This long-trusted text features an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and contextual perspective on development. Applications to psychology, health care, social work, education, and family dynamics make this a perfect book for classes with a mixed population of majors. Continuing the hallmark diversity coverage of the prior eight editions, Crandell et al once again do an incomparable job examining populations at risk and explaining how they experience development and why their experience is different. With more than 1200 new references, the 9th edition has been updated throughout to reflect the latest information available in human development.
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What sets this human development text apart is its inclusion of information about the development of differently abled as well as typical children. In this update of the 2006 edition, Thomas and Corrine Crandell (psychology, Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY), parents of a child with Down syndrome-- along with James Vander Zanden (emeritus, sociology, Ohio State U.; the original author)--treat classic and emerging issues in life span, cross-cultural, and positive aging contexts. The text includes features on human diversity, further developments, and implications for practice; critical thinking questions; color illustrations, and a glossary. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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