Human Development
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Hallmark features of this title
- Chapters devoted to toddlerhood and emerging adulthood, sometimes overlooked stages of development, help paint a detailed picture of human development.
- Examples of domestic culture integrated throughout the text show students that culture is present everywhere, both at home and abroad.
- Cultural Focus features highlight how culture impacts various aspects of development, such as gross motor development and family relationships.
- Research Focus features describe a particular research study, including its premises, methods, results and limitations.
- Infographic maps help provide a geographic and cultural context for variations in development.
- Personal anecdotes about the authors’ own children serve as enjoyable, real life-examples of developmental science.
New and updated features of this title
- UPDATED: For the 3rd edition, the authors have revised every chapter to incorporate the latest and most important human development research, as well as to enhance existing material. Highlights of new and updated content include:
- contemporary cognitive development research on object permanence across species, and the roles of babbling, gesturing, and turn-taking in the emergence of speech, in Chapter 4, Infancy
- updated information on the diets of American children, including the roles of SES, ethnicity, and immigrant generation, in Chapter 6, Early Childhood
- a new section on executive function in middle childhood, including the impact of physical exercise and multilingualism, in Chapter 7, Middle Childhood
- new information about sleep in emerging adulthood, including the concepts of delayed sleep phase syndrome and sleep debt, in Chapter 9, Emerging Adulthood
- introduction of the concept of the bridge job, in which older workers reduce their work hours but remain in the labor force or take another job that is less demanding, in Chapter 12, Late Adulthood
Help students understand how culture impacts development — and why it matters
Revel™ Human Development: A Cultural Approach leads students to examine all stages of development through the engaging lens of culture. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and new coauthor Lene Arnett Jensen integrate cross-cultural examples throughout the narrative to reveal the impact of cultural factors both in the US and around the world. The 3rd Edition includes thoroughly updated research and data for a learning experience that best prepares students to face challenges in our diverse and globalized world — whether they travel the globe or remain in their hometowns.
Revel is Pearson’s newest way of delivering our respected content. Fully digital and highly engaging, Revel replaces the textbook and gives students everything they need for the course. Informed by extensive research on how people read, think, and learn, Revel is an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience — for less than the cost of a traditional textbook.
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| Dimensions | 1.00 × 8.30 × 10.80 in |
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| Subjects | psychology, social sciences, higher education, SCI056000, Humanities and Social Sciences, Lifespan Development |
