Essentials of Life-span Development

Santrock, John W.

ISBN 10: 1264058896 ISBN 13: 9781264058891

Publisher: McGraw-Hill College, 2021

Synopsis

Essentials of Life-Span Development is organized chronologically and covers all periods of the human life span, from the prenatal period through late adulthood and death. Providing a broad overview of life-span development, this text especially gives attention to the theories and concepts that students seem to have difficulty mastering. 

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1264058896
• ISBN 13: 9781264058891
• Binding: Loose Leaf
• Number of pages: 460