Adolescence - Brossura

Santrock, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0073382612 ISBN 13: 9780073382616

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2008

Riassunto

More students learn from John Santrock’s Adolescence than from any other text in this field. Students and instructors rely on the careful balance of accurate, current research and applications to the real lives of adolescents. This new 12th edition features expanded coverage of emerging adulthood, increased coverage of brain development, integrated and expanded coverage of health and wellness, and a new and improved Visual Assets Database for instructors.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of Charleston, the University of Georgia, and the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology at the undergraduate level. In 2006, Dr. Santrock received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in Teaching Award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology on the contextual aspects of affectively toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 13th Edition; Life-Span Development, 14th Edition; Adolescence, 14th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.

Contenuti:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Puberty, Health, and Biological Foundations

Chapter 3 The Brain and Cognitive Development

Chapter 4 The Self, Identity, Emotions, and Personality

Chapter 5 Gender

Chapter 6 Sexuality

Chapter 7 Moral Development, Values, and Religion

Chapter 8 Families

Chapter 9 Peer and Romantic Relationships

Chapter 10 Schools

Chapter 11 Achievement, Work, and Careers

Chapter 12 Culture

Chapter 13 Problems in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0073382612
• ISBN 13: 9780073382616
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 510