A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development, 10th Edition

What you’ll find inside

A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development, tenth edition, by John W. Santrock is a developmental psychology textbook organized to help readers connect processes that shape human development from early life through later adulthood. Rather than treating each age period as an isolated subject, the book groups material into broad topical sections, giving students a way to compare biological, cognitive, socioemotional and social influences across the life span.

Topics across the life span

The contents open with the life-span perspective and an introduction to developmental study. They then move through biological beginnings, physical change and aging, health, motor and perceptual development, cognitive approaches, information processing, intelligence and language. Later chapters examine emotional development and attachment, the self and identity, personality, gender and sexuality, moral development, families and parenting, peers, schools, achievement, work, and end-of-life topics such as death, dying and grieving. Research connections and applied examples help readers relate course concepts to questions they may encounter beyond the classroom.

For developmental psychology courses

Undergraduate students can use the text to review major domains, organize lecture notes, compare developmental theories and follow how research informs the study of children, adolescents and adults. Instructors may also draw on the topical chapter sequence when planning a course or choosing themes for discussion. The text presents a broad survey rather than a substitute for specialist clinical guidance or the newest research literature.

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