Life-Span Development: A Case Book - Softcover

Newman, Barbara; Newman, Philip; Landry-Meyer, Laura; Lohman, Brenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 053459767X ISBN 13: 9780534597672

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT: A CASE BOOK uses lively, contemporary case studies to illustrate development transitions and challenges in every stage of life. The authors have chosen these cases for their ability to fascinate, engage, and stimulate. Together with thought-provoking questions for analysis, the case studies create a learning experience that helps readers use multiple perspectives to analyze and interpret life events.

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Review

Preface. Introduction. 1.Theory and Research. 2. Pregnancy and Prenatal Development. 3. Infancy. 4. Toddlerhood. 5. Early School Age. 6. Middle Childhood. 7. Early Adolescence. 8. Later Adolescence. 9. Early Adulthood. 10. Middle Adulthood. 11. Later Adulthood. 12. Very Old Age. References.

About the Author

Barbara M. Newman (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is a professor emeritus in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Rhode Island. She has also been on the faculty at Russell Sage College and The Ohio State University, where she served as department chair in Human Development and Family Science and as associate provost for Faculty Recruitment and Development. She has taught courses in life-span development, adolescence, family theories, and the research process. Dr. Newman's current research focus is on the sense of belonging among college students, with particular attention to students in minoritized groups. She is a member of a research team investigating the developing sense of purpose among students with disabilities. For fun, Dr. Newman enjoys reading, making up projects with her grandchildren, taking walks along Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound, and spending time with her family.

Philip R. Newman (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is a social psychologist whose research has focused on the transition to high school as well as on group identity and alienation. Together with Barbara Newman, he has worked on programs to bring low-income minority youths to college and to study the processes involved in their academic success. They are coauthors of 13 books, including a book on theories of human development, and numerous articles in the field of human development. Dr. Newman's current project is a book about how high schools impact the health and psychosocial development of adolescents. He has taught courses in introductory psychology, adolescence, social psychology, developmental psychology, counseling, and family, school, and community contexts for development. He served as the director for Research and Evaluation of the Young Scholars Program at The Ohio State University and as the director of the Human Behavior Curriculum Project for the American Psychological Association. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), and the American Orthopsychiatric Association. He home schooled his three children through elementary and middle school. For fun, Dr. Newman enjoys photography, reading mysteries, attending concerts and Broadway plays, and watching baseball.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 053459767X
• ISBN 13: 9780534597672
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240