Essentials of Human Development: A Life-Span View

by Robert V. Kail

This streamlined, readable account of human development gives you the conceptual foundations that enable you to become an educated and critical interpreter of developmental information. ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN A LIFE-SPAN VIEW also offers an introduction to relevant research and its application to important issues in life-span development. In addition, the book emphasizes the application of human development research across diverse professional settings. If you're pursuing a career related not just to psychology but to education, health, or human sciences--be it as a nurse, physician, educator, psychologist, social worker, or others--this text will show you how human development research can allow you to work more effectively with future patients, students, or clients. Succinct and filled with real-life examples that aid your understanding, it will capture your interest while introducing you to the essential issues, forces, and outcomes that make us who we are. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections Important Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

542 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 3, 2013

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

[Ashton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished reading this book for my developmental psych class and I really enjoyed reading out of this textbook.

[Michael Mavromatis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great foundational content.

[Joshua · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a fantastic textbook. The citations are endless, and it's probably the most informative and valuable psychology text I've been assigned.

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was a textbook 🤷🏼‍♀️