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Human Development Across the Lifespan, 5/e
John S. Dacey, Boston College
John F. Travers, Boston College

Feature Summary

  • The Chronological Presentation looks at the entire lifespan from conception through death.

  • Recognizes the increased interest in the contextual viewpoint which looks at the interaction of environmental influences and their impact upon development.

  • What Do You Think Boxes encourage class discussion and projects, making the content more relevant.

  • View Boxes: An Applied View, A Multicultural View, and An Informed View encourage students to use what they have learned to develop an informed view of contemporary issues.

  • Sociocultural Boxes help students recognize the contextual forces - biological, psychological and social - that impact development.

  • Discussions of Multicultural issues in each chapter .

  • Chapters open with Vignettes often based on actual cases that stimulate student interest.

  • Integrated chapter pedagogy includes: chapter summaries, key terms, exercises and problems .

  • In Text Study Guide - revised with this edition.








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