Human Development: A Life-Span View (with InfoTrac) - Hardcover

Robert V. Kail

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534597513 ISBN 13: 9780534597511

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Skilled and enthusiastic authors, Kail and Cavanaugh bring their expertise in child development (Kail) and adulthood/aging (Cavanaugh) to bear on the story of the human lifespan. The authors employ a four-part structure to deliver, in 16 manageable chapters, a streamlined account of childhood, the school years, early adulthood, and beyond. This structure eliminates the redundancy found in traditional texts that describe the lifespan in a chronological fashion. As a result, readers experience an accurate and lively depiction of development that leaves them with a better sense of the most intriguing, intricate, and universal experience of humanity...life.

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About the Author

Robert V. Kail is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. His undergraduate degree is from Ohio Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Kail's accomplishments include the McCandless Young Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association, the Distinguished Sesquicentennial Alumnus in Psychology (Ohio Wesleyan University), and the distinction of being named a fellow in the American Psychological Society. He has served as Associate Editor for the journal, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, and is currently Associate Editor of the JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY. His research interests are in the area of cognitive development during childhood and adolescence, and focus on the causes and consequences of developmental change in the speed of information processing. His other titles include THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEMORY IN CHILDREN and CHILDREN AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT, SECOND EDITION (Prentice-Hall, 2002).

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534597513
• ISBN 13: 9780534597511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 784