Lifespan Development - Vantage Learning Platform

Lives in Context

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NEW AND KEY FEATURES OF LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT: LIVES IN CONTEXT, SECOND EDITION

• A streamlined organization presents information more succinctly for improved readability while retaining and enhancing coverage of major findings in developmental science.
• New and current research reflects over 1,400 references published since 2016, including nearly 900 published in 2017 and 2018, in addition to discussions of classic research.
• A new chapter on death and dying (Chapter 19) covers the processes of death, how children and adults understand death, and coping with bereavement.
• Brain and Biological Influences on Development boxes illustrate the intersection of context and brain development by applying research to neurological development.
• Cultural Influences on Development boxes that emphasize the role of context in diversity and the many forms that diversity takes now appear in every chapter.
• Content on emerging adulthood in chapters 13 and 14 gives attention to the increasing distinction between emerging adults (between 18 and 24 years old) and adults.
• Review Questions tied to Learning Objectives help students recall the most important information at the end of every chapter; suggested answers are provided in an instructor’s manual.
• A contextual perspective emphasizes how individual factors combined with the places, sociocultural environments, and ways in which we are raised influence who we become and how we grow and change throughout the lifespan.
• Lives in Context boxes offer compelling examples that illustrate how we all are embedded in multiple layers of context, including family, culture, neighborhood, community, norms, values, and historical events.
• Cultural Influences on Development boxes emphasize the role of context in diversity and the many forms that diversity takes, including gender, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and more.
• Applying Developmental Science boxes reflect the increasing relevance and influence of developmental science on contemporary issues influencing our lives.
• What Do You Think? Questions at the end of every boxed feature challenge students to assess and evaluate the issues highlighted in that feature.
• Thinking in Context critical-thinking questions appear at the end of every A-head section. These questions encourage readers to compare concepts, apply theoretical perspectives, and consider applications of research findings presented.
• Apply Your Knowledge case scenarios at the end of every chapter include in-depth questions that require students to apply their understanding to address a particular situation or problem.