"As a master teacher, John Santrock connects current research with real-world application, helping students see how developmental psychology plays a role in their own lives and future careers.
Santrock et al's 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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LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT: A CASE BOOK uses lively, contemporary case studies to illustrate development transitions and challenges in every stage of life.
Santrock's hallmark Learning Goals pedagogy provides a comprehensive roadmap to the text material, clearly pointing out the core concepts fundamental to students' learning and performance.
Often challenging accepted theories, this series is of great interest to developmental, personality, and social psychologists.
From newborn to older adulthood, people continue to develop and change physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally. Features covering cultural diversity, health, and safety are included throughout the text.
This book will be invaluable for students of developmental and occupational psychology and professionals in the fields of health management, education and social work.
Why are you assigning or considering a brief Human Development text?
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.
Brain and culture co-determine each other. As a whole, this book refutes any unidirectional conception of the brain-culture dynamic. Each is influenced by and modifies the other.