Developmental psychology : a life-span approach

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Mandaluyong City ; National Bookstore; 1982Edition: 5th edDescription: xi, 477 pISBN:
  • 971-08-2954-8
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • C 155 H93d
Summary: First, many areas that are receiving considerable attention at present, but which are overlooked or touched on only slightly in many other developmental-psychology textbooks, are discussed in enough detail in this revision to emphasize their significance. Among these are discussions of the obstacles scientists encounter in investigating different aspects of development at different age levels; the ethical aspects of scientific research, especially when children and and the elderly are used as subjects; the importance of names, physical attrac-tiveness, clothes, status symbols, alcohol, and drugs to the personal and social adjustments of individuals of different ages; the problems of divorce, widowhood, remarriage, cohabitation, retirement, and unemployment; and interest in death among the elderly.
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First, many areas that are receiving considerable attention at present, but which are overlooked or touched on only slightly in many other developmental-psychology textbooks, are discussed in enough detail in this revision to emphasize their significance. Among these are discussions of the obstacles scientists encounter in investigating different aspects of development at different age levels; the ethical aspects of scientific research, especially when children and and the elderly are used as subjects; the importance of names, physical attrac-tiveness, clothes, status symbols, alcohol, and drugs to the personal and social adjustments of individuals of different ages; the problems of divorce, widowhood, remarriage, cohabitation, retirement, and unemployment; and interest in death among the elderly.

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