Synopses & Reviews
LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT: A CASE BOOK uses lively, contemporary case studies to illustrate development transitions and challenges in every stage of life. The authors have chosen these cases for their ability to fascinate, engage, and stimulate. Together with thought-provoking questions for analysis, the case studies create a learning experience that helps readers use multiple perspectives to analyze and interpret life events.
About the Author
Barbara M. Newman, (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Professor and Chair of the Human Development and Family Studies department at the University of Rhode Island. She teaches courses in lifespan development, adolescent-parent relationships, theories of human development, and psychosocial theory. Also an active researcher, Dr. Newman's interest focuses on parent-child relationships in early adolescence, factors that promote success in the transition to high school among low-income youth, the role of parenting as a stimulus to adult development through the process of revisitation, and the use of the cohort sequential design as an approach to the study of development. Philip Newman (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is a Lecturer in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Rhode Island. He teaches courses in lifespan development, adolescent development, identity issues, and family, school, and community contexts for development. His research interests focus on Identity and alienation, the transition to high school for low-income, urban youth, and factors association with retention for low-income, minority college students. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Fellow for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI).
Table of Contents
Preface. Introduction. 1.Theory and Research. 2. Pregnancy and Prenatal Development. 3. Infancy. 4. Toddlerhood. 5. Early School Age. 6. Middle Childhood. 7. Early Adolescence. 8. Later Adolescence. 9. Early Adulthood. 10. Middle Adulthood. 11. Later Adulthood. 12. Very Old Age. References.