| Life-Span Development and Behavior: Volume 12 Contributor(s): Featherman, David L. (Editor), Lerner, Richard M. (Editor), Perlmutter, Marion (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805815074 ISBN-13: 9780805815078 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: The final volume in this significant series, this publication mirrors the broad scientific attention given to ideas and issues associated with the life-span perspective: constancy and change in human development; opportunities for and constraints on plasticity in structure and function across life; the potential for intervention across the entire life course (and thus for the creation of an applied developmental science); individual differences (diversity) in life paths, in contexts (or the ecology) of human development, and in changing relations between people and contexts; interconnections and discontinuities across age levels and developmental periods; and the importance of integrating biological, psychological, social, cultural, and historical levels of organization in order to understand human development. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - General |
| Dewey: 155.05 |
| LCCN: 78643797 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Series: Life-Span Development and Behavior |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.46" W x 9.2" (1.50 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The final volume in this significant series, this publication mirrors the broad scientific attention given to ideas and issues associated with the life-span perspective: constancy and change in human development; opportunities for and constraints on plasticity in structure and function across life; the potential for intervention across the entire life course (and thus for the creation of an applied developmental science); individual differences (diversity) in life paths, in contexts (or the ecology) of human development, and in changing relations between people and contexts; interconnections and discontinuities across age levels and developmental periods; and the importance of integrating biological, psychological, social, cultural, and historical levels of organization in order to understand human development. |