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

Kail, Robert V.,Cavanaugh, John C.

ISBN 10: 0534597513 / ISBN 13: 9780534597511

Published by Wadsworth Publishing, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Development: A Life-Span View (with InfoTrac)
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534597513
• ISBN 13: 9780534597511
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Acceptable

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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.

About the Authors

Robert V. Kail is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He has served as Associate Editor for the journal "Child Development," and is currently Editor of the "Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and the Editor of Advances in Child Development and Behavior." 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.

John C. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, is President of University of West Florida. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, The American Psychological Society and the Gerontological Society of America. He has been an American Council of Education Fellow and elected President of the Adult Development and Aging Division of the APA (Division 20). In addition, Dr. Cavanaugh was a Congressionally selected delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging. His research interests in gerontology concern family care-giving as well as the role of beliefs in older adult's cognitive performance. He is also the co-author of ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING, 5th Edition (Thomson Wadsworth, 2006) with Fredda Blanchard-Fields.