Life-Span Development with LifeMAP CD-ROM and PowerWeb (Paperback)

~ John Santrock (Author)

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Product Description

Driven by learning goals, previous editions of this text have been widely adopted for their accurate and up-to-date coverage. While maintaining these hallmarks, this revision includes increased coverage of adulthood and aging, two new “Interlude” features on research and diversity, and updated research with more 21st-century citations than ever before.

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 educational psychology every year at the undergraduate level. In 2006, John received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in teaching award. His research has included publications 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 has been a member of the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 12th Ed; Life-Span Development, 12th Edition; Adolescence, 12th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 655 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 10 edition (April 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0073194174
• ISBN-13: 978-0073194172
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #510,168 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Educational Resource, November 17, 2002

By	Patrice A. Williams (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

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

This book describes the very essence of life in a definite and distinctive way. There are no underlying factors or confusing verbage. The reader can simply investigate a topic of interest while receiving the information in its complete totality.

The format of this book is simply wonderful. Santrock does an excellent job in allowing the reader to not only expand upon early life-span development . . . But he also introduces the reader to the various theories that helped shaped life-span development. In this book you learn of Vygotsky, Erickson, and Piaget and many, many others.

I personally found this book to be of great help during my graduate studies. It provided me with practically everything that I needed on the subject of "development" and was a #1 source of reference in all practicums and papers.

I am exceedingly happy that this book has renewed another edition and look forward to adding this updated version to my already sprawling collection.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.