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John Santrocks A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development text continues with the themes of research, applications, and contexts that he is famous for. Students and instructors alike love it for its pedagogy and accessible writing. Building on these strengths, the fourth edition features more current research, more applications including new Careers in Life-Span Development profiles, and a new Visual Assets Database for Instructors.
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About the Author
John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology every year at the undergraduate level. In 2006, John received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in teaching award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology that focus 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 a member of the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 12th Ed; Life-Span Development, 12th Edition; Adolescence, 12th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.
Table of Contents
Section 1: The Life-Span Perspective
Chapter 1: Introduction
Section 2: Biological Processes, Physical Development, and Health
Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings
Chapter 3: Physical Development and Biological Aging
Chapter 4: Health
Chapter 5: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development
Section 3: Cognitive Processes and Development
Chapter 6: Cogntive developmental approaches
Chapter 7: Information Processing
Chapter 8: Intelligence
Chapter 9: Language Development
Section 4: Socioemotional Processes and Developments
Chapter 10: Emotional Development
Chapter 11: The Self, Identity, and Personality
Chapter 12: Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 13: Moral Development, Values and Religion
Section 5: Social Contexts of Development
Chapter 14: Families, Lifestyles, and Parenting
Chapter 15: Peers and the Sociocultural World
Chapter 16: Schools, Achievement, and Work
Section 6: Endings
Chapter 17: Death and Grieving
Appendix: Careers in Life-Span Development Glossary References Credits Name Index Subject Index