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.
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这本书的结构安排堪称教科书级别的典范,但其内容远远超越了一般教材的范畴。它不像某些著作那样,将生命的不同阶段视为一个个孤立的盒子,而是清晰地勾勒出一条连续且相互渗透的动态脉络。比如,作者在分析中年危机时,并没有孤立地看待职业倦怠或家庭责任,而是追溯到了童年早期经验如何为中年期的应对模式打下基础,这种跨越时空的因果链条展示得极为清晰。对我个人而言,这本书最大的价值在于提供了一种“预见性”的视角。通过了解不同年龄段可能面临的挑战和机遇,我能够更从容地规划自己未来的人生节点,避免不必要的焦虑。它提供给读者的不是标准答案,而是检验不同路径可行性的工具箱。那种被充分赋能的感觉,让我觉得物超所值,它真正做到了将深奥的学术知识转化为实用的生活智慧。
评分坦白说,初次接触这类探讨人类成长的宏大主题时,我内心是有些许抗拒的,总担心会陷入枯燥的理论模型和僵硬的阶段划分之中。然而,这本书却以一种近乎文学性的笔触,彻底颠覆了我的预设。它最成功的地方在于,它没有将人视为一台可以被预设程序运行的机器,而是强调了环境、机遇与个人选择之间复杂难解的互动关系。我特别欣赏作者在讨论依恋理论和认知发展时所展现出的那种平衡感——既尊重经典理论的框架,又不断注入当代神经科学和跨文化研究的最新发现。这使得全书的论述既有扎实的学术底蕴,又不失时代的鲜活气息。阅读过程中,我常常停下来,思考这些理论如何在我身边人的真实生活中上演。那种发现世界运行规律的豁然开朗感,是阅读过程中最令人愉悦的体验之一,感觉自己仿佛获得了一把解读人性的万能钥匙。
评分这本书的阅读体验,更像是与一位经验极其丰富、充满智慧的导师进行了一次漫长而深入的对谈。它没有使用过于晦涩难懂的语言,但其思想的深度却丝毫不减。最让我印象深刻的是,作者在讨论社会化进程时,极大地拓宽了我的视野,让我意识到“发展”这个概念绝非局限于西方个体主义的框架内。书中对集体主义文化背景下个体身份建构的探讨,尤其发人深省,迫使我反思自己过往基于单一文化背景的固有认知。这种跨文化的比较分析,极大地增强了本书的普适性和讨论的广度。它成功地将生物学基础、心理发展轨迹与宏大的社会结构力量编织在一起,形成了一张既精细又宏伟的人类发展蓝图,读罢,只觉心中豁然开朗,对生命的多样性充满了敬畏。
评分这部作品的叙事风格着实引人入胜,作者似乎拥有将抽象的生命周期概念具象化的魔力。读来,我仿佛置身于一条蜿蜒的河流之中,目睹着个体从初生的微小嫩芽,如何历经风雨,最终长成参天大树的全部历程。书中对关键发展阶段的捕捉精准而细腻,比如青春期那种内在的挣扎与身份的重塑,描绘得丝丝入扣,让人不禁回想起自己青葱岁月的迷茫与渴望。作者并没有陷入纯粹的学术术语堆砌,而是巧妙地融入了大量生动的案例和引人深思的社会文化背景分析。尤其是在探讨老年阶段时,那种对智慧积累与生命回顾的深刻洞察,触动了我内心深处对“圆满”二字的全新理解。它不是简单的知识灌输,而更像是一场与生命对话的旅程,引导我们去珍惜每一个“正在发生”的时刻,并以更宽容和理解的视角去审视周遭形形色色的人。阅读体验酣畅淋漓,仿佛每一次翻页都是对自我认知的一次小小的拓宽。
评分我对书中对于“变化”这一核心议题的处理方式感到十分惊艳。很多关于成长的书倾向于歌颂进步和突破,但这部作品却以一种更为成熟和写实的态度,探讨了衰退、失落以及适应新常态的艰难过程。它直面了生命中不可避免的损失,比如身体机能的减退、亲密关系的变迁,甚至社会角色的剥离,处理得既不煽情也不回避,而是以一种冷静、富有同理心的态度去解析这些经历如何重塑我们的自我认知。这种对生命完整性的尊重,使得全书的基调非常沉稳可靠。每次合上书页,我都会感到一种宁静的力量,仿佛我已经接受了生命本来的面目,不再恐惧那些尚未到来的变化。它教会我,成长并非线性攀升,而是在接受起伏中实现更高层次的整合。
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