Research and Content. This 4th edition is truly a twenty-first century presentation of the field of life-span development with more than 1,500 citations from 2005 to 2008 alone, as well as classic references from the twentieth century. To ensure this currency and accuracy across all the stages of the life-span, a panel of leading experts in many different areas of life-span development provide detailed evaluations and recommendations in their areas of expertise.
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