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The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence

Thirteenth Edition  ©2024 Kathleen Stassen Berger Formats: Achieve, Read & Practice, E-book, Print

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    Kathleen Berger

    Kathleen Stassen Berger transferred from Stanford University to Radcliffe, earning a B.A. and M.A.T. from Harvard University, and then an M.S. and Ph.D. from Yeshiva University, all while teaching adolescents. Her broad experience as a learner and educator includes directing a preschool, chairing philosophy at the United Nations International School, and teaching human development to graduate students at Fordham University, undergraduates at Montclair State University, aspiring professionals at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, and incarcerated individuals at Sing Sing Prison. For most of her professional career, Berger has been a professor at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York.

    Berger is also the author of  Invitation to the Life Span, The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence, and  A Topical Approach to the Developing Person Through the Life Span, as well as Grandmothering: Building Strong Ties with Every Generation. Berger’s research interests include adolescent identity, immigration, bullying, and grandparents, and she has published articles in the Wiley Encyclopedia of Psychology, Developmental Review , and Human Development, and in publications of the American Association for Higher Education and the National Education Association for Higher Education. She continues teaching and learning, not only from students and friends but also from four daughters and three grandsons.

Table of Contents

PART I The Beginnings
Chapter 1 The Science of Human Development
Chapter 2 Theories of Development
Chapter 3 The New Genetics
Chapter 4 Prenatal Development and Birth


PART II The First Two Years
Chapter 5 The First Two Years: Biosocial Development
Chapter 6 The First Two Years: Cognitive Development
Chapter 7 The First Two Years: Psychosocial Development


PART III Early Childhood
Chapter 8 Early Childhood: Biosocial Development
Chapter 9 Early Childhood: Cognitive Development
Chapter 10 Early Childhood: Psychosocial Development


PART IV Middle Childhood
Chapter 11 Middle Childhood: Biosocial Development
Chapter 12 Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development
Chapter 13 Middle Childhood: Psychosocial Development


PART V Adolescence
Chapter 14 Adolescence: Biosocial Development
Chapter 15 Adolescence: Cognitive Development
Chapter 16 Adolescence: Psychosocial Development
Epilogue: Emerging Adulthood

Product Updates

New topics and research including:

  • Screen time
  • The lasting effects of Covid-19 on children and adolescents
  • Gender identity and sexual orientation
  • The psychosocial effects of the threat of gun violence and of active shooter drills
  • Family structures

 

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