Handbook of lifespan development / Karen Fingerman ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fingerman, Karen L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental psychology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Developmental psychology.

Developmental psychobiology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Developmental psychobiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (928 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The doubling of our average life span since the turn of the 20th century is considered by many scholars to be one of the most important changes in human existence. This definitive text is the only volume to fully address, through a multidisciplinary perspective, the biological, cognitive, and psychological development that occurs from infancy through old age, and how the sociocultural and institutional factors interface with these changes. Edited by leading research scholars in the field of life-span development, the volume also includes contributions of specialists in behavioral genetics, soc

Contents:

section 1. Theory and overviews

section 2. Physical and cognitive

section 3. Socioemotional

section 4. Contexts of development.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31698-6

9786613316981

0-8261-1080-0

OCLC:

760174322