Human development

Diane E. Papalia, Sally Wendkos Olds, Ruth Duskin Feldman

McGraw-Hill, 1998 - Psychology - 752 pages

Contents

• ABOUT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1 PART: 1
• CONCEPTS: 3
• CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER THIRTEEN: 6

About the author

As a professor, Diane E. Papalia has taught thousands of undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her bachelor's degree, majoring in psychology, from Vassar College and both her master's degree in child development and family relations and her Ph.D. in life-span developmental psychology from West Virginia University. She has published numerous articles in such professional journals as Human Development, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, Sex Roles, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and Journal of Gerontology. Most of these papers have dealt with her major research focus, cognitive development from childhood through old age.

Sally Wendkos Olds is an award-winning professional writer who has written more than 200 articles in leading magazines and is the author or coauthor of six books addressed to general readers in addition to the three textbooks she has coauthored with Dr. Papalia. Her book "The Complete Book of Breastfeeding", a classic since its publication in 1972, was reissued in 1999 in a completely updated and expanded edition; more than 2 million copies are in print. She has spoken widely on the topics of her books and articles to both professional and lay audiences, in person and on television and radio. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in English literature and minored in psychology. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was graduated summa cum laude.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Human development
• Authors: Diane E. Papalia, Sally Wendkos Olds, Ruth Duskin Feldman
• Edition: 7, illustrated
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1998
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 23, 2007
• ISBN: 0070487723, 9780070487727
• Length: 752 pages
• Subjects: Developmental psychobiology; Developmental psychology; Psychology / Developmental / General; Psychology / General; Psychology / Physiological Psychology