Adolescence and Adulthood - Transitions and Transformations

From the teenage years to retirement, each phase of life presents different challenges and new experiences.Examining the patterns of development throughout the lifespan, the authors provide key insights into how we experience the world, and they examine how established theories have been challenged by recent changes to the understanding of human development.Whatever your level of study, this absorbing introduction will give you a deeper appreciation of the different life phases and how psychological principles aid our understanding of them.>

Sommario

1. Stage Theories of Lifespan Development
2. Ecological Theories of Human Development
3. What Is Adolescence?
4. Social Teenagers
5. From Teenagers to Early Adults
6. From Early Adults to Mid-Lifers
7. Old Age and Development: Towards Successful Ageing
8. Towards a New Positive Theory of Human Development.

Info autore

LEO HENDRY is Emeritus Professor, University of Aberdeen, UK, and Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Le Hendry, Leo Hendry, Leo B. Hendry, Leo B. Kloep Hendry, Marion Kloep, Kloep Marion
• Editore: Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.02.2012
• EAN: 9780230296404
• ISBN: 978-0-230-29640-4
• Pagine: 216
• Serie: Palgrave Insights in Psychology; Palgrave Insights in Psychology Series; Macmillan Insights in Psychology series; Palgrave Insights in Psycholog; Macmillan Insights in Psychology series; Palgrave Insights in Psychology; Palgrave Insights in Psycholog; Bloomsbury Insights in Psychology series
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; B, Social Sciences, Developmental Psychology, adolescence;development;early adulthood;psychology, For advanced / upper secondary education, adolescence; development; early adulthood; psychology