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Book SynopsisAbout our authors
Patricia Broderick is a research associate at the Bennett-Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State University and professor emerita, founder, and former director of the Stress Reduction Center at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She holds a Master's degree in Counseling from Villanova University and a Ph.D. in School Psychology from Temple University. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified school psychologist (K-12), and certified counselor (K-12). Dr. Broderick has taught courses in Life Span Development, Educational Psychology, Stress Management, Mind-Body Health, and Counseling Theory and Practice to undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to this textbook and multiple research articles, she is the author of Learning to BREATHE: A Mindfulness Curriculum for Adolescents (New Harbinger Publications) and Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents (Norton).
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“This book has it all. The information is comprehensive, thought provoking and provides a very solid background in life span science. It provides a platform for students to see how this research can inform practice… I have experimented with different texts and collections of readings, but this text is by far the best. It provides significant up-to-date research and puts the research into a meaningful context.”
— Anne T. Davis, California State University Fresno
“The Broderick/Blewitt text is ideal for covering all areas of development with specific applications for students going into helping fields. It is what I had been looking for… Broderick and Blewitt are comprehensive without being excessive.”
— Vanessa Ewing, University of Northern Colorado
On the text’s digital content: “I believe this feature to be a significant strength of the text. I have struggled for years in creating written scenarios that bring the information to real life and bridge the theory to research to practice gap. These activities help the student make that leap…. The questions are a good representation of basic information recall and higher order thinking and application questions. As an instructor I am thankful for the videos as they illustrate the examples better than a written case example.”
— Kara McGoey, Duquesne University
“I found that the writing style was the text’s main strength. The material was presented in language that was easy to read and understand. The examples provided were timely… I found myself becoming engaged in the material as I reviewed the chapters.”
— Harry Lehwald, The Ohio State University
Table of Contents
Brief Contents
- Organizing Themes in Development
- Epigenesis and the Brain: The Fundamentals of Behavioral Development
- Cognitive Development in the Early Years
- Emotional Development in the Early Years
- The Emerging Self and Socialization in the Early Years
- Realms of Cognition in Middle Childhood
- Self and Moral Development: Middle Childhood Through Early Adolescence
- Gender and Peer Relationships: Middle Childhood Through Early Adolescence
- Physical, Cognitive and Identity Development in Adolescence
- The Social World of Adolescence
- Physical, Cognitive and Development in Young Adulthood
- Socioemotional and Vocational Development in Young Adulthood
- Middle Adulthood: Cognitive, Personality, and Social Development
- Living Well: Stress, Coping, and Life Satisfaction in Adulthood
- Gains and Losses in Late Adulthood
Appendix: A Practitioner’s Guide to Psychological Science
