TY - BOOK AU - Kail,Robert V. AU - Cavanaugh,John C. TI - Human development: a life-span view SN - 9781305116641 (hbk.) : U1 - 155 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Australia PB - South-Western KW - Developmental psychology N1 - Formerly CIP; Previous ed.: Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013; Includes bibliographical references and index; CONTENTS : The study of human development -- Biological foundations : heredity, prenatal development, and birth -- Tools for exploring the world : physical, perceptual, and motor development -- The emergence of thought and language : cognitive development in infancy and early childhood -- Entering the social world : socioemotional development in infancy and early childhood -- Off to school : cognitive and physical development in middle childhood -- Expanding social horizons : socioemotional development in middle childhood rites of passage : physical and cognitive development in adolescence -- Moving into the adult social world : socioemotional development in adolescence -- Becoming an adult : physical, cognitive, and personality development in young adulthood -- Being with others : forming relationships in young and middle adulthood -- Work and leisure : occupational and lifestyle issues in young and middle adulthood -- Making it in midlife : the biopsychosocial challenges of middle adulthood -- The personal context of later life : physical, cognitive, and mental health issues -- Social aspects of later life : psychosocial, retirement, relationship, and societal issues -- The final passage : dying and bereavement ER -