Looking Forward Through The Lifespan

When a local context really makes the difference…
 
The edition of this original Australian text continues to offer the most balanced coverage of theory and research for Australian students and educators and appeals to students from many backgrounds. It covers the domains of development including neurological, cognitive, social, physical and personality.
 
The text is organised chronologically by chapter. Within each chapter content is organised topically. This structure allows for a degree of flexibility and lecturers can choose the way they wish to approach the content, whether it is topically or chronologically.

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Features

• Australian research and applications give students an understanding of development psychology in their own cultural and social environment.
• Comprehensive coverage of Indigenous development issues encourages students to consider the diversity of human experiences.
• International examples expose students to different cultures, allowing them to see how global patterns affect developmental psychology.
• There is a solid introduction to the research methodology of developmental psychology.

New to this edition

• Engaging presentation - the use of a four-colour layout with striking new modern design and new colour photographs, engages students and helps them navigate the text efficiently.
• Significantly updated material and research throughout reflects the most current information available in the field and keeps students and instructors up to date with the latest developments in the field.  In particular new content includes an even stronger emphasis on local multicultural and Indigenous Australian/New Zealand content as well as new content on neurocognition.
• Updated figures, tables and boxes throughout the text
• Integration and discussion of My Virtual Child and MyVirtual Life in conjunction with relevant content within the text.