A best-selling text unparalleled in its approach to teaching human development, Berk's Development Through the Lifespan is relied on in classrooms worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style, exceptional cross-cultural focus, rich examples, and long-standing commitment to presenting the most up-to-date scholarship while also offering students research-based, practical applications that they can relate to their personal and professional lives. Laura Berk, renowned professor and researcher, has revised the text with new pedagogy, a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, and an enhanced focus on many social policy issues, while emphasizing the lifespan perspective throughout. The latest theories and findings in the field are made accessible to students in a manageable and relevant way. Berk's signature storytelling style invites students to actively learn beside the text's "characters" who share their developmental milestones at different stages of life.Students are provided with an especially clear and coherent understanding of the sequence and underlying processes of human development, emphasizing the interrelatedness of all domains--physical, cognitive, emotional, social--throughout the text narrative and in special features. Berk also helps students connect their learning to their personal and professional areas of interest. Her voice comes through when speaking directly about issues students will face in their future pursuits as parents, educators, heath care providers, social workers, and researchers. As members of a global and diverse human community, students are called to intelligently approach the responsibility of understanding and responding to the needs and concerns of both young and old. While carefully considering the complexities of human development, Berk presents classic and emerging theories in an especially clear, engaging writing style, with a multitude of research-based, real-world, and cross-cultural examples.Strengthening the connections among developmental domains and of theory and research with applications, this edition's extensive revision brings forth the most recent scholarship, representing the changing field of human development.

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Good Book:

I finally read it all and I learned a lot. After the first chapter it got easier. The first chapter was all theory and I had to read it twice to understand but the rest was smooth sailing. They break the chapters into Physical/Cognitive & Emotional/Social for each developmental stage.

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I needed the book fast. I got it fast. Not only that, but I got a high quality hard cover book for less money than most pay for a used soft cover. Brilliant.

Development Through the Lifespan:

This textbook has a lot of information packed inside. It also contains a lot of interesting personal stories that sort of breaks up the monotony of scientific language.

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I am using this book as reference for a paper I am doing at University. i find it very easy to read and detailed.
It makes it alot more interesting to learn about Human Development when you have a book which provides you with real life examples and discussions.
I think Berk is a good Author!

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