 Lifespan development.
Author: Boyd, Denise & Helen Bee Published: 2003 Focusing on human development across the lifespan, this fourth edition of a standard textbook contains sections corresponding to the different cycles of the lifestyle, from infancy to death. Each section concludes with a policy issue for students to consider, such as as prosecution of pregnant women who use illicit drugs. Among the topics covered are psychoanalytic theories of development, genetic disorders, the development of language, adolescent sexual behaviour, primary and secondary aging, mate selection, and the effects of retirement. |
