Experiencing the Lifespan

Janet Belsky’s Experiencing the Lifespan always reflects a scientist’s understanding of key research, a psychologist’s understanding of people, and a teacher’s understanding of students. This updated new edition features significant new findings, a broad-based global perspective, and enhanced media offerings. In a highly conversational style, with pedagogy that reinforces learning, and with examples drawn from an extraordinarily broad range of cultures throughout the world, the book remains at just the right length and level of coverage to fit comfortably in a single-term course.

Part I. The Foundation
1. The People and the Field
2. Prenatal Development, Pregnancy, and Birth

Part II. Infancy
3. Infancy: Physical and Cognitive Development
4. Infancy: Socioemotional Development

Part III. Childhood
5. Early Childhood
6. Middle Childhood
7. Settings for Development. Home and School

Part IV. Adolescence
8. Physical Development
9. Cognitive and Socioemotional Development

Part V. Early and Middle Adulthood
10. Constructing an Adult Life
11. Relationships and Roles
12. Midlife

Part VI. Later Life
13. Later Life: Cognitive and Socioemotional Development
14. The Physical Challenges of Aging

Part VII. Endings
15. Death and Dying

Final Thoughts