Life-Span Development - Softcover

Santrock, John

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9781259369438: Life-Span Development

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The sixth Canadian edition has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout to continue meeting the needs of Canadian instructors and students. Lifespan Development, the leading lifespan development text in Canada, aims to provide an engaging, clear, comprehensive and Canadian introduction to the concepts, issues, and theories surrounding lifespan development. 

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About the Authors

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of Charleston, the University of Georgia, and the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology at the undergraduate level. In 2006, Dr. Santrock received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in Teaching Award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology on the contextual aspects of affectively toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 13th Edition; Life-Span Development, 14th Edition; Adolescence, 14th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.

Anne MacKenzie-Rivers recently retired from a rewarding career as teacher and administrator at George Brown College. Her interest in psychology centers on social psychology, human growth and development, and contemporary research on the brain. Throughout her career, she has enjoyed the design and delivery of a diverse range of courses and curriculum modules, such as the Politics of Language and Cross-cultural Communication, geared to incorporating writing across the curriculum. As an administrator, she worked closely with faculty to support the development and delivery of general education, science, math, and English courses, as well as innovative programs with the College’s School of Labour and Aboriginal Centre. Her degrees are in English and educational psychology. Anne enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren.

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