Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 905 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Section 1. Theory and overviews -- section 2. Physical and cognitive -- section 3. Socioemotional -- section 4. Contexts of development |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed Nov. 16, 2011) |
Subject |
Developmental psychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Developmental psychobiology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Human Development
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
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Developmental psychobiology
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Developmental psychology
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Lebenslauf
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Entwicklungspsychologie
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Lebenslauf.
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Entwicklungspsychologie.
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Utvecklingspsykologi.
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Fingerman, Karen L., editor.
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Berg, Cynthia A., editor.
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Smith, Jacqui (Professor of psychology), editor.
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Antonucci, Toni C., 1948- editor.
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LC no. |
2010031923 |
ISBN |
0826110800 |
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9780826110800 |
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1283316986 |
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9781283316989 |
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9786613316981 |
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6613316989 |
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