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Discovering the Life Span, 3/e by Robert S. Feldman helps students truly connect to the material. Written in an engaging and accessible style and organized in a modular format, this title allows instructors to cover the entire life span without having to sacrifice content throughout their course. Students will get a better sense of the entire process of development and understand how the domains of development work together. Discovering the Life Span is a meaningful learning experience that prepares readers to apply content to their personal and future professional lives.

MyPsychLab is an integral part of the Feldman program. Engaging activities and assessments provide a teaching and learning system that will help students master life span development. New features include the updated MyPsychLab Video Series for Lifespan Development, which contains a rich assortment of video clips including sketchnote-style tutorials as well as cross-cultural footage and segments featuring real students sharing their experiences. MyPsychLab also contains MyVirtualLife, an engaging variable-based simulation that allows students to experience lifespan development firsthand.

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Robert S. Feldman is Professor of Psychology and Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A recipient of the College Distinguished Teacher Award, he teaches psychology classes ranging in size from 15 to nearly 500 students. During the course of more than two decades as a college instructor, he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at Mount Holyoke College, Wesleyan University, Virginia Commonwealth University, in addition to the University of Massachusetts.

Feldman, who initiated the Minority Mentoring Program at the University of Massachusetts, also has served as a Hewlett Teaching Fellow and Senior Online Teaching Fellow. He initiated distance learning courses in psychology at the University of Massachusetts.

A Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, Professor Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Feldman is a winner of a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer award, and he has written more than 150 books, book chapters, and scientific articles. He has edited Development of Nonverbal Behavior in Children (Springer-Verlag), Applications of Nonverbal Behavioral Theory and Research (Erlbaum), and co-edited Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior (Cambridge University Press). He is also author of Child Development, Understanding Psychology, and P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life. His books have been translated into a number of languages, including Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, and Japanese.

His research interests include honesty and deception in everyday life and the use of nonverbal behavior in impression management, and his research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research.

Feldman loves music, is an enthusiastic, if not-exactly-expert, pianist, and he enjoys cooking and traveling. He has three children, and he and his wife, a psychologist, live in western Massachusetts, in a home overlooking the Holyoke mountain range.

In this Section:

1. Brief Table of Contents

2. Full Table of Contents

1. Brief Table of Contents:

Chapter 1:            Introduction

Chapter 2:         The Start of Life

Chapter 3:         Infancy

Chapter 4:            The Preschool Years

Chapter 5:         Middle Childhood

Chapter 6:            Adolescence

Chapter 7:         Early Adulthood

Chapter 8:            Middle Adulthood

Chapter 9:            Late Adulthood

Chapter 10:         Death and Dying

2. Full Table of Contents:

Chapter 1:     Introduction

Module 1.1 Beginnings

Module 1.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Lifespan Development

Module 1.3 Research Methods

Chapter 2:     The Start of Life

Module 2.1 Prenatal Development

Module 2.2 Prenatal Growth and Change

Module 2.3 Birth and the Newborn Infant

Chapter 3:     Infancy

Module 3.1 Physical Development in Infancy

Module 3.2 Cognitive Development in Infancy

Module 3.3 Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Chapter 4:     The Preschool Years

Module 4.1 Physical Development in the Preschool Years

Module 4.2 Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years

Module 4.3 Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years

Chapter 5:     Middle Childhood

Module 5.1 Physical Development in Middle Childhood

Module 5.2 Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Module 5.3 Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

Chapter 6:     Adolescence

Module 6.1 Physical Development in Adolescence

Module 6.2 Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Module 6.3 Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Chapter 7:     Early Adulthood

Module 7.1 Physical Development in Early Adulthood

Module 7.2 Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Module 7.3 Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

Chapter 8:     Middle Adulthood

Module 8.1 Physical Development in Middle Adulthood

Module 8.2 Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Module 8.3 Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

Chapter 9:     Late Adulthood

Module 9.1 Physical Development in Late Adulthood

Module 9.2 Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Module 9.3 Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood

Chapter 10:   Death and Dying

Module 10.1 Dying and Death Across the Life Span

Module 10.2 Confronting Death

Module 10.3 Grief and Bereavement

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