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Experiencing the Lifespan

Sixth Edition| ©2022 Janet Belsky

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Available for the first time with Macmillan's new online learning platform, Achieve, Belsky’s popular text is more effective than ever at helping students reach new levels of understanding of developmental psychology. Belsky draws from a variety of cultures around the world to tell the story of human development, communicating the scientific understanding and human impact of developmental psychology in the highly conversational style of a great teacher. The new edition features significant research breakthroughs, effective pedagogy, and captivating examples drawn from throughout the world—and still is just the right length and level for a single-term course. And because students’ and instructors’ needs are changing, our most powerful learning option is also our most affordable.

The Achieve platform sets a whole new standard for digital content delivery—especially for integrating assessments, activities, and analytics—and it is the exclusive home of extraordinary resources such as the Developmental Psychology Video Collection.

 

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Culturally-focused
In writing her developmental text, Belsky takes a global and international approach in her integrated coverage of culture, paying special attention to the issues facing immigrant, ethnic minority, and sexual minority groups. In Chapter 1, Janet introduces the concept of collectivist and individualist cultures...and spells out the differences between the developed and developing worlds. Moreover, in every chapter, the Setting the Context sections offer cross-cultural and historical perspectives on the upcoming material.

Applicable & Experiential
Guided by a carefully constructed pedagogical system, Experiencing the Lifespan is easily one of the most applied lifespan texts. Interventions sections illustrate practical implications of the research being discussed, while Experiencing the Lifespan boxes report on interviews the author conducted and show how developmental science can make a difference in people’s lives. Trending in Developmental Science features introduce current areas of research interest in developmental science, with topics ranging from early displays of prejudice in infants, the ethics of prosocial acts, to Instagram and teen body distress.

Accessible
With a primary goal to make human life and research come alive for all students, and a desire for readers to see her joy in conveying the information in her writing, Belsky has truly built her text to reach all levels of students. Filled with stories about real people, cutting-edge research and current events, and open-ended questions at key points in the text, the narrative is designed to stimulate critical, reflective, and forward-thinking in every student.

Brief...really
Experiencing the Lifespan is just under 500 pages...an accessible research-based text written for today's students.

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The latest research and data

Coverage includes COVID-19’s worldwide impact, parenting styles around the world, the effects of socioeconomic status across the lifespan, the importance of mind-mindedness in human development, and much more.

Explores the life consequences of the digital and social media revolutions in depth
This coverage is found throughout and in new “Final Thoughts” sections at the end of every chapter. Topics include the impact of screen-time on toddlers and children and social media use and addiction among teens and emerging adults.

New and updated Trending in Developmental Science
Discussions showcase new and important research on hot topics in development, such as the role of Instagram in teen body distress, the ethics of prosocial acts, systemic racism and sexism in school and at work, and grief associated with COVID-19.

New and updated Interventions sections
Belsky creatively pulls the research together and makes innovative practice-oriented conclusions that advance the field. Topics include offsetting bystander behavior, encouraging less gender-typed play, providing teen-friendly sex education, and promoting midlife happiness encourage applications of book concepts to real life.

"I just finished your textbook Dr. Belsky and, goodness, you have a talent for writing them! Best textbook I've ever read. You have generated a great deal of extra excitement for my new career with the content you've provided. Thank you.”
--Mark Huberty, Student at the University of Saint Thomas in Minnesota

"I could not help but contact you, Dr. Belsky, just to let you know how big of an impact your style of teaching had on my approach towards my field. I did not expect developmental psychology to be my favourite course this year but because of you it did become. I absolutely loved the book and I read every book for my courses this year but none of them had such an impact and none of them 'made me' read it. Therefore, I just wanted to thank you for this experience and knowledge you gifted me (I enjoyed it so much, the information just stuck with me).”
-- Student, Tillburg University

“Janet Belsky has a warm, engaging style that allows students to learn important concepts and information that will benefit their personal and professional lives.”
-- Wendy Bianchini Morrison, Montana State University-Bozeman

“Dr. Belsky is an amazing writer! This is one of the main reasons I was drawn to her text. She explains development in a conversational, entertaining manner to the students. She has a gift of making complex science seem understandable, especially for the freshman and sophomores that are taking this course who may not be psychology majors.”
-- Chrysalis Wright, University of Central Florida

“An engaging book with a high degree of accuracy that reflects the dynamic nature of developmental science. The text challenges readers with critical thinking questions, which I highly value.”
-- Josh Herrington, Mt. Hood Community College

“It's very current and written in a way that's easy for students to understand. It also includes a section on ethnic identity which I haven't seen in previous texts that I've used.”
-- Gladys Green, State College of Florida Manatee Sarasota

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Table of Contents

PART I The Foundation
Chapter 1: The People and the Field
Chapter 2: Prenatal Development, Pregnancy, and Birth

PART II Infancy and Toddlerhood
Chapter 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers
Chapter 4: Emotional and Social Development in Infants and Toddlers

PART III Childhood
Chapter 5: Early Childhood
Chapter 6: Middle Childhood
Chapter 7: Settings for Development: Home, School, and Community

PART IV Adolescence
Chapter 8: Physical Development in Adolescents
Chapter 9: Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Development in Adolescents

PART V Early and Middle Adulthood
Chapter 10: Constructing an Adult Life
Chapter 11: Social Development: Relationships and Roles
Chapter 12: Midlife

PART VI Later Life
Chapter 13: Later Life: Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Development
Chapter 14: The Physical Challenges of Old Age

PART VII Endings
Chapter 15: Death and Dying
Final Thoughts

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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.

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