Human Development: A Life Span View
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Book Description
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 receiving the McCandless Young Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association and the distinction of being named Distinguished Sesquicentennial Alumnus in Psychology (Ohio Wesleyan University), and a fellow in the American Psychological Society. 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 is currently President of the University of West Florida. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware and his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. 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). He 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, Fifth Edition (Thomson Wadsworth, 2006) with Fredda Blanchard-Fields.
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Human Development: A Life Span View,Robert V. Kail,Wadsworth Publishing Company,0534369278,Developmental - General,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,General,Psychology
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