Part 3: Young and Middle Adulthood
- Part 4: Late Adulthood
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index