Life-Span Human Development

Product Description

Known for its clear, straightforward writing style, comprehensive coverage, strong and current research-based approach, and excellent visuals and tables, LIFE-SPAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT offers sections on four life stages: infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Each chapter focuses on a domain of development such as physical growth, cognition, or personality, and traces developmental trends and influences in that domain from infancy to old age. This unique, topical organization helps you comprehend the processes of transformation occurring in each key area of human development. The new edition includes a clear focus on the complex interactions of nature and nurture in development, more integrated coverage of culture and diversity, and an exciting new media package for students.Written by authorities in Aging, Life-Span Human Development by Carol K. Sigelman and Elizabeth A. Rider provides an excellent foundation for Aging studies. Carol K. Sigelman and Elizabeth A. Rider's style is excellently suited towards Aging studies, and will teach students the material clearly without overcomplicating the subject. What's more, the text is available in the Hardcover format shown above (ISBN 9780495553403), as well as a number of other formats. As of February 2008, this revision raises the bar for Life-Span Human Development's high standard of excellence, making sure that it stays one of the foremost Aging studies textbooks.