Human development : a life-span view /
Robert V. Kail, John C. Cavanaugh.
- 8e, eight edition.
- Australia ; United States : Cengage, c2019.
- xli, 680 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 588-652) and index.
The study of human development -- part 1: Prenatal development, infancy, and early childhood -- Biological foundations: heredity, prenatal development, and birth -- Tools for exploring the world: physical, perceptual, and motor development -- The emergence of thought and language: cognitive development in infancy and early childhood -- Entering the social world: socioemotional development in infancy and early childhood -- Part 2: School-age children and adolescents -- Off to school: cognitive and physical development in middle childhood -- Expanding social horizons: socioemotional development in middle childhood -- Rites of passage: physical and cognitive development in adolescence -- Moving into the adult social world: socioemotional development in adolescence -- Part 3: Young and middle adulthood -- Becoming an adult: physical, cognitive, and personality development in young adulthood -- Being with others: relationships in young and middle adulthood -- Working and relaxing -- Making it in midlife: the biopsychosocial challenges of middle adulthood -- Part 4: Late adulthood -- The personal context of later life: physical, cognitive, and mental health issues -- Social aspects of later life: psychosocial, retirement, relationship, and societal issues -- Dying and bereavement.