Student Study Guide to accompany Human Development

by Diane E. Papalia

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, 6/e is a dynamic survey of development from the prenatal period through adulthood. As in previous editions, the sixth edition utilizes multidisciplinary examples and research to convey the breadth and complexity of the study of lifespan development. Vander Zanden draws material from psychology, biology, sociology and anthropology in order to apply and explicate the myriad developmental issues that confront us throughout everyday life.

Paperback

Published August 1, 2003

About the author

As a professor, Diane E. Papalia has taught thousands of undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her bachelor's degree, majoring in psychology, from Vassar College and both her master's degree in child development and family relations and her Ph.D. in life-span developmental psychology from West Virginia University. She has published numerous articles in such professional journals as Human Development, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Sex Roles, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and Journal of Gerontology. Most of these papers have dealt with her major research focus, cognitive development from childhood through old age.