Psychology, Behavioral Science, Social Studies

Life Span Development: Bases for Preventive and Intervention Helping

Health, Fitness & Dieting

john-w-santrock

Psychology & Counseling

Macmillan Pub. Co.

More students learn from John Santrock's "Adolescence" than from any other text in this field. The 13th edition combines proven pedagogy and the most current research to provide a market leading presentation of adolescence. This time tested text provides compelling contemporary research, including updates from eleven leading experts in the field. The text's accessible presentation, plentiful applications and engaging writing foster increased mastery of the content. The new edition includes substantially expanded material on diversity and culture, adolescents' and emerging adults' health and well-being, including numerous recommendations for improving the lives of adolescents, and expanded emphasis on the positive aspects of adolescent development.

Adolescence

McGraw-Hill/Higher Education

Psychology

Medical Books

Mcgraw-Hill College

A Topical Approach to Life-Span Development (International Edition)--Third Edition

Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co

Psychology, 2nd Updated Edition

TATA McGraw-Hill

About the Author\nJohn W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1973. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the Program in Psychology and Human Development at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he currently teaches a number of undergraduate courses and was given the University’s Effective Teaching Award in 2006. John has been a member of the editorial boards of Child Development and Developmental Psychology. His research on father custody is widely cited and is used in expert witness testimony to promote flexibility and alternative considerations in custody disputes. John also has authored these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Psychology (7th edition), Children (10th edition), Adolescence(12th edition), Topical Life-Span Development (4th edition), and Educational Psychology (4th edition).\nJohn Mitterer was awarded his B.A. from the University of Calgary in 1974 and his Ph.D. from McMaster University in 1981. His primary research focus has been the application of technology in education. He has carried out and published basic research and consulted with many companies. He makes extensive use of multimedia in his lectures and has been invited to talk about his approach to lecturing at many conferences. John's research and teaching foci has converged in his multimedia work. He has produced serveral videodiscs and CD-ROMs for first-year introductory psychology courses, and has been Webmaster for the Brock University Psychology Department.\nExtensively developed based on exhaustive reviewer feedback, Santrock/Mitterer Psychology, First Canadian Edition is a highly readable, practical and research-oriented introduction to the discipline. Adapted from the U.S. Sixth Edition, Santrock/Mitterer presents psychology within a Canadian context by using examples, statistics and cultural references that students can relate to. The vital research that shapes psychology is maintained in this edition. No other introductory text provides a better balance of research vs. pedagogy, content vs. applications, depth vs. breadth, and theoretical vs. practical information. All of this is presented in clear, understandable prose and in a highly visual design that is pedagogically sound and striking without being distracting.

Psychology First Canadian Edition

John O. Mitterer

McGraw-Hill Ryerson Higher Education

Psychology - AEC Study Guide

Life-Span Development

Educational Psychology

Written by the author of highly effective psychology texts relied upon by thousands of teachers and students, "Educational Psychology" is a well-crafted text that emphasizes the application of theory to classroom practice. With richly evocative classroom vignettes provided by practicing teachers, as well as the most case studies - three per chapter - of any introductory text, Santrock's "Educational Psychology" helps students think critically about the research basis for best practices. Additionally, Santrock's hallmark Learning System organizes the content into manageable chunks to support retention and mastery, and make it much more likely that students will have an engaging and successful course experience.

Education & Teaching

Vera Woloshyn

Tiffany Gallagher

Tony Di Petta

Zopito Marini

Schools & Teaching

Driven by learning goals, previous editions of this text have been widely adopted for their accurate, complete, and up-to-date coverage. While maintaining these hallmarks, this revision includes increased coverage of adulthood and aging, a new "Interlude" feature on applications, and updated research with more 21st-century citations than ever before.

Life-span Development

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