| Edition |
4th ed. |
| Description |
xxiii, 753 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-731) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The study of human development -- Prenatal development, infancy, and early childhood : Biological foundations : heredity, prenatal development, and birth ; Tools for exploring the world : physical, perceptual, and motor development ; The emergence of thought and language : cognitive development in infancy and early childhood ; Entering the social world : socioemotional development in infancy and early childhood -- School-age children and adolescents : Off to school : cognitive and physical development in middle childhood ; Expanding social horizons : socioemotional development in middle childhood ; Rites of passage : physical and cognitive development in adolescence ; Moving into the adult social world : socioemotional development in adolescence -- Young and middle adulthood : Becoming an adult : physical, cognitive, and personality development ; Being with others : forming relationships in young and middle adulthood ; Work and leisure : occupational and lifestyle issues in young and middle adulthood ; Making it in midlife : the unique challenges of middle adulthood -- Late adulthood : The personal context of later life : physical, cognitive, and mental health issues ; Social aspects of later life : psychosocial, retirement, relationship, and societal issues ; The final passage : dying and bereavement. |
| Summary |
Prenatal development - Infancy - Early childhood - School-age children and adolescents - Young and middle adulthood - Late adulthood. |
| Subject |
Developmental psychology -- Textbooks.
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Growth. (DNLM)D006128
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Human Development. (DNLM)D006803
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Developmental psychology. (OCoLC)fst00891816
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
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| Added Author |
Cavanaugh, John C.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Kail, Robert V. Human development. 4th ed. Australia ; Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, ©2007 (OCoLC)624560269 |
| ISBN |
0495093041 (student ed.) |
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9780495093046 (student ed.) |
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0495130672 (loose-leaf ed.) |
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9780495130673 (loose-leaf ed.) |
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