Development through life: A psychosocial approach (The Dorsey series in psychology) - Hardcover

Newman, Barbara M

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0256026734 ISBN 13: 9780256026733

Publisher: Dorsey Press, 1984

Synopsis

Newman and Newman take a chronological approach to the study of the lifespan, drawing on the writings of Erik Erikson, whose psychosocial theory provides a conceptual framework for the text. The text addresses physical, intellectual, social, and emotional growth in each of 11 life stages. The authors focus on the idea that development results from the interdependence of these areas at every stage and place special emphasis on optimal development through life.

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About the Author

Barbara M. Newman (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Rhode Island. She has also been on the faculty at Russell Sage College and The Ohio State University, where she served as department chair in Human Development and Family Science and as associate provost for Faculty Recruitment and Development. She teaches courses in life-span development, adolescence, family theories, and the research process. Also an active researcher, Dr. Newman's interests focus on parent-child relationships in early adolescence, factors that promote success in the transition to high school, and the use of the cohort sequential design as an approach to the study of development. Her research includes an analysis of the role of family, peer, and school support in the transition to high school (funded by the University of Rhode Island's Research Foundation). For fun, Newman enjoys reading, making up projects with her grandchildren, taking walks along Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound, and spending time with her family.

Philip R. Newman (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is involved in research on the transition to high school as well as on group identity and alienation. His projects include an analysis of issues related to disrupted transitions in adolescence and early adulthood, and a book about how high schools can meet the psychosocial needs of adolescents. He has taught courses in introductory psychology, adolescence, social psychology, developmental psychology, counseling, and family, school, and community contexts for development. He served as the director for Research and Evaluation of the Young Scholars Program at The Ohio State University and as the director of the Human Behavior Curriculum Project for the American Psychological Association. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), and the American Orthopsychiatric Association. For fun, Newman enjoys photography, reading mysteries, attending concerts and Broadway plays, and watching baseball. He home schooled his three children through elementary and middle school. Together, the Newmans have worked on programs to bring low-income minority youths to college and to study the processes involved in their academic success. They are coauthors of 13 books, including a book on theories of human development, and numerous articles in the field of human development.

Review

"(Newman and Newman's text) has received positive feedback from my students and has been successful for all of my purposes, especially the approach of understanding relationships among the kinds of development and the stages of development across the lifespan."

"The text itself, as well as each individual chapter, is very well organized. Each section is introduced and summed in a way that enhances student learning. The chapters are easy to navigate using the outline at the beginning of the chapter. Organization is indeed a strength for this text."

"(The) text does an exceptional job of explaining the psychosocial approach and relating this approach to a comprehensive understanding human development. Building up the work of Erikson and others, in their latest edition of this book the authors provide an even more detailed and realistic picture of life cycle development, especially as related to adolescence and old age. In fact, I am particularly impressed with the authors' creation of two additional psychosocial stages (one in adolescence that distinguishes early and late adolescence and another that differentiates old age from very old age)."

"The authors do an excellent job of pointing out the role of research in theory development related to human growth. The case examples are diverse, relevant, realistic and though provoking."

"I would not change book; this is the best edition EVER!"

Edition details

• Publisher: Dorsey Press
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0256026734
• ISBN 13: 9780256026733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 560