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082 _aC 155 H93d
100 _aHurlock, Elizabeth B.
245 0 _aDevelopmental psychology : a life-span approach
250 _a5th ed.
260 _aMandaluyong City
260 _b National Bookstore
260 _c1982
300 _axi, 477 p.
520 _aFirst, 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.
650 _aDevelopmental psychology
650 _aHuman development
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