Author(s) : John W. Santrock
As a master teacher, John Santrock connects current scholarship with real-world applications, helping students see how developmental psychology plays a role in their own lives and future careers. Students report that highlighting the connections among the different aspects of lifespan development helps them to better understand the concepts. The robust research foundation of this text is made accessible to students through an integrated learning goals system, resulting in a comprehensive and chronological approach to lifespan development that helps students gain the insight they need to study smarter, stay focused, and improve performance. McGraw Hill Connect's® digital learning tools are invaluable in helping students synthesize and master the broad scope of content of the lifespan development course.
This edition provides extensive learning connections throughout the chapters. The learning system connects the chapter opening outline, learning goals for the chapter, mini-chapter maps that open each main section of the chapter, Review Connect, and Reflect questions at the end of each main section, and the chapter summary at the end of each chapter. In this edition, real-life connections are explicitly made through the chapter opening vignette, Connecting Development to Life, the Milestones program that helps students watch life as it unfolds, and Connecting with Careers