Invitation to the Life Span

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The new edition of this developmental psychology textbook incorporates a wide range of new research, especially in fast-moving areas such as brain development and psychopathology. As always, the signature voice of Kathleen Berger ties it all together, with relatable explanations of scientific content, wide ranging cultural examples, and skill-building tools for sharper observation and critical thinking.
This textbook can also be purchased with the breakthrough online resource, LaunchPad, which offers innovative media content, curated and organised for easy assignability. LaunchPad's intuitive interface presents quizzing, flashcards, animations and much more to make learning actively engaging.

• Covers the essentials in a format that fits easily in a one-term syllabus
  
• Includes cutting-edge research in late-breaking research areas from epigenetics to end-of-life care
  
• Highlights cultural differences and universals and their impact on individual development
  
• Critical thinking and applications-based pedagogy that gets students thinking about the real implications, for themselves and for the world at large, of the material they are learning
  
• Infographics map out the key ideas and applications of each chapter graphically.
  

• Dozens of new research citations on topics such as brain development and psychopathology
  
• New critical thinking questions in the margins, encouraging students to reflect on what they are reading
  
• The new Data Connections feature, which gives students a hands-on-approach to understanding the data in child development.
  

• 15 concise chapters expertly map out the breadth of the life span so it suits a single semester structure 
• Incorporates the latest research such as brain development and psychopathology
• Critical Thinking and Applications-Based Pedagogy - the text encourages students to apply their learning in real-time to themselves and the world around them

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Kathleen Stassen Berger

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