Life Span Human Development,
3rd Edition

1. Understanding life span human development
2. Theories of human development
3. Genes, environment and the beginnings of life
4. Body, brain and health
5. Cognitive development
6. Sensory-perception, attention and memory
7. Intelligence and creativity
8. Language, literacy and learning
9. Self, personality, gender and sexuality
10. Social cognition and moral development
11. Emotions, attachment and social relationships
12. Developmental psychopathology
13. The final challenge: Death and dying

• Carol K. Sigelman

  Carol K. Sigelman is professor of psychology at George Washington University, where she also was an associate vice president for 13 years and department chair for four years. She previously served on the faculty at Texas Tech University, Eastern Kentucky University (where she won her college's outstanding teacher award) and the University of Arizona. In addition to teaching courses in child, adolescent, adult and life-span development, Dr. Sigelman has published research on the communication skills of individuals with developmental disabilities, the development of stigmatizing reactions to children and adolescents who are different, children's emerging understandings of diseases and psychological disorders, and parent-child communication at a distance in military families. A Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Carleton College and a double-major doctorate in English and psychology from George Peabody College for Teachers, now part of Vanderbilt University. For fun, she enjoys hiking, biking and discovering undiscovered movies.

• Linda De George

  Linda De George is currently Associate Director Academic in Social Innovation at Central Queensland University. She earned her Psychology Bachelor (Honours) degree and Master in Educational Psychology from the University of Queensland, and her PhD from Griffith University. Throughout her 20-plus year career, she has worked as both a psychology practitioner and university academic with a focus on life span development, educational psychology, developmental disabilities, special education and psychological assessment. Linda's research interests have centred on older adults and their engagement with digital technologies, and also learning and teaching in higher education, where she has published on topics such as blended and mobile learning, first year experience and graduate qualities.

• Kimberley Cunial

  Kimberley Cunial holds a Master’s degree, as well as a specialist endorsement in the field of Educational and Developmental Psychology, and is currently finishing a PhD in Clinical Psychology. She has over 10 years’ experience working in university, school, community, hospital and private practice settings, including working with individuals, groups, couples and families across the life span. Since 2005, Kimberley has worked as an academic, facilitating web-based delivery of a broad range of university courses in the areas of educational and developmental psychology, school guidance counselling, special needs education and psychometric assessment. Her research interests include a particular focus on youth with ADHD, and the implications for outcomes in forensic settings. Kimberley has been published in a number of Queensland regional newspapers for her expertise on a range of issues relevant to child and adolescent psychology. She is also a registered teacher in Queensland, and has seven years’ experience teaching primary school aged children in Australia, England and China.

• Elizabeth A. Rider

  Elizabeth A. Rider is professor of psychology, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. She previously served on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She has taught courses on child and life-span development, women and gender issues, applied developmental psychology, and genetic and environmental influences on development. Through a grant from the Pennsylvania State System for Higher Education, Dr. Rider studied factors associated with academic success. She has published research on children's and adults' spatial perception, orientation and ability to find their way, and she is the author of OUR VOICES (John Wiley & Sons), a text on the psychology of women. She earned her undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and her doctorate from Vanderbilt University. When she is not working, she is busy with home and yard projects and two energetic dogs.

• Updated MindTap, a premium, interactive online teaching and learning platform that integrates course readings, study tools and assessment resources, including: Observing Development videos, Understanding the Data interactive activities, Search Me! Psychology activities, apps, and assessments into a learning path that guides students through the course

• Strengthened cultural focus throughout the text, with additional research and support from specially commissioned Australian and New Zealand indigenous advisors

• The chronological sections of content have been refined to allow academics taking the chronological approach to more easily navigate life span stages through topics

• Expanded coverage of the following important topics: sexual behaviour, creativity, bullying, emotion, humanistic theory, self-concept and self-esteem, cultural and social influences on language development, and moral development

• Updated research and examples throughout the text maintain currency and relevancy

• 'Linkages' icons in the margin direct students to make connections between important topics covered elsewhere in the text

• Updated references which are now included at the end of each chapter for easier researching

• Available with MindTap, a premium, interactive online teaching and learning platform that integrates course readings, study tools and assessment resources, including: Observing Development videos, Understanding the Data interactive activities, Search Me! Psychology activities, apps, and assessments into a learning path that guides students through the course. Instructors can easily modify content, integrate their own content, and follow student progress with powerful analytics and reports

• An integrated topical-chronological approach: The authors have organised the chapters topically to emphasise developmental processes, such as how nature and nurture interact over the life span to bring about normal developmental changes and create differences among individuals. Within each chapter, discussion of the material is organised under four major chronological sections:infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, which calls attention to the distinctive qualities of each age/stage

• Real-life stories at the beginning of each chapter give insight into how the psychology theories explored in the chapter relate to real individuals. These stories introduce students to people dealing with developmental issues at particular stages in their life span

• Learning objectives under each chapter heading introduce students to the content of the chapter, and end-of-chapter questions prompt them to check their understanding

• 'Professional Practice' boxes showcase real professionals from this region in a variety of roles who are using human development theory in practice daily. These professionals answer key questions about the theory in the chapters. Their profiles highlight career development in a range of professions

• ‘Diversity’ boxes allow students to explore the diverse cultural issues, research and practices relating to developmental science

• Critical thinking questions invite students to reflect on the material – to weigh in on a debate in the field, evaluate the material's implications for public policy, apply the material to a case example, or explore the material's relevance to their own development

• 'Exploration' boxes provide in-depth investigation of local and international research on various high-interest topics

• 'Application' boxes examine how knowledge has been applied to optimise development in a domain of developmental psychology. These facilitate student understanding of the practical and professional applications of developmental psychology theory

• 'Engagement' boxes in each chapter provide real-life or hypothetical situations that help students to engage personally with the material and assess their own knowledge, beliefs, traits and attitudes by completing personality scales, test items, surveys and short quizzes

• ‘Making connections’ margin questions throughout the chapters prompt students to think about how developmental science theory connects with them

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