As a master teacher, John Santrock connects students to current research and real-world application, helping students see how developmental psychology plays a role in their own lives and future careers. Through an integrated, personalized digital learning program, students gain the insight they need to study smarter and improve performance.
Table of Contents:
SECTION 1: TheLife-Span Perspective
Chapter 1: Introduction
APPENDIX: Careers in Adolescent Development
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: Cognitive Developmental Approaches
Chapter 7: Information Processing
Chapter 8: Intelligence
Chapter 9: Language Development
SECTION 4:Socioemotional Processes and Development
Chapter 10: Emotional Development and Attachment
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, Dying, and Grieving
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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 has taught at the University of Charleston, the University of Georgia, and the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology at the undergraduate level. In 2006, Dr. Santrock received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in Teaching Award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology 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 on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 13th Edition; Life-Span Development, 14th Edition; Adolescence, 14th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.
