Book Description With skill and enthusiasm， respected authors and noted researchers Robert V. Kail and John C. Cavanaugh tell a comprehensive and engaging story of life in HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFESPAN VIEW， SECOND EDITION. Experts in child development and adulthood and aging， respectively， Kail and Cavanaugh relate the fascinating story of the human lifespan. Their streamlined approach eliminates the redundancy of describing the lifespan via the traditional organizational structure used by many texts for the course. Instead， Kail and Cavanaugh employ a four-part structure that covers early childhood， the school years， the working/raising children years， and later life. This accurate and lively depiction of the developmental process helps students make better sense of our most intriguing and intricate journey. . .life.Providing full coverage of child and adult development within a modified chronological framework， Kail and Cavanaugh help students make the connections between chapters by emphasizing the dynamic interplay of biological， psychological， and social forces on development. This integrated biopsychosocial approach not only address the needs of many instructors， but also helps students understand how each element of development impacts the others. And unlike other lifespan texts which devote 40% or less of their coverage to adulthood and aging， HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFESPAN VIEW devotes as much coverage to adulthood and aging as to childhood and adolescence-all in 15 manageable chapters. About the Author Robert V. Kail is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. His undergraduate degree is from Ohio Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Kail's accomplishments include receiving the McCandless Young Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association and the distinction of being named Distinguished Sesquicentennial Alumnus in Psychology (Ohio Wesleyan University)， and a fellow in the American Psychological Society. He has served as Associate Editor for the journal "Child Development，" and is currently Editor of the "Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and the Editor of Advances in Child Development and Behavior." His research interests are in the area of cognitive development during childhood and adolescence， and focus on the causes and consequences of developmental change in the speed of information processing. John C. Cavanaugh is currently President of the University of West Florida. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware and his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association， The American Psychological Society， and the Gerontological Society of America. He has been an American Council of Education Fellow and elected President of the Adult Development and Aging Division of the APA (Division 20). He was a Congressionally-selected delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging. His research interests in gerontology concern family care-giving as well as the role of beliefs in older adult's cognitive performance. He is also the co-author of ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING， Fifth Edition (Thomson Wadsworth， 2006) with Fredda Blanchard-Fields. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.