Development Across the Life Span - Hardcover

Robert, Feldman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205940072 ISBN 13: 9780205940073

Verlag: Allyn & Bacon, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Offers a strong balance between research and applications.

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Robert Feldman offers students a chronological overview of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development―from conception through death with his text Development Across the Life Span. This best-selling text presents up-to-date coverage of theory and research, with an emphasis on the application of these concepts by students in their personal―and future professional―lives. The text taps into students’ inherent interest in the subject of human development, encouraging them to draw connections between the material and their own experiences.

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MyDevelopmentLab is an integral part of the Feldman program. Key learning applications include, MyDevelopmentLab video series, MyVirtualLife, and MyVirtualChild.

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Teaching & Learning Experience

• Personalize Learning ― MyDevelopmentLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program. It helps students prepare for class and instructor gauge individual and class performance.
• Improve Critical Thinking¿― Review and Apply¿sections ― Consist of short recaps of the chapters’ main points, followed by questions designed to provoke critical thinking.
• Engage Students¿― Chapter Opening Prologues ―¿Describe an individual or situation that is relevant to the basic developmental issues being addressed in the chapter.
• Explore Research ― From Research to Practice boxes ― Describe a contemporary developmental research topic.
• Support Instructors¿― A number of Instructor Resources including PowerPoint Presentations, MyTest Test Bank, and Instructor’s Manual.

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Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert S. Feldman is Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. A recipient of the College Distinguished Teacher Award, he teaches psychology classes ranging in size from 15 to nearly 500 students. During the course of more than two decades as a college instructor, he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, Virginia Commonwealth University, in addition to the University of Massachusetts.

Professor Feldman, who initiated the Minority Mentoring Program at the University of Massachusetts, also has served as a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and Senior Online Teaching Fellow. He initiated distance learning courses in psychology at the University of Massachusetts

A Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, Professor Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award, and he has written more than 100 books, book chapters, and scientific articles. He has edited Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children (Springer-Verlag), Applications of Nonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research (Erlbaum), and co-edited Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior (Cambridge University Press). He is also author of Child Development, Understanding Psychology, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His books have been translated into a number of languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, and Japanese. His research interests include honesty and deception in everyday life and the use of nonverbal behavior in impression management, and his research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.

Professor Feldman loves music, is an enthusiastic pianist, and enjoys cooking and traveling. He has three children, and he and his wife, a psychologist, live in Amherst, Massachusetts, in a home overlooking the Holyoke mountain range.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Allyn & Bacon
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0205940072
• ISBN 13: 9780205940073
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 720
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar