Lifespan development
By: Kelvin L. Seifert, Robert J. Hoffnung, Michele Hoffnung.
Contributors: Hoffnung, Robert J.; Hoffnung, Michele.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780395691786
Subjects: Developmental psychology
Description: [The authors] believe that lifespan psychology is relevant to current career and social issues that all adults face. It is especially relevant to those who will work or live with children, adolescents, or the elderly.... [Their] goal in writing this book is to present development at every stage of lifespan from a growth perspective. -Pref.     [The authors] wrote this new text to enable students to find themselves, and the people they know, in the story of lifespan development. It is a story of how we grow and change throughout our lives, and of the continuities across every stage and domain of life. -Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Also issued online.

Table of contents: title: Beginnings: Studying development; Theories of development; Genetics, prenatal development, and birth; title: First two years of life: Physical and cognitive development; Psychosocial development; title: Early childhood: Physical and cognitive development; Psychosocial development; title: Middle childhood: Physical and cognitive development; Psychosocial development; title: Adolescence: Physical and cognitive development; Psychosocial development; title: Early adulthood: Physical and cognitive development; Psychosocial development; title: Middle adulthood: Physical and cognitive development; Psychosocial development; title: Late adulthood: Physical and cognitive development; Psychosocial development; title: Death, loss, and bereavement; title: Glossary.