Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective

by Martha Lally, Suzanne Valentine-French

Open Source textbook

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Lifespan Development
Chapter 2: Heredity, Prenatal Development, and Birth
Chapter 3: Infancy and Toddlerhood
Chapter 4: Early Childhood
Chapter 5: Middle and Late Childhood
Chapter 6: Adolescence
Chapter 7: Emerging and Early Adulthood
Chapter 8: Middle Adulthood
Chapter 9: Late Adulthood
Chapter 10: Death and Dying

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Genres: Psychology, School, College

468 pages, PDF

Published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Eraldo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seem like an academic book for a psychological course, i appreciate so much that there are many sources where studies come from and all statistics, if you know a little about development and you want to know basic-medium knowledge, this is good.

[ChadO · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, the book was pretty decent. I do like how the information was chronological, easy to follow and had graphs and figures to explain some topics. I didn't necessarily care for the circular definitions that they would give for some topics. They usually tried to follow up with examples which usually clarified the terms. Another area that I didn't care for was the presentation on some of the statistics. I felt like when you're listing a bunch of numbers, it can easily distract from the points you're trying to make. I felt myself having to re-read very carefully on numerous occasions. I had to use this book for my Dev. Psych. class, and I'm super glad that I got a free pdf version from class.

[Victoria]

I read this for my psych of adolescence and adulthood course this fall semester. I think it was a pretty good textbook, informative and not super boring. Also, there are enough images so that it doesn’t just become a text filled page either, which can end up being another problem with some textbooks. Overall, a good source I think.

[Lexi Dudney · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a textbook for my human growth and development class, it was definitely a good one and included lots of information. I liked how it was chronological. At times it was just soooo hard to get through because of the dense amount of information it contained. I will definitely be going back and reading again once I start a family of my own.

[With_lovelaurent · Rating 2 out of 5]

I never thought I would get emotional over developmental theories. I had a department exam on this cover-to-cover page exam and listed 50 item scoring. I literally just died. I can't believe I finished this before "If we were Villains" by M.L Rio... so disappointed in myself, tbh anyways, being a psych student is so fucking hard, worth it tho.

[Ripp Chazire]

I wouldn't say I like textbooks, but this one is particularly repetitive, and the formatting makes no sense; multiple research studies are intermixed in areas they don't apply in—information about adults in the chapters about children and vice versus.

[S. J. Holton · Rating 3 out of 5]

So many misspelled words and poorly punctuated sentences. I question why a professor would use this text.

[avery · Rating 2 out of 5]

lowkey not bad for a textbook. easy to skim

[Kristin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this for my Human Development course. A great read with the study material for class. Goes in depth from “womb to tomb” what humans go through throughout their lifespan.

[hirayannie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Should I consider this as a book I read in 2023? (I mean I did read 400+ pages of that for class so I guess why not?)

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked how it included many different aspects of life and how they can impact development!