Book
Adolescence
Record details
- ISBN: 0073382612 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780073382616 (alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
print - Edition: 12th ed.
- Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | New September 2009. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. R1-R58) and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Images of adolescent development: the youths of Jeffrey Dalmer, Alice Walker and Michael Maddaus -- The historical perspective -- Today's adolescents in the United States and around the world -- The nature of development -- The science of adolescent development -- Appendix: Careers in adolescent development -- Web site connections for careers in adolescent development -- Puberty -- Health -- Evolution, heredity and environment -- The brain -- The cognitive developmental view -- The information-processing view -- The psychometric/intelligence view -- Social cognition -- The self -- Identity -- Emotional development -- Personality development -- Biological, social and cognitive influences on gender -- Gender stereotypes, similarities and differences -- Gender-role classification -- Developmental changes and junctures -- Exploring adolescent sexuality -- Sexual attitudes and behaviour -- Adolescent sexual problems -- Sexual literacy and sex education -- Domains of moral development -- Contexts of moral development -- Values, religion and cults -- Family processes -- Adolescents' and emerging adults' relationships with parents -- Sibling relationships -- The changing family in a changing society -- Exploring peer relations and friendship -- Adolescent groups -- Gender and culture -- Dating and romantic relationships -- Emerging adult lifestyles -- Approaches to educating students -- Transitions in schooling -- The social contexts of school -- Adolescents who are exceptional -- Achievement -- Work -- Career development -- Culture, adolescence and emerging adulthood -- Socioeconomic status and poverty -- Ethnicity -- The media and technology -- Exploring adolescent and emerging adult problems -- Problems and disorders -- Interrelation of problems and prevention/intervention -- Glossary. |
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| Subject: | Adolescence Adolescent psychology |
