Taking sides. Clashing views in life-span development /
Guest, Andrew M.
Taking sides. Clashing views in life-span development / Clashing views in life-span development. Life-span development. Lifespan devlopement. selected, edited, and with introductions by Andrew M. Guest. - 3rd ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2011. - xxviii, 419 p. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary learning series. . - McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Unit 1. General issues in the study of life-span development. Does the cultural environment influence lifespan development more than our genes?-- Are peers more important than parents during the process of development? -- Do significant innate differences influence the career success of males and females? Unit 2. Prenatal development and infancy. Is drinking alcohol while pregnant an unnecessary risk to prenatal development? -- Is there a "myth of the first three years"? -- Are there good reasons to allow infants to consume electronic media, such as television? Unit 3. Early childhood and middle childhood. Is advertising responsible for childhood obesity? -- Does emphasizing academic skills help at-risk preschool children? -- Is attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) a legitimate medical condition that affects childhood behavior? Unit 4. Adolescence. Should contemporary adolescents be engaged in more structured activities? -- Does the adolescent brain make risk taking inevitable? Unit 5. Youth and emerging adulthood. Is there a "narcissism epidemic" among contemporary young adults? -- Are college graduates unprepared for adulthood and the world of work? -- Is there such a thing as "emerging adulthood"? -- Unit 6. Middle adulthood. Is the institution of marriage at risk? -- Is religion a pure good in facilitating well-being during adulthood? -- Are professional women "opting out" of work by choice? Unit 7. Later adulthood. Is more civic engagement among older adults necessarily better? -- Is "mild cognitive impairment" too similar to normal aging to be a relevant concept? -- Should the terminally ill be able to have physicians help them die?
9780078049958 (pbk.) 0078049954 (pbk.)
Developmental psychology.
Life cycle, Human.
Human growth.
Aging.
155
Taking sides. Clashing views in life-span development / Clashing views in life-span development. Life-span development. Lifespan devlopement. selected, edited, and with introductions by Andrew M. Guest. - 3rd ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2011. - xxviii, 419 p. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary learning series. . - McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Unit 1. General issues in the study of life-span development. Does the cultural environment influence lifespan development more than our genes?-- Are peers more important than parents during the process of development? -- Do significant innate differences influence the career success of males and females? Unit 2. Prenatal development and infancy. Is drinking alcohol while pregnant an unnecessary risk to prenatal development? -- Is there a "myth of the first three years"? -- Are there good reasons to allow infants to consume electronic media, such as television? Unit 3. Early childhood and middle childhood. Is advertising responsible for childhood obesity? -- Does emphasizing academic skills help at-risk preschool children? -- Is attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) a legitimate medical condition that affects childhood behavior? Unit 4. Adolescence. Should contemporary adolescents be engaged in more structured activities? -- Does the adolescent brain make risk taking inevitable? Unit 5. Youth and emerging adulthood. Is there a "narcissism epidemic" among contemporary young adults? -- Are college graduates unprepared for adulthood and the world of work? -- Is there such a thing as "emerging adulthood"? -- Unit 6. Middle adulthood. Is the institution of marriage at risk? -- Is religion a pure good in facilitating well-being during adulthood? -- Are professional women "opting out" of work by choice? Unit 7. Later adulthood. Is more civic engagement among older adults necessarily better? -- Is "mild cognitive impairment" too similar to normal aging to be a relevant concept? -- Should the terminally ill be able to have physicians help them die?
9780078049958 (pbk.) 0078049954 (pbk.)
Developmental psychology.
Life cycle, Human.
Human growth.
Aging.
155