Development person through life span 7th edition

Hundreds of New Research Citations Coverage incorporates new developments in diverse research areas, including epigenetics, prenatal nutrition, the microbiome, autism spectrum disorder, vaping, high-stakes testing, opioid addiction, and gender nonconformity Special emphasis is on brain development, culture, genetics, and emotional development. Berger includes this research in a way your students will understand and be able to apply in their future careers.

New and updated Data Connections activities! For each chapter, students have an opportunity to expand their understanding of key topics and data interactively in the accompanying courseware, LaunchPad. From interactive maps showing rates of breastfeeding and immunization across the country and around the world , to manipulatable graphs showing trends in adolescent risk-taking behaviors, students will be able to take a new hands-on-approach to understanding the data in child development.

Career Alerts at the end of each Part present career options in various applied settings. Chapter Apps that students can download to their smartphones have been added, offering a real-life application of the science of life-span development. It is not as dry as most textbooks. In my opinion, her writing style holds the interest of the reader, and she makes good use of visuals to help readers understand the content.

The research is current, and so the content is current and relevant. Bulock, Michigan State University. Berger's writing style is truly engaging, as I often hear from students. Her coverage of multidisciplinary perspectives and research is one of the key reasons I continue to use this text.

We have continued to adopt it because students find it very engaging, readable, and interesting. They feel they can hear the voice of Dr. Berger, and they like her. We have evaluated a few other texts and considered changing several times but other texts seem dry by comparison and do not have the same emphasis on application of concepts to everyday life.

Get the e-book, do assignments, take quizzes, prepare for exams and more, to help you achieve success in class. Read online or offline with all the highlighting and notetaking tools you need to be successful in this course. Learn About E-book. Her broad experience as an educator includes directing a preschool, serving as chair of philosophy at the United Nations International School, teaching child and adolescent development to graduate students at Fordham University and undergraduates at Montclair State University in New Jersey and at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, as well as teaching social psychology to inmates at Sing Sing Prison.

Throughout most of her professional career, Berger has worked at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, first as an adjunct and for the past two decades as a full professor.

She has taught introduction to psychology, child and adolescent development, adulthood and aging, social psychology, abnormal psychology, and human motivation. Her students—who come from many ethnic, economic, and educational backgrounds and who have a wide range of ages and interests—consistently honor her with the highest teaching evaluations. Her developmental texts are currently being used at more than colleges and universities worldwide and are available in Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese, as well as English.

Her research interests include adolescent identity, immigration, and bullying, and she has published many articles on developmental topics in the Wiley Encyclopedia of Psychology and in publications of the American Association for Higher Education and the National Education Association for Higher Education.

She continues teaching and learning as her four daughters and three grandsons continue to develop, as she interacts with students every semester, and as she revises each edition of her books. Eleventh Edition You need to sign in as a verified instructor to access the Test Bank. Learn more about our Test Banks or Sign up for training. Download Sample Chapter.

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Download Preface. Brief Table of Contents. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Lifespan Development. Chapter 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy. Chapter Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence. Chapter Social and Personality Development in Adolescence.

Pearson offers affordable and accessible purchase options to meet the needs of your students. Connect with us to learn more. Robert S. A recipient of the College Distinguished Teacher Award, he teaches psychology classes ranging in size from 15 to nearly students.

During the course of more than two decades as a college instructor, he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, Virginia Commonwealth University, in addition to the University of Massachusetts. He initiated distance learning courses in psychology at the University of Massachusetts. It is a loose leaf version, meaning that it has NO binding but it has 3 holes so you can put it in a sturdy binder.

Kathleen Stassen Berger's best-selling books on all stages of human development present theory, research, practical examples, and controversial issues in a way that inspires students to think about development--and about the individual's role in the community and the world. The Fifth edition of The Developing Person Through the Life Span again weaves theory, research and applications into a masterful narrative that captivates and involves students. Request a copy. Download instructor resources.

Additional order info. Buy this product. K educators : This link is for individuals purchasing with credit cards or PayPal only. Explore the content. Pearson offers affordable and accessible purchase options to meet the needs of your students. Connect with us to learn more. Laura E. Berk is a distinguished professor of psychology at Illinois State University, where she has taught child, adolescent, and lifespan development for more than three decades.

Her empirical studies have attracted the attention of the general public, leading to contributions to Psychology Today and Scientific American. Berk has served as a research editor of Young Children , a consulting editor for Early Childhood Research Quarterly , and an associate editor of the Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology.

She is a frequent contributor to edited volumes, having written the article on social development for The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion and the article on Vygotsky for The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. In addition to Development Through the Lifespan , she is author of the best-selling texts Child Development and Infants, Children, and Adolescents , published by Pearson.

She serves on the governing boards of the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies and of Artolution, an organization devoted to engaging children, youths, and their families in collaborative public art projects around the world as a means of promoting conflict-resolution, relief from trauma, and resilience.

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