LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT

THE COMBINED FEATURES THAT DISTINGUISH THIS TEXT FROM OTHER TITLES CAN BE SUMMARIZED WITH AN ACRONYM CARE - C UTTING EDGE RESEARCH A PPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE R EADABILITY E SSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE. WRITTEN BY RESPECTED CHILD, ADOLESCENT, AND ADULTHOOD DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS, THIS AUTHORITATIVE AND CHRONOLOGICALLY ORGANIZED TEXT PRESENTS AN INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVE ON LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT. THE AUTHORS WRITE IN AN ENGAGING MANNER, SYNTHESIZING BIOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC INFLUENCES AS OPPOSED TO ORGANIZING CONTENT AROUND DEVELOPMENTAL THEMES. INCORPORATION OF CLASSIC AND CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH INCLUDES EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF NEW RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE, WHICH HAS TRANSFORMED THE STUDY OF LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT BY INTRODUCING BRAIN MATURATION. AT THE SAME TIME, THE TEXT EMPHASIZES THE APPLICATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY TO REAL WORLD PROBLEMS, FOCUSING ON THE WAYS IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT CAN INFORM SOCIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE FIELDS OF C