Experiencing the Lifespan

by Janet Belsky

Experiencing the Lifespan

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, School, Textbooks, Science

600 pages, Paperback

First published December 22, 2006

Reviews

[Nat]

if i can’t add my university textbooks to my goodreads challenge then what’s the point

[Sunny Graham]

I am so glad to be finished with this work of pedantic garbage. Apparently the author doesn't know the difference between gender and biological sex. Belsky has entirely skipped over the fact that many individuals are not conveniently classified as male or female and that heterosexuality is not the only option for humanbeings. When this sort of information is disseminated as if it is absolute truth it serves to stunt the intellectual growth of students.

[Ali]

Ill admit the 1 star is for my teacher and not the book. I never knew graphic design was a requirement for getting your psychology masters.

[Faith Taylor]

Really enjoyable textbook to be honest!

[Ally Clinkenbeard]

if I have to spend a whole semester reading this then i’m gonna add it to my reading challenge, overall tho it was ok not the most boring textbook i’ve read, it was a bit heteronormative tho

[Izlinda]

My text for my Life-Span Developmental Psychology course, I found this book to be laid-out in a easy to follow manner. The break up of parts into sections and "Tying It All Together" Questions at the end of each section was extremely helpful. The references the author made to past chapters/topics also helped me think of what I read in later chapters as relevant/follow the thread of development better (and vice versa when she referred to something we would learn later in the book).

[Kari]

This was a book that I HAD to read for my lifespan developement pyschology class, but I must say out of all the other psychology books, this author did a wonderful job at explaining development. I enjoyed this book and will continue to use it throughout my life.

[Stevie]

I have never been more depressed after reading a book. After finishing this book it made me ask myself "what is the point?" I know we all die but the way she wrote it made me feel like we have no chance of a good life unless we are rich. Not a good psychology book at all.

[Oana]

I had this book for the Developmental Psychology course and it was really nice and easy to read. It provides a general overview about the human life, from cell to death, with the struggles from each stage of life.

[Vanessa]

Read this for a class. Turns out I remember a ton of stuff that was in in it, so I guess it's pretty good.

[Amie]

This class was pretty interesting. And because I'm a big sissy I cried reading the last two chapters because they were about death.

[Betsy Gant]

Great book. Well written.

[Sonya Wanvig]

Great textbook