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Experiencing Childhood and Adolescence
First Edition ©2018 Janet Belsky Formats: Read & Practice, E-book, Print
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Janet Belsky
Born in New York City, Janet Belsky always wanted to be a writer but was also very interested in people. After receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, she deferred to her more practical and people-loving side and earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Chicago. Janet spent her thirties in New York City teaching at Lehman College, CUNY, and doing clinical work in hospitals and nursing homes. During this time, she wrote one trade book, Here Tomorrow: Making the Most of Life After 50, got married, adopted a child, and, with the publication of the first undergraduate textbook in the psychology of aging, began what turned into a lifelong developmental science textbook writing career. In 1991, Janet moved to Tennessee with her family to write and teach undergraduate courses in psychology at Middle Tennessee State University. After her husband died in 2012, Janet moved to Chicago and developed new passions: enrolling in the Master’s Program in Liberal Arts at the University of Chicago, volunteering to teach older adults. Still, she remains committed to her enduring mission—exciting readers in the marvelous human lifespan through writing Experiencing the Lifespan.
Table of Contents
Part I. The Foundation
1. The People and the Field
2. Prenatal Development, Pregnancy, and Birth
Part II. Infancy
3. Infancy: Physical and Cognitive Development
4. Infancy: Emotional and Social Development
Part III. Childhood
5. Early Childhood
6. Middle Childhood
7. Settings for Development. Home , School and Community
Part IV. Adolescence
8. Physical Development
9. Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Development
Part V: Emerging into Adulthood and Final Thoughts
10. Emerging Into Adulthood
Epilogue: Final Thoughts
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Authors
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Janet Belsky
Born in New York City, Janet Belsky always wanted to be a writer but was also very interested in people. After receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, she deferred to her more practical and people-loving side and earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Chicago. Janet spent her thirties in New York City teaching at Lehman College, CUNY, and doing clinical work in hospitals and nursing homes. During this time, she wrote one trade book, Here Tomorrow: Making the Most of Life After 50, got married, adopted a child, and, with the publication of the first undergraduate textbook in the psychology of aging, began what turned into a lifelong developmental science textbook writing career. In 1991, Janet moved to Tennessee with her family to write and teach undergraduate courses in psychology at Middle Tennessee State University. After her husband died in 2012, Janet moved to Chicago and developed new passions: enrolling in the Master’s Program in Liberal Arts at the University of Chicago, volunteering to teach older adults. Still, she remains committed to her enduring mission—exciting readers in the marvelous human lifespan through writing Experiencing the Lifespan.
Table of Contents
Part I. The Foundation
1. The People and the Field
2. Prenatal Development, Pregnancy, and Birth
Part II. Infancy
3. Infancy: Physical and Cognitive Development
4. Infancy: Emotional and Social Development
Part III. Childhood
5. Early Childhood
6. Middle Childhood
7. Settings for Development. Home , School and Community
Part IV. Adolescence
8. Physical Development
9. Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Development
Part V: Emerging into Adulthood and Final Thoughts
10. Emerging Into Adulthood
Epilogue: Final Thoughts
Product Updates
Summer 2026
The Summer 2026 update introduces new AI-powered learning tools that help students build understanding through guided practice and personalized feedback. With Guided Reading and Guided Quiz Review, instructors can provide more interactive learning experiences while supporting student success within their existing course workflow.
- Guided Reading: Transforms textbook reading into an assignable interactive learning experience. Students explain concepts in their own words and receive personalized, real-time feedback. By turning reading into a guided conversation, it builds deeper understanding and engagement without adding any instructor workload.
- Guided Quiz Review: In the current Multi-Take Quiz setting, this new AI-powered tool helps students master concepts. It reduces guessing and gives personalized formative feedback between quiz attempts. By guiding students through their learning journey, it strengthens understanding and improves performance—without adding extra work for instructors.
New Media Option!
Achieve Read & Practice
Achieve Read & Practice marries Macmillan Learning’s mobile-accessible eBook with the acclaimed LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. It is an easy-to-use yet exceptionally powerful teaching and learning option that streamlines the process of increasing student engagement and understanding. instructors can assign reading simply, students can complete assignments on any device, and the cost is significantly less than that of a printed book.
With Achieve Read & Practice:
- Instructors can arrange and assign chapters and sections from the eBook in any sequence they prefer.
- Assignments come with LearningCurve quizzes offering individualized question sets, feedback, and eBook references that adapt to correct and incorrect answers. If students struggle with a particular topic, they are encouraged to re-read the material and answer a few short additional questions.
- The Read & Practice gradebook tracks student performance individually and for the whole class, helping instructors prepare for class and one-on-one discussions.
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Experiencing Childhood and Adolescence combines the latest research in child and adolescent development with Janet Belsky's unique perspective as a scientist, psychologist, and teacher. Guided by a carefully designed pedagogical approach, the text encourages students to think critically, reflect on developmental concepts, and apply what they learn beyond the classroom.
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- Developing Lives 2.1 - Interactive Parenting Simulation: Students raise a virtual child from pregnancy through adolescence, making critical lifestyle and parenting choices that shape development.
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Experiencing Childhood and Adolescence
Experiencing Childhood and Adolescence combines the latest research in child and adolescent development with Janet Belsky's unique perspective as a scientist, psychologist, and teacher. Guided by a carefully designed pedagogical approach, the text encourages students to think critically, reflect on developmental concepts, and apply what they learn beyond the classroom.
Extend the learning experience with Achieve's integrated activities, assessments, and study tools for psychology.
Achieve – Learn Psychology. Build Skills for Life.
We’re reimagining how psychology is taught and learned—focusing on the skills students need to succeed. Achieve combines engaging content with AI-powered tools to help students apply psychological concepts, and build habits that last beyond the course.
New in Achieve
- Foundational Skills Modules - (AI ethics, AI basics, note-taking, time management, using APA style, and reading research)
- Data Literacy Activities - (visual data, ethics, methods, statistics)
- AI-Enabled Guided Reading - makes reading truly assignable
- AI-Enabled Guided Quiz Review - builds in practice between attempts
- Short-Form Writing Tool with rubric-aligned prompts and auto-scoring feedback
- Developing Lives 2.1 - Interactive Parenting Simulation: Students raise a virtual child from pregnancy through adolescence, making critical lifestyle and parenting choices that shape development.
Each activity is designed to build skills, increase engagement, and support student success.
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