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A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development W/ PowerWeb [Hardcover]

John W Santrock (Author)
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September 21, 2001 0072502843 978-0072502848 1
John Santrock has written the first four-color topically oriented text for the life-span development course. This topical organization will allow instructors to focus more on research and to show students how broad concepts of development apply to different stages of life. For the student, the text contains the proven Santrock pedagogy retooled for this higher level approach.


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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.

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  • Hardcover: 579 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 1 edition (September 21, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0072502843
  • ISBN-13: 978-0072502848
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,461,702 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Succeeds in coverage, fails in objectivity, July 7, 2004
This review is from: A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development W/ PowerWeb (Hardcover)
I enjoyed the readings for most chapters in this text. The information is generally well-presented and nicely segmented for quick reading. The author incorporates the little asides (mini research articles) to break things up and add some flavor and interest at different points in the book, which I also appreciated.

Unfortunately, the chapter on Intelligence is a train wreck. It's fine and expected to mention Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, but the author couches that theory as the intelligence theory of choice for psychologists. His fawning over Gardner's theory is irresponsible given the total lack of empirical support. Then the author proceeds to rake Jensen over the coals, despite the fact that Jensen's research is extensive and well-supported. The author, at times without citations, directs the student to ridiculous conclusions about intelligence research. For example, he downplays the importance of heritability in intelligence and states a hyperbolic case for the effects of environment. Being very familiar with the intelligence research, I was surprised, but shouldn't have been, that someone could selectively choose to ignore what the vast body of data shows. I can only hope that most grad students will look beyond this treatment of the subject of intelligence for something more substantial and less partisan.

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