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Life-span communication / Loretta L. Pecchioni, Kevin B. Wright, Jon F. Nussbaum.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- LEA's communication series.
- LEA's communication series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interpersonal communication.
- Communication--Psychological aspects.
- Communication.
- Developmental psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This innovative text emphasizes how communicative processes develop, are maintained, and change throughout the life span. Topics covered include language skills, interpersonal conflict management, socialization, care-giving, and relationship development. Core chapters examine specific communication processes from infancy through childhood and adolescence into middle age and later life.In its exploration of the role of communication in human development, this volume:*overviews the theoretical and methodological issues related to studying communication across the life span;*discu
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES OF COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN; II: FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNICATION: COGNITIVE PROCESSING AND LANGUAGE; III: RELATIONAL CONTEXTS; IV: THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE SELF AND RELATIONAL NETWORKS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN; V: LEISURE AND MEDIA USE THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN; VI: SUMMARY: IMPLICATIONS OF LIFE-SPAN COMMUNICATION; References; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-287) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-32676-7
- 9786612326769
- 1-4106-1323-2
- 9781410613233
- OCLC:
- 271891289
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