Human Development

Name: Human Development
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ISBN: 9780070670440

ISBN-10: 0070670447

ISBN-13: 9780070670440

Edition: 6th 1997

Authors: James W. Vander Zanden

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Presenting a survey of development from the prenatal period through to adulthood, this text takes a multidisciplinary approach, integrating examples and research from a variety of disciplines. There is a strong emphasis on diversity, and critical and creative thinking. This edition includes coverage of Carol Gilligan's research on self-esteem in adolescent girls.

Book details

List price: $79.69
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English

James W. Vander Zanden is Professor Emeritus in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Ohio State University and previously taught at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor Vander Zanden is the author of the first four editions of Sociology: The Core. His other published works include eight books and more than twenty professional articles.

Preface
Introduction	p. 3
Developmental Theories	p. 31
Reproduction, Prenatal Period, and Birth	p. 63
Infancy: Development of Basic Competencies	p. 101
Infancy: Cognitive and Language Development	p. 129
Infancy: Psychosocial Development	p. 157
Early Childhood: Expanding Competencies	p. 189
Early Childhood: Integration into the Human Group	p. 221
Later Childhood: Advances in Cognitive and Moral Development	p. 259
Later Childhood: The Broadening Social Environment	p. 289
Adolescence: Developmental Acceleration and Gains	p. 317
Adolescence: Threshold of Adulthood	p. 353
Early Adulthood: Perspectives and Development	p. 385
Early Adulthood: Love and Work	p. 417
Middle Adulthood: Continuity and Change	p. 455
Middle Adulthood: Love and Work	p. 483
Later Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development	p. 519
Later Adulthood: Psychosocial Development	p. 549
Death	p. 577
Genetics and Heredity	p. A-1
Bibliography	p. B-1
Text Credits	p. C-1
Indexes	p. I-1
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