Human Development

A Life-Span View

Robert Kail, John Cavanaugh

• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9780357658024
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Developmental Psychology
• Index: Psychology

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. MindTap digital resources are also available to strengthen your understanding.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• About the Authors
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Preface
• To the Student
• Neuroscience Index
• Diversity Index
• Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
• Chapter 2: Biological Foundations: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth
• Chapter 3: Tools for Exploring the World: Physical, Perceptual, and Motor Development
• Chapter 4: The Emergence of Thought and Language: Cognitive Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
• Chapter 5: Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
• Chapter 6: Off to School: Cognitive and Physical Development in Middle Childhood
• Chapter 7: Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
• Chapter 8: Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
• Chapter 9: Moving into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
• Chapter 10: Emerging and Established Adulthood: Physical, Cognitive, and Personality Development
• Chapter 11: Being Connected: Relationships in Emerging, Established, and Middle Adulthood
• Chapter 12: Working and Relaxing
• Chapter 13: Making It in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood
• Chapter 14: The Personal Context of Later Life: Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health Issues
• Chapter 15: Social Aspects of Later Life: Psychosocial, Retirement, Relationship, and Societal Issues
• Chapter 16: Dying and Bereavement
• Glossary
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index