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Life-Span Development https://www.mheducation.com/cover-images/Jpeg_400-high/1260245845.jpeg 18 2021 9781260245844 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. Through an integrated learning goals system, this comprehensive and chronological approach to lifespan development helps students gain the insight they need to study smarter, stay focused, and improve performance.
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Life-Span Development
Life-Span Development

Life-Span Development, 18th Edition

ISBN10: 1260245845 | ISBN13: 9781260245844
By John Santrock

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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. Through an integrated learning goals system, this comprehensive and chronological approach to lifespan development helps students gain the insight they need to study smarter, stay focused, and improve performance.

Section 1: The Life-Span Perspective 
Chapter 1: Introduction 

Section 2: Beginnings 
Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings 
Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth 

Section 3: Infancy 

Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy 
Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy 
Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy 

Section 4: Early Childhood 
Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood 
Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood 

Section 5: Middle and Late Childhood 

Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood 
Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood 

Section 6:Adolescence 
Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence 
Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence 

Section 7: Early Adulthood 
Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood 
Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood 

Section 8: Middle Adulthood 
Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood 
Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood 

Section 9: Late Adulthood 
Chapter 17: Physical Development in Late Adulthood 
Chapter 18: Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood 
Chapter 19: Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood 

Section 10: Endings 
Chapter 20: Death, Dying, and Grieving
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About the Author

John Santrock

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.

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