Human Development: A Life-Span View

by Robert V. Kail, John C. Cavanaugh

Balanced coverage of the entire life span is just one thing that distinguishes HUMAN A LIFE-SPAN VIEW, Seventh Edition. With its comprehensive, succinct, and applied coverage, the text has proven its ability to capture students' interest while introducing them to the issues, forces, and outcomes that make us who we are. Robert V. Kail's expertise in childhood and adolescence, combined with John C. Cavanaugh's extensive research in gerontology, result in a book with a rich description of all life-span stages and important topics. A modified chronological approach traces development in sequential order from conception through late life, while also dedicating several chapters to key topical issues. This organization also allows the book to be relatively briefer than other texts, a benefit given the enormous amount of information covered in the course. The authors provide theoretical and empirical foundations that enable students to become educated, critical interpreters of developmental information. A blend of basic and applied research, as well as coverage of controversial topics and emergent trends, demonstrates connections between the laboratory and life.Important Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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

720 pages, Kindle Edition

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.

[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 !!