Exploring Lifespan Development
Fourth Edition
June 2022 | 696 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Exploring Lifespan Development, Fourth Edition, the essentials version of Development Through the Lifespan, Seventh Edition, by best-selling author Laura E. Berk, includes the same topics, the same number of chapters, and the same outstanding features, with a focus on the most important information and a greater emphasis on practical, real-life applications. The text’s up-to-date research, strong multicultural and cross-cultural focus, along with Berk’s engaging writing style, help students carry their learning beyond the classroom and into their personal and professional lives.
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PART I – THEORY AND RESEARCH IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1. History, Theory, and Research Strategies
PART II – FOUNDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT GENETIC FOUNDATIONS
2. Genetic Reproductive Choices and Environmental Foundations
3. Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn Baby
PART III – INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD: THE FIRST TWO YEARS
4. Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
5. Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
6. Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
PART IV – EARLY CHILDHOOD: TWO TO SIX YEARS
7. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
8. Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood
PART V – MIDDLE CHILDHOOD: SIX TO ELEVEN YEARS
9. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
10. Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood
PART VI – ADOLESCENCE: THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
11. Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
12. Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence
PART VII – EARLY ADULTHOOD
13. Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
14. Emotional and Social Development in Early Adulthood
PART VIII – MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
15. Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood
16. Emotional and Social Development in Middle Adulthood
PART IX – LATE ADULTHOOD
17. Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
18. Emotional and Social Development in Late Adulthood
PART X – THE END OF LIFE
19. Death, Dying, and Bereavement
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This is an excellent resource that I will add to the recommended reading section of the course syllabus. However, I find it provides more detail than my students can typically use and digest, so I can't consider it as a primary text.
Psychology, Touro College
September 11, 2023