Lifespan Development, Fifth Canadian Edition (5th Edition)

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Lifespan Development, 5ce provides strong applications, and integrated learning objectives and assessment. Students who want to know "What does current research say?" and "Why is this important?" will appreciate both the applied nature of this text and the clarity and rigor of the authors' presentation of current research. An exceptional pedagogical package that ties the textbook to online MyPsychLab study tools complements the student-centered approach of the book and offers students the benefit of frequent self-assessment.

The latest edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest research in the field of human development. The new edition is built for student success, with each chapter streamlined to focus on key content and organized around learning objectives, with a more accessible design, and greater integration to a more robust and effective MyPsychLab.

Denise Boyd received her Ed.D. in educational psychology from the University of Houston and has been a psychology instructor in the Houston Community College System since 1988. From 1995 until 1998, she chaired the psychology, sociology, and anthropology department at Houston Community College—Central. She has coauthored four other Allyn and Bacon texts: with Helen Bee, The Developing Child (Twelfth Edition), and The Growing Child (First Edition); and with Genevieve Stevens, Current Readings in Lifespan Development. A licensed psychologist, she has presented a number of papers at professional meetings, reporting research in child, adolescent, and adult development. She has also presented workshops for teachers whose students range from preschool to college.

Paul Johnson is a professor of psychology at Confederation College and is also co-author of Nevid/Taylor/Johnson, Essentials of Abnormal Psychology 2nd Canadian edition. Prof. Johnson has many years of community college teaching experience and also currently works as a psychologist at St. Joseph’s General Hospital in Thunder Bay.