Human Development: A Cultural Approach by Lene Jensen (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Human Development by Lene Jensen, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett For courses in Lifespan Development Help students understand how culture impacts development — and why it matters 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 globalised world — whether they travel the globe or remain in their hometowns. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. He received his Ph.D. in developmental psychology in 1986 from the University of Virginia, and did three years of postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago. From 1992 through 1998 he was Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Missouri, where he taught a 300-student life span development course every semester. In the fall of 2005, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark; in 2010–2011 he was the Nehru Chair at Maharaja Sayajirao University in India; and in 2017–2018 he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Bordeaux in France. His primary scholarly interest for the past 20 years has been in emerging adulthood. He coined the term, and he has conducted research on emerging adults concerning a wide variety of topics, involving several different ethnic groups in American society. He is the Founding President and Executive Director of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA; . From 2005 to 2014 he was the editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research, and currently he is on the Editorial Board of JAR and five other journals. He has published many theoretical and research papers on emerging adulthood in peer-reviewed journals, as well as the book Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties (2015, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press), among many others. Table of Contents 1. A Cultural Approach to Human Development 2. Genetics and Prenatal Development 3. Birth and the Newborn Child 4. Infancy 5. Toddlerhood 6. Early Childhood 7. Middle Childhood 8. Adolescence 9. Emerging Adulthood 10. Young Adulthood 11. Middle Adulthood 12. Late Adulthood 13. Death and Afterlife Beliefs Feature Details A print text Free shipping New Feature 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 Details ISBN0134641345 Year 2018 ISBN-10 0134641345 ISBN-13 9780134641348 Format Hardcover Pages 768 Edition 3rd Subtitle A Cultural Approach Country of Publication United States Replaces 9780133792423 Short Title Human Development Language English DEWEY 305.2 Author Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Place of Publication Upper Saddle River Imprint Pearson AU Release Date 2018-09-04 NZ Release Date 2018-09-04 Publication Date 2018-09-11 UK Release Date 2018-09-11 Publisher Pearson Education (US) Edition Description 3rd edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education US Release Date 2018-09-11 Replaced by 9780135333532 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:119126556;

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