Human Development: A Cultural Approach

Author:   Jeffrey Jensen Arnett ,  Lene Jensen ,  Lene Jensen
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Edition:   3rd edition
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9780134641348


Pages:   768
Publication Date:   11 September 2018
Replaced By:   9780135333532
Format:   Hardback
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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.

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Author:   Jeffrey Jensen Arnett ,  Lene Jensen ,  Lene Jensen
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 10.00cm , Height: 10.00cm , Length: 10.00cm
Weight:   0.100kg
ISBN:  

9780134641348


ISBN 10:   0134641345
Pages:   768
Publication Date:   11 September 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780135333532
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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

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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; www.ssea.org). 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.

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