Adolescence
ISBN: 9780205482320 | 0205482325
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 7/17/2008
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Adolescence, by Ian McMahan, combines rigorous, scientific coverage of adolescent development research with a scholarly yet enjoyable narrative style that is rarely found in textbooks. The table of contents follows an ecological systems framework to show how individual teens both affect and are affected by their families, peers, schools, and society. Adolescence also employs unique pedagogy to ensure students practice active learning and deep processing, focus on the practical applications of what they are studying, think critically and become ... MORE
| Introduction | |
| Adolescence: Past, Present, and Future | |
| Adolescence in Theory and Research | |
| Adolescent Changes | |
| Puberty and Physical Development | |
| Cognitive Changes | |
| Adolescent Contexts | |
| Families | |
| Peers | |
| School and Work | |
| Community, Culture and Media | |
| Adolescent I... MORE | |
| Achievement | |
| Gender | |
| Identity | |
| Intimacy | |
| Adolescent Problems And Prospects | |
| Problems | |
| Positive Prospects | |
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Ian McMahan graduated from Princeton and received the Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the City University Graduate School. His doctoral dissertation won the James McKeen Cattell Prize, and his research papers have appeared in prestigious journals. Ian has also had an active writing career. His books include a novel, Footwork; the Microkid Mysteries for children; Get It Done!; Secrets of the Pharaohs; and many volumes in the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series of mysteries.
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