Human Development: A Lifespan View, Second Edition

by Robert V. Kail, John C. Cavanaugh

With skill and enthusiasm, respected authors and noted researchers Robert V. Kail and John C. Cavanaugh tell a comprehensive and engaging story of life in HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFESPAN VIEW, SECOND EDITION. Experts in child development and adulthood and aging, respectively, Kail and Cavanaugh relate the fascinating story of the human lifespan. Their streamlined approach eliminates the redundancy of describing the lifespan via the traditional organizational structure used by many texts for the course. Instead, Kail and Cavanaugh employ a four-part structure that covers early childhood, the school years, the working/raising children years, and later life. This accurate and lively depiction of the developmental process helps students make better sense of our most intriguing and intricate journey. . .life. Providing full coverage of child and adult development within a modified chronological framework, Kail and Cavanaugh help students make the connections between chapters by emphasizing the dynamic interplay of biological, psychological, and social forces on development. This integrated biopsychosocial approach not only address the needs of many instructors, but also helps students understand how each element of development impacts the others. And unlike other lifespan texts which devote 40% or less of their coverage to adulthood and aging, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFESPAN VIEW devotes as much coverage to adulthood and aging as to childhood and adolescence-all in 15 manageable chapters.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, School, Nonfiction, Grad School, Counselling, Science

680 pages, Hardcover

First published November 28, 1995

About the author

Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Kail has been a faculty member in Purdue's Department of Psychological Sciences since 1979. Prior to that, he was an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Kail has 65 publications in refereed journals, and he has written five textbooks. He is editor of Psychological Science and the incoming editor of Child Development Perspectives. Previously he served as editor of Advances in Child Development and Behavior and the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

Alternative Names
Kail, Robert, 1950-
Kail, Robert V.
Kail, Robert V., Jr.

Reviews

[echo degeorge]

so SO many typos and grammatical errors wow i’m actually impressed

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm teaching Developmental Psychology this semester and this was a solid book. It served it's purpose, and my class didn't outwardly complain (which is tantamount to a rave review).

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wouldn't recommend it for fun time reading but a good textbook!

[Olivia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just a fine textbook for human dev. Nothing special or fun. Will be interesting to see the post-COVID updates. Can be used for undergrad or graduate level courses. I did like the little tests at the end of every chapter.

[Crystal Blomgren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty dry. Surface level only. It was also very obvious with the new version they tried making it all inclusive with the scenarios and names involved. It was like they tried too hard to be inclusive in the scenarios.

[Cali Bakker · Rating 4 out of 5]

As far as textbooks go, this one was good to read. It was highly organized and easy to use and scan for references and reviews.

[Essie-Marie F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice textbook format, easy to understand, helpful examples. . . I did enjoy it.

[COLLEEN · Rating 3 out of 5]

So many editing problems. Needs a good copy editor.

[Emily Rink]

Read for ED PSYH 640

[Scott Whitney · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book may have actually been information overload. There was way too much book for the term and the class was not able to get to all of it. The information was good but lengthy and there was so much of it that it would all run together. I enjoyed reading the book there was just too much of it.

[Natascha]

For Psychology 200 class

[Jaime · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book I'm reading for my Psych class. I find this class really interesting. Getting to learn everything about how us humans develop over a life span.

[ella! · Rating 3 out of 5]

yass counseling 610 !!