This trusted text features an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and contextual perspective on development. Applications to psychology, health care, social work, education, and family dynamics make this a popular choice for schools offering the course to a variety of majors. This rich range of applications, along with instructional design features drawn from cognitive psychology, provides a strong pedagogical framework for learning. The fully revised eighth edition includes more than 1,200 citations from the 21st century, expanded coverage of diversity, new "Implications for Practice" boxes, and many new photos, figures, and tables.
- ISBN13 9780073271309
- Publish Date 16 April 2006 (first published 17 July 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 June 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Professional
- Edition 8th edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 676
- Language English