Developmental Psychology: An Advanced Textbook - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805830723 ISBN 13: 9780805830729

Publisher: Psychology Press, 2007

Synopsis

The fourth edition of Developmental Psychology:
*illuminates substantive phenomena in development;
*applies to the entire life span;
*has relevance to everyday life; and
*is comprehensively revised and updated.
This textbook has been updated from the third edition to include the current status of scholarly efforts in all aspects of developmental psychology. Its purposes are to furnish inclusive developmental perspectives on major substantive areas in psychology and the substantial differences that underscore the dynamic and exciting status of contemporary developmental psychology.

Developmental psychology is a major subdiscipline in its own right, with its own history and systems, perspectives, and methodologies. These perspectives, traditions, and approaches are thoroughly introduced and reviewed. In addition, many aspects of developmental psychology have obvious and immediate relevance to real-world issues and problems. Each chapter in this book exemplifies the relevance of developmental psychology through reviews of the history, theory, and substance of the subdiscipline.

About this title

Synopsis

This textbook has been updated from the third edition to include the current status of scholarly efforts in all aspects of developmental psychology. Its purpose is to furnish inclusive developmental perspectives on major substantive areas in psychology, and the substantial differences that underscore the status of contemporary developmental psychology. Developmental psychology is also a major subdiscipline in its own right, with its own history and systems, perspectives and methodologies. These perspectives, traditions and approaches are introduced and reviewed. Each chapter of this book demonstrates the relevance of developmental psychology through reviews of the history, theory and substance of the subdiscipline.

Edition details

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0805830723
• ISBN 13: 9780805830729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 672
• Editor: Lamb Michael E., Bornstein Marc H.