Lifespan Development, Books a la Carte Edition / Edition 7

by Denise Boyd, Helen Bee

Overview

Provides the most Support for Student Learning and Success

Lifespan Development, 7/e by Denise G. Boyd and Helen L. Bee thoroughly and accessibly addresses the most critical concepts of development. Through their engaging writing style, the authors have made more abstract material about developmental theories approachable to students. Readers will appreciate both the applied nature of this title and the clarity of the authors’ presentation of current research. Students will emerge from your course with a thorough understanding of developmental science and will be able to apply this understanding to their own lives.

MyPsychLab is an integral part of the Boyd/Bee program. Engaging activities and assessments provide a teaching and learning system that will help students master life span development. New features include the updated MyPsychLab Video Series for Lifespan Development, which contains a rich assortment of video clips including sketchnote-style tutorials as well as cross-cultural footage and segments featuring real students sharing their experiences. MyPsychLab also contains MyVirtualLife, an engaging variable-based simulation that allows students to experience lifespan development firsthand.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780133773644
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	03/28/2014
Edition description:	7th ed.
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Denise Boyd received her Ed.D. in educational psychology from the University of Houston and has been a psychology instructor in the Houston Community College System since 1988. From 1995 until 1998, she chaired the psychology, sociology, and anthropology department at Houston Community College–Central. She has coauthored four other Allyn and Bacon texts: with Helen Bee, The Developing Child (Twelfth Edition), and The Growing Child (First Edition); and with Genevieve Stevens, Current Readings in Lifespan Development. A licensed psychologist, she has presented a number of papers at professional meetings, reporting research in child, adolescent, and adult development. She has also presented workshops for teachers whose students range from preschool to college.

Table of Contents

Brief Table of Contents:

Part I: Foundations

Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Methods

Chapter 2: Theories of Development

Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth

Part II: Infancy

Chapter 4: Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy

Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy

Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Part III: Early Childhood

Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Chapter 8: Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood

Part IV: Middle Childhood

Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Chapter 10: Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

Part V: Adolescence

Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Chapter 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Part VI: Early Adulthood

Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Chapter 14: Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

Part VII: Middle Adulthood

Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Chapter 16 Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

PART VIII: Late Adulthood and the End of Life

Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Chapter 18: Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood

Chapter 19: Death, Dying, and Bereavement