Adolescence / Edition 12

by John Santrock

Overview

The leading text for the Adolescence Psychology course,Adolescence 8th edition is the most accurate and up to date text available. Applauded by adopters as eloquently written and intelligently presented,this text bears John Santrock's trademark balance of accurate,current content for faculty and effective pedagogy for students. Included in this new edition are the most cutting edge research available and thoroughly integrated coverage of culture,ethnicity and gender,and school-related issues. For students,Santrock's student-celebrated pedagogical system has been enhanced to better help students see how the course material fits together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780073382616
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	11/29/2007
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

John W. Santrock received his Ph.D. from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. He taught at the University of Charleston and the University of Georgia before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as a school psychologist and currently teaches educational psychology every year at the undergraduate level. In 2006, John received the University of Texas at Dallas Excellence in teaching award. His research has included publications in the Journal of Educational Psychology that focus on the contextual aspects of affectively-toned cognition and children's self-regulatory behavior as well as teachers' perceptions of children from divorced families. He has been a member of the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. His publications include these exceptional McGraw-Hill texts: Child Development, 13th Ed; Life-Span Development, 14th Edition; Adolescence, 14th Edition; Psychology, 7th Edition; and Educational Psychology, 4th Edition.

Table of Contents

Section 1: The Nature of Adolescent Development
1. Introduction
2. The Science of Adolescent Development
Section 2: Biological and Cognitive Development
3. Biological Foundations, Puberty, and Health
4. Cognitive Development
Section 3: The Contexts of Adolescent Development
5. Families
6. Peers
7. Schools
8. Culture
Section 4: Social, Emotional, and Personality Development
9. The Self and Identity
10. Gender
11. Sexuality
12. Moral Development, Values, and Religion
13. Achievement, Careers, and Work
Section 5: Adolescent Problems
14. Adolescent Problems
Epilogue
Glossary