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In 2007, Janet Belsky'sExperiencing the Lifespanwas published to widespread instructor and student acclaim, ultimately winning the 2008 Textbook Excellence Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association. Now that breakthrough text returns in a rigorously updated edition that explores the lifespan by combining the latest research with a practicing psychologist's understanding of people, and a teacher's understanding of students and classroom dynamics. And again, all of this in the right number of pages to fit comfortably in a single term course.

Preface Part I: The Foundation
Chapter 1: The People and the Field
Chapter 2: Prenatal Development, Pregnancy, and Birth Part II: Infancy
Chapter 3: Infancy: Physical and Cognitive Development
Chapter 4: Infancy: Socioemotional Development Part III: Childhood
Chapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development
Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development
Chapter 7: Settings for Development: Home and School Part IV: Adolescence
Chapter 8: Physical Development
Chapter 9: Cognitive and Socioemotional Development
Chapter 10: Constructing an Adult Life Part V: Early and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 11: Relationships and Roles
Chapter 12: Midlife Part VI: Later Life
Chapter 13: Later Life: Cognitive and Socioemotional Development
Chapter 14: The Physical Challenges of Old Age
Chapter 15: Death and Dying

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Experiencing the Lifespan

Experiencing the Lifespan

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