While carefully considering the complexities of human development, Berk presents classic and emerging theories in an especially clear, engaging writing style, with a multitude of research-based, real-world, and cross-cultural examples.
Strengthening the connections among developmental domains and of theory and research with applications, this edition's extensive revision brings forth the most recent scholarship, representing the changing field of human development. Chapter Enhanced attention to cultural variations in self-concept, with special attention to Asian versus U.
Chapter New evidence on factors affecting death anxiety, including religiosity and gender. PART I. PART V. PART X. Pearson offers affordable and accessible purchase options to meet the needs of your students. Connect with us to learn more. Laura E. Berk is a distinguished professor of psychology at Illinois State University, where she has taught child and human development to both undergraduate and graduate students for more than three decades.
Her research has been funded by the U. Her empirical studies have attracted the attention of the general public, leading to contributions to Psychology Today and Scientific American. She is a frequent contributor to edited volumes on early childhood development, having recently authored chapters on the importance of parenting, on make-believe play and self-regulation, and on the kindergarten child. In addition to service in her home community, she is a member of the national board of directors of Jumpstart, a nonprofit organization that provides early literacy intervention to thousands of low-income preschoolers across the United States, using college and university students as interveners.
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This title is out of print. Development Through the Lifespan, 5th Edition. Berk, Illinois State University. Availability This title is out of print. Meticulously researched material, including over 2, new reference citations, is conveyed to the student in a clear, story-like fashion that humanizes the complex developmental process.
Outstanding pedagogical features support students' mastery of the subject matter : Stories and vignettes of real people, a Berk signature feature, open each chapter and continue throughout the text to illustrate developmental principles and teach through engaging narrative.
Within these periods, it focuses on physical, cognitive, and social and personality development. It introduces readers to the theories, research, and applications that constitute the discipline, examining both the traditional areas of the field as well as more recent innovations. It pays particular attention to the applications developed by lifespan development specialists, demonstrating how lifespan developmentalists use theory, research, and applications to help solve significant social problems.
Findings from the study of lifespan development have a significant degree of relevance to students, and this text illustrates how these findings can be applied in a meaningful, practical sense. Applica-tions are presented in a contemporaneous framework, including current news items, time-ly world events, and contemporary uses of lifespan development that draw readers into the field.
These features explicitly consider how cultural factors relevant to development both unite and diversify our contemporary, global society. Lifespan development is a joy both to study and teach, because so much of it has direct, immediate meaning to our lives. Because all of us are involved in our own developmental paths, we are tied in very personal. Do you like this book? Please share with your friends, let's read it!!
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