Lifespan Development With Making the Grade CD ROM [Paperback]

John W Santrock (Author), John Santrock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 20, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0072488948 | ISBN-13: 978-0072488944 | Edition: 8

Completely revised and featuring a new design, Life-Span Development 8th edition is the most accurate and up to date text available. Applauded by adopters as eloquently written and intelligently presented, this text bears John Santrock’s trademark balance of accurate, current content for faculty and effective pedagogy for students. Included in this new edition are the most cutting edge research available and thoroughly integrated coverage of culture, ethnicity and gender. For students, Santrock’s student-celebrated pedagogical system has been enhanced to better help students see how the course material fits together. The new edition features extended coverage of aging material, along with thoroughly updated references and enhanced pedagogical features.

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About the Author

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches developmental psychology and educational psychology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and introductory psychology at the undergraduate level. Dr. Santrock's research on father custody is widely cited and used in expert witness testimony to promote flexibility and alternative considerations in custody disputes. His research has included publication in the Journal of Educational Psychology that focus on the contextual aspects of affectively-toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He recently was a member of the editorial board of Developmental Psychology and his publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: CHILD DEVELOPMENT, Eighth Edition; LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT, Seventh Edition; CHILDREN, Sixth Edition; PSYCHOLOGY, Sixth Edition; and EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.

Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 8 edition (July 20, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072488948
• ISBN-13: 978-0072488944
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,766,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Sketchy, June 3, 2005

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RAng (Phila., PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life-Span Development, 9e with Student CD and PowerWeb (Paperback)

I couldn't agree more that this text is, to put it kindly, sketchy. I don't know what level it is meant for, but I'm using it in graduate school, and frankly, it isn't telling me anything I didn't learn back in Intro to Psych 101. It also appears very choppy within sections and you can tell where updates were stuck in and not well-integrated. (I always love the shoehorned-in references to women or minorities, not just a crime of this book, however.) It's also poorly written in spots, as I'm reading about something I already know and the explanation is about as clear as mud. I feel sorry for people who haven't learned some of the material elsewhere. As I will be facing this material on a licensing exam, I am in the market for another book - one that might teach me something I didn't learn in high school/freshman year in college.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars School Textbook, February 8, 2009

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This review is from: Life-Span Development (Paperback)

This book is not the newest release, but there really aren't that many differences between the older version and the newer release. The biggest change is that two of the chapters have been combined into one in the newer book. Altogether it really contains the same information.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The book is nicely articulated and well organized., April 3, 1999

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This review is from: Life-Span Development (Paperback)

I found the book to be a wonderful resource, and it is filled with an abundance of significant information. The book also presents a great understanding of lifespan development and articulates the knowledge in a clear way. College students should find it an easy read, along with many nice pictures and helpful tables.