Exploring Lifespan Development (2nd Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0205748597 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 672 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Back CoverThis shorter, essentials version of Berk's best-sellingDevelopment Through the Lifespan, 5/e, covers the same topics and contains the same number of chapters, but presents only the essential information with an exceptionally strong emphasis on applications.Exploring Lifespan Developmentincludes all the features Berk's texts are known for: Engaging writing style, exceptional cross-cultural focus, rich examples, the most up-to-date research, and practical applications that help students relate the subject to their personal and professional lives.
Strengthening the connections among developmental domains and highlighting the application of theories and research to the real world, this text presents the most important scholarship in the changing field of human development.. Students are provided with an exceptionally clear and coherent understanding of the sequence and underlying processes of human development, emphasizing the interrelatedness of all domains—physical, cognitive, emotional, social—throughout the text narrative and in special features. Berk’s signature storytelling style invites students to actively learn beside the text’s “characters,” who share their influential experiences and developmental milestones. Berk also helps students connect their learning to their personal and professional areas of interest. Her voice comes through when speaking directly about issues students will face in their future pursuits as parents, educators, heath care providers, social workers, and researchers. As members of a global and diverse human community, students are called to intelligently approach the responsibility of understanding and responding to the needs and concerns of both young and old. Berk presents the most important classic and emerging theories in an especially clear, coherent, engaging writing style, with a multitude of research-based, real-world, and cross-cultural examples. This shorter, essentials ver
This book retired last semester and no one told it! This book is a disaster! Too late to send back though. Forced to limp through the semester with a book that should have been put out of it's misery. Paperback binding is almost kaput! The covers are creased, tearing, loose.not even an extra cover will save it. Dog ears everywhere! Marks, loose pages, odd foldsprevious renter must have folded it back like a magazine and then used it as a pillow!. "good value. Would never buy" according to Jake. Rented it for cheap, good value. Would never buy, its too expensive.. Loved reading this textbook and learning about Lifespan Development Exactly what I needed for my class and answers were word for word out of the book for my quizzes. Loved reading this textbook and learning about Lifespan Development.
Currently, she is an associate editor for the Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology. In addition to service in her home community, she is a member of the national board of directors and chair of the central region advisory board of Jumpstart, a nonprofit organization that provides one-to-one literacy intervention to t