Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach (with InfoTrac) - Hardcover

Newman, Barbara M.; Newman, Philip R.

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9780534597603: Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach (with InfoTrac)

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ISBN 10: 0534597602 ISBN 13: 9780534597603

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2002

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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.

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!"

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